Leadership and Communication Skills for Software Engineers
Are you having challenges with achieving your career goals? This course will teach you the necessary leadership and communication skills and knowledge you need to flourish as a respected leader; and with the confidence necessary for your continued success.
What you'll learn
Here is a quick fact for you: A survey reported that 86 percent of recruiters said that strong communication skills were a priority. They didn’t say “required” or even “nice to have:” they said a priority. In this course, Leadership and Communication Skills for Software Engineers, you’ll learn the essential tools and skills to accel your leadership and communication capabilities to better achieve your career goals. First, you’ll explore why leadership and communication are interconnected, intertwined, interwoven; and that your potential as a leader will be dependent upon your ability to effectively communicate with others. Next, you’ll discover what leadership means and the qualities of great leaders. Also included are specific tools and processes for a practical approach to team management. Next, we will discuss why writing skills are critical to your success and how to improve your communication outcomes in the following key areas: presentations, meetings, status reports, emails, and interviews. Finally, you’ll learn why verbal and interpersonal skills are essential for your success and how to improve your business outcomes in the following key areas: presentations, meetings, stand ups, walk arounds and interviews. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of the essential communication and leadership skills needed to flourish as a respected and admired leader, and the confidence and skills necessary for your continued success.
Table of contents
- Module Overview 5m
- Creating Effective Presentations 3m
- Developing an Audience Profile 3m
- Preparing Your Content 7m
- Planning a Productive Meeting 6m
- Preparing a Quality Agenda 4m
- The Palest Ink Is Better Than the Best Memory 3m
- Creating Useful Status Reports 2m
- Why Do Status Reports 3m
- The Structure of a Status Report: Michael’s 3 P’s 6m
- Designing Informative Emails 1m
- The Problem with Emails 2m
- Structured "Emailing" 6m
- Preparing for Constructive Interviews 2m
- Interviewing Is a Critical Leadership Skill 2m
- The Interviewing Process 7m
- Plan the In-person Interview 5m
- Module Summary and Key Outcomes 2m
- Module Overview 3m
- Deliverying Effective Presentations 1m
- Practice Makes Perfect 5m
- Common Sense Presentations & Confidence 5m
- Leading Productive Meetings 1m
- Steps for Successful Meetings 3m
- The Meeting Leader - Yes You! 2m
- Getting Commitments in Meetings 2m
- The 5 Commitment Guidelines 3m
- Facilitating Lively Stand Ups 3m
- The Logistics of Stand Ups 3m
- Informative Walk Arounds 1m
- The Benefits of Walking Around 4m
- Preparing and Executing Walk Arounds 4m
- Conducting Constructive Interviews 2m
- The Process of Interviewing 5m
- Get Them Talking 4m
- Selecting a Candidate 3m
- Tips for a Successful Interview Outcome 3m
- Module Summary and Key Outcomes 2m
About the author
Michael is a consultant and Pluralsight author. He recently traded the corporate world of Accenture back into his passion: IT professional development and authoring for Pluralsight. Previous to Accenture, Michael was General Manager of Fairway Technologies Inc. at the Orange County offices located in Irvine, California. In 2017, Fairway Technologies acquired PDSA Inc., where Michael was Vice President/COO at PDSA, Inc. His responsibilities were to manage all projects and personnel while ensurin... more