How to transition from technical expert to effective people leader - with Ceri Newton-Sargunar, Behavioural Coach and Trainee Neuroscientist

This week we're joined by Ceri Newton-Sargunar, an expert behavioural coach who specialies in supporting engineering leaders transition from being a technical expert to an effective people manager.Key discussion points include:The differences between Introversion vs Extroversion when exploring what makes successful leadersHow neurodiversity in Engineering leaders affects leadership effectivenessThe impact of raising self-awareness through coachingSupporting Engineering leaders to improve their emotional awarenessNew research that shows how our brain is actually growing right up until we die!Referenced academic research:Research paper: Personality Dimensions and Temperaments ofEngineering Professors and StudentsThe Effects of Personality Type on Engineering Student Performance and AttitudesGuest BioCeri is a Behavioural Coach, an ex-teacher and a Neuroscientist-in-training, with just under a decade of hands-on agile experience. She enjoys putting research into practice with colleagues, agile coaches, technical leadership and her teams. She has worked in the public and private sector, with large organisations, SMEs and start-ups, and now coaches and trains agile teams and agile professionals looking to improve their ways of working.Tea in-hand, she loves helping fellow professionals focus on, and make real strides with individuals and their interactions. Favourite pastimes include creating lightbulb moments, turning assumptions on their heads, and reading literally everything in front of her (because ADHD). Ceri also loves brains, but not in *that* way.To learn more about Ceri, feel free to connect with him via LinkedIn.Visit our website www.humble.associatesOr check out our LinkedIn page to learn more about Humble Associates This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leadingwithagility.substack.com