Re:Ask HN: How to speak like a leader, not like an engineer?
by zakum1 on Sunday March 10, 2019 @05:02AM
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Think about commercial goals, not just technical goals. What will make us successful as a business? What do our clients need?
Have answers rather than questions. Many posters pointed out that it is good to provide options as potential
solutions. But this may not be leadership. Engineers love options because we are creative and options are opportunities to experiment. The problem is that we need to be bold when a decision must be made. A decision is explicitly closing off our chance to explore all but one of the options. This is tough leadership.
(We need to know when it is time to make a decision and when it is a time to explore options)
Have answers rather than questions. Many posters pointed out that it is good to provide options as potential solutions. But this may not be leadership. Engineers love options because we are creative and options are opportunities to experiment. The problem is that we need to be bold when a decision must be made. A decision is explicitly closing off our chance to explore all but one of the options. This is tough leadership.
(We need to know when it is time to make a decision and when it is a time to explore options)