How to motivate technical employees
Whether you are a CIO, IT director, or manager, as a leader of a highly talented technical team, you must motivate members of the team and the team as a whole. But how? Sam Erskine and Steve Buchanan share five key ways you can motivate technical employees, giving you a tool belt and an action plan that can be used in your organization right away.
Talk Title | How to motivate technical employees |
Speakers | Sam Erskine (MVP and Author), Steve Buchanan (Concurrency) |
Conference | O’Reilly Open Source Convention |
Conf Tag | Making Open Work |
Location | Austin, Texas |
Date | May 8-11, 2017 |
URL | Talk Page |
Slides | Talk Slides |
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People don’t leave companies; they leave people. Leaders have the ability to motivate or demotivate. And while leading in business is hard enough, leading a technical team presents another level of difficulty altogether. In this new era of the cloud, DevOps, and digital transformation, technical teams inside of organizations must move very fast and be agile enough to shift direction in the blink of an eye. Whether you are a CIO, IT director, or manager, as a leader of a highly talented technical team, you must motivate members of the team and the team as a whole. But how? Sam Erskine and Steve Buchanan share five key ways you can motivate technical employees, giving you a tool belt and an action plan that can be used in your organization right away.