Have you ever been told to be more “innovative” with your code? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Rich Mironov, discuss the all too common disconnect between developers and those on the marketing side of organizat

How Core Values Influence Diversity and Inclusion with Kim Crayton

Jun 25th, 2020 50m 49s

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Kim Crayton, discuss how organizations are shaped by core values, and why values are integral for establishing true diversity and inclusion. Kim dives into some very uncomfortable

No Fighting In This (Agile) Dojo with M. David Green

Jun 11th, 2020 47m 5s

How can we train teams to consistently produce quality code without negatively impacting productivity? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, M. David Green, discuss Agile Dojos and how they can make teams more effecti

Finding Career Opportunities Through Experimentation with Josh Doody

May 28th, 2020 46m 49s

Engineers love to experiment, but is experimenting with your career a good idea? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus talks with salary negotiation expert Josh Doody about how this counterintuitive decision can benefit you over the

How Agile Work Actually Works with Allen Holub

May 14th, 2020 49m

How do organizations actually work with Agile? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Allen Holub, discuss what organizations get wrong about Agile. Allen has been an Agile transformation consultant for nearly 40 years

Engineering Inclusivity with Rich Archbold

Apr 30th, 2020 39m 43s

How do we build inclusive organizations that actually value diversity? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus talks with Rich Archbold, vice president of engineering at Intercom.io, about developing an inclusion and diversity plan fo

Leveraging Remote Work with Laurel Farrer

Apr 16th, 2020 31m 42s

How do we leverage remote work in our businesses and on our teams? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus talks with Rachel Farrer, CEO and founder of Distributing Consulting, about the challenges facing remote workers and their mana

Making Software Development Teams Hum with Ron Lichty

Apr 2nd, 2020 45m 33s

Is your team running so smoothly that it hums? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Ron Lichty, discuss what makes high-performance teams versus what makes low-performance teams. Most teams already know which categor

Being Your Own Leader in Times of Transition with Han Yuan

Mar 19th, 2020 40m 1s

Episode 40 What does it look like to be your own leader in times of professional transition? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus talks with Han Yuan, friend and former Senior Vice President of Engineering at Upwork, about transiti

Changing How We Change Software with GeePaw Hill

Mar 5th, 2020 47m 4s

What if we could create a trade culture that allowed for change rather than relying on mechanical thinking? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, GeePaw Hill, discuss how the doubling rate in the software industry has

Improve Your Product Management with Ellen Gottesdiener

Feb 20th, 2020 48m 51s

How do we improve in the area of product management? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Ellen Gottesdiener, President of EBG Consulting, discuss ways companies can better oversee the development and lifecycle of a p

Leadership Strategies from Nature with Dr. Kathleen Allen

Feb 6th, 2020 48m 45s

What can nature teach us about how to get the most from our organizations? In this episode, Marcus welcomes Dr. Kathleen Allen to discuss changing our perspectives of assigning roles within teams and organizations to what she calls leading a “l

The Art of Leadership with Michael Lopp

Jan 23rd, 2020 43m 53s

How can you build trust as a leader? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Michael Lopp discuss the small practices that make a good leader. Listen to learn about building trust, respect, and relationships in a leader

Collaboration and Notqmail with Amitai Schleier

Jan 9th, 2020 30m 7s

On this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Amitai Schleier, discuss a new project Amitai is working on regarding reviving an old, but useful, open-source program called qmail. Strategy and collaboration on this project as

Becoming a Better Manager Means Starting with Yourself with Johanna Rothman

Dec 19th, 2019 41m 47s

To be a modern manager, you must manage yourself first. In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Johanna Rothman discuss how you must learn to manage yourself to be effective at managing other people. They will discuss s

Rise of the Resilient Manager with Lara Hogan

Dec 11th, 2019 42m 52s

Are you a resilient manager? Do you want to become one? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Lara Hogan discuss what it means to be a resilient manager. She will discuss some effective management skills and thought p

Compassionate Coding with April Wensel

Dec 5th, 2019 35m 21s

Are you compassionate? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, April Wensel discuss compassion in technology and how it affects people. April shares how to become more compassionate as individuals and how we can bring

Finding Your Balance with Camille Fournier

Nov 28th, 2019 36m 26s

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Camille Fournier discuss some points from her book, The Manager's Path. They discuss the importance of time management and how to effectively manage employee turnover in a leader

My Mission

Nov 21st, 2019 14m

Have you ever wondered why am I doing this? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus discusses his vision for the future and how we can work together to change it. Are you with me?Show NotesConsider your why and get on board with min

Conflict: Uncomfortable, Yet Necessary with Jennifer Jones-Patulli

Nov 14th, 2019 41m 9s

Episode DescriptionIs conflict always a bad thing? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Jennifer Jones-Patulli, discuss how people tend to think about conflict and how they handle it. Jennifer provides insight and

Turnover: “It’s not me, it’s you”

Nov 7th, 2019 27m 53s

Turnover is a huge problem in our industry. There are many reasons people choose to leave their jobs and in this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus dissects the top reasons software professional decide to seek other employment and ways

Rules of Change with Esther Derby

Oct 31st, 2019 31m 39s

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Esther Derby discuss change. They discuss her book, Seven Rules for Positive Productive Change, and how change is viewed and implemented by individuals and organizations. Show No

A New Leadership Model with Jason Wong

Oct 24th, 2019 41m 30s

In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Jason Wong discuss how one size does not fit all in leadership. They dive into how the traditional leadership model isn't working well and how it could be changed to become more e

The One Constant with Don Gray

Oct 17th, 2019 44m 7s

Change is hard, unpredictable, and downright complex. Getting people or systems to change is not easy and certainly not done in a vacuum. In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Don Gray enlighten listeners regarding th

The Importance of Trust and Communication with Tim Ottinger

Oct 10th, 2019 42m 42s

On today's episode of Programming Leadership, we dive into what is needed to establish safety in your own organization. Trust is just one of the key pieces that make up the structure of safety in a work environment, along with actual physical m