Leadership and Communication Skills for Software Engineers

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Michael Krasowski

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1. Course Overview

1. Course Overview.mp4

02:07

2. Leadership and Communication - A Match Made in Heaven

1. Course Introduction and Overview.mp4

02:19

2. Why Are Communication Skills Important.mp4

04:26

3. Leadership and Communication - A Match Made in Heaven.mp4

03:23

4. Why Leaders Need to Be Great Communicators.mp4

04:33

5. Overview of Course Modules and Summary.mp4

02:20

3. We Are All Leaders

1. Module Overview.mp4

01:50

2. What Does Leadership Mean.mp4

05:23

3. Follow the Leader.mp4

04:54

4. How Leaders Build Trust.mp4

05:21

5. Inclusiveness.mp4

02:18

6. A Leap of Faith and the Art of Delegation.mp4

05:01

7. What Is Servant Leadership.mp4

05:07

8. Leadership Sanity Check.mp4

01:13

9. Module Summary and Key Outcomes.mp4

01:55

4. Speaking and Writing are Essential Leadership Skills

1. Module Overview.mp4

01:52

2. Michaels 5 Cs.mp4

06:07

3. Implementing the 5 Cs.mp4

01:51

4. Effective Verbal Communication.mp4

00:39

5. Delivery Is Critical.mp4

03:39

6. Make the Complex Simple.mp4

04:19

7. The Power of Voice and Speech.mp4

01:17

8. Constructing a Compelling Email Subject Line.mp4

02:30

9. Module Summary and Key Outcomes.mp4

01:28

05. Mastering Written Communication Skills

01. Module Overview.mp4

04:56

02. Creating Effective Presentations.mp4

03:10

03. Developing an Audience Profile.mp4

02:31

04. Preparing Your Content.mp4

06:45

05. Planning a Productive Meeting.mp4

05:33

06. Preparing a Quality Agenda.mp4

04:21

07. The Palest Ink Is Better Than the Best Memory.mp4

03:19

08. Creating Useful Status Reports.mp4

01:40

09. Why Do Status Reports.mp4

02:39

10. The Structure of a Status Report - Michaels 3 Ps.mp4

06:07

11. Designing Informative Emails.mp4

00:55

12. The Problem with Emails.mp4

01:56

13. Structured [Emailing].mp4

06:12

14. Preparing for Constructive Interviews.mp4

01:31

15. Interviewing Is a Critical Leadership Skill.mp4

01:46

16. The Interviewing Process.mp4

06:49

17. Plan the In-person Interview.mp4

05:19

18. Module Summary and Key Outcomes.mp4

02:04

06. Mastering Verbal Communication Skills

01. Module Overview.mp4

02:48

02. Deliverying Effective Presentations.mp4

01:06

03. Practice Makes Perfect.mp4

05:14

04. Common Sense Presentations & Confidence.mp4

05:18

05. Leading Productive Meetings.mp4

00:50

06. Steps for Successful Meetings.mp4

03:19

07. The Meeting Leader - Yes You!.mp4

02:13

08. Getting Commitments in Meetings.mp4

02:13

09. The 5 Commitment Guidelines.mp4

02:41

10. Facilitating Lively Stand Ups.mp4

03:13

11. The Logistics of Stand Ups.mp4

03:22

12. Informative Walk Arounds.mp4

01:26

13. The Benefits of Walking Around.mp4

04:00

14. Preparing and Executing Walk Arounds.mp4

03:32

15. Conducting Constructive Interviews.mp4

02:28

16. The Process of Interviewing.mp4

04:43

17. Get Them Talking.mp4

03:54

18. Selecting a Candidate.mp4

03:16

19. Tips for a Successful Interview Outcome.mp4

02:53

20. Module Summary and Key Outcomes.mp4

01:49

7. Practical Team Leadership

1. Module Overview.mp4

01:46

2. Align Your Work to the Business.mp4

05:40

3. How Do You Do This The Logistics.mp4

01:53

4. Task and Level-of-effort Development.mp4

02:46

5. Use Scrum and Kanban for Aligning Work.mp4

03:27

6. Track and Manage Your Tasks.mp4

03:05

7. Motivating Your Team.mp4

04:14

8. Building Team Skills.mp4

02:35

9. Module Summary and Key Outcomes.mp4

01:40

8. Are You Up for the Challenge - Key Course Outcomes

1. Module Overview.mp4

02:24

2. A Match Made in Heaven.mp4

01:50

3. We Are All Leaders.mp4

03:18

4. Speaking and Writing Are Essential Leadership Skills.mp4

03:19

5. Mastering Written Communication Skills.mp4

05:27

6. Mastering Verbal Communication Skills.mp4

03:37

7. Practical Team Leadership.mp4

03:57

8. Companion Pluralsight Courses.mp4

01:39

9. Final Words.mp4

01:27

Description

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.

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Michael Krasowski

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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 ensuring quality services are delivered on time and on budget to our valued clients. He has been instrumental in defining and executing a solid internal business and engineering process to ensure quality services, including using Agile and Scrum techniques, and excellent customer service. Before joining PDSA Inc., Michael was the Director of Information Technology at the Long Beach division of Boeing. He was responsible for all aspects of computing – strategic planning, architecture, application lifecycle, asset management, and outsource management. Michael also was an instructor at UCLA and University of California, Irvine's extension program. He has been a speaker at industry conferences, such as DevIntersection, Advisor’s Conference, DevConnections, Code Camp and Informant Conferences specializing in best practices of management, project management, leadership, communication, requirements gathering, estimation, sprint planning and Kanban. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a master’s degree in Computer Science from UCLA, and has published several articles on computer technology. Since 2013, Michael has been a Pluralsight instructor having developed and published 10 courses on project management, project requirements, project estimating, team management, leadership and communication, Demand and Work Management: A Practical Approach, Developing Effective Agile Sprint Plans, The Technical Business Analyst, and two courses on Kanban.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.