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Habits of a Highly Effective Technical Manager

Some aim for leadership positions, team lead, manager, director, VP, and so on whereas others slide into that position due to the opportunities that arise. Many grow into those positions from a strong technical background as opposed to formal training to be a manager. Join Venkat and learn how you can be a more effective technical manager?

We will look at some characteristics that can help us to better meet the needs of the organizations and help the team perform at its peak, to deliver good results.


About Venkat Subramaniam

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.

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