46. Technical Management is Not Real Management

An episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast podcast, hosted by Tech Field Day, titled "46. Technical Management is Not Real Management" was published on February 25, 2025 and runs 19 minutes.

February 25, 2025 ·19m · Tech Field Day Podcast

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Summary

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,

Episode Description

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,