Tech Leader Power Skills

The soft skills required for each step on the journey from senior developer to tech leader

The context of engineering leadership differs in important ways from the context most management training is built for:

It’s likely engineers will have had less time interfacing with people in their roles compared to equivalent peers in other parts of a business
As a result, the gap between individual engineer and engineering manager is wider than in most other job functions, which provides unique challenges for people making the leap because what made them successful as an individual contributor (deep technical knowledge) won't make them successful as an Engineering Manager.

Live &
experiential

Diagnostic

Led by an experienced engineering leader

Hands-on and
Problem-based

Research basis

Sun and Suzuki. (2013) Diagnostic Assessment for Improving Teaching Practice. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, Vol 3 (6).

Javidanmehr and Sarab. (2017) Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment: Issues and Considerations. International Journal of Language Testing, Vol 7, No 2.

Reese. (2011) The-Learning-By-Doing Principle, Behavioral Development Bulletin, Vol 11.

Chernikova, Fischer, Heitzmann et al. (2020) Simulation-Based Learning in Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis, Review of Educational Research, Vol.90(4): 499 –541

example modules

Power Skills Pathways