46. Technical Management is Not Real Management

25/02/2025 19 min

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Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/clemea25/Being a manager of a technical team is harder than regular management because of the balance required to be both a leader and contributor. In this episode, Zoe Rose, Dominik Pickhardt, and David Penaloza join Tom Hollingsworth to discuss the challenges of being a manager of a technical team. They talk about promoting good talent into management and the shift in thinking required to be a team leader and not just a high performer. They also discuss the soft skills needed to be a good manager and how those can be developed through training.Host: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/Panelists: Zoë Rose: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zo%C3%AB-rose? Dominik Pickhardt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominikpickhardt/David Penaloza Seijas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsamuelps/Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-dayX/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcastX/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod#TFDPodcast, #CiscoLiveEMEA, #TFDx,