November 5, 2019

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Talking business: The language of leadership

Talking business: The language of leadership

Managers are born from a mastery of nonmanagement skills. Robert Hoekman, Jr. draws from his 16-year career running projects to show you how to throw your ideas on to the table, your problems out the window, and a stack of successes over your shoulder to become the leader your team needs you to be.
Talk Title Talking business: The language of leadership
Speakers Robert Hoekman Jr. (GetOnMyBike, LLC.)
Conference O’Reilly Open Source Convention
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Location Austin, Texas
Date May 16-19, 2016
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Managers are born from a mastery of nonmanagement skills. So how do you get good at leading? First, you need to gain confidence and authority by learning to speak the language of business. The usual departmental-centered rhetoric is of no use to you anymore. If you want stakeholders to listen, the key for you now is to learn how to map your problems to their objectives, point today’s actions to tomorrow’s outcomes, and master the art of vetting every decision against a reigning vision so that bad ideas disappear and good ideas sing out. Robert Hoekman, Jr. draws from his 16-year career running projects to show you how to throw your ideas on to the table, your problems out the window, and a stack of successes over your shoulder to become the leader your team needs you to be.

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