Are you a manager in a world that increasingly wishes you didn’t exist? The positional power structure of traditional management is at odds with an agile approach. But, don’t despair… there’s hope! Fortunately, it is possible to do your job well and have your team want to hug you instead of kill you. Learn how to transform your role away from its command and control roots and be a valuable member of a team.

I gave this talk at Confoo16 in Montreal on Feb 24th. Unfortunately there’s no video recording, but I may make one later. Enjoy the above slide deck.

You may have read my blog post from last year on the five things managers should stop doing right now. I thought that this time I would focus on the flip side by sharing things that made me successful with my teams. At times I speak specifically to managing in the software industry, but themes can be extracted and applied to managers in all industries.

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