What would I do better if I had Delorean

Leadership on bad examples

Anna KuryloProject Manager @ Hackraft,Women Techmakers Kyiv Lead,EMEA Anita Borg Scholar

– Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

Things to talk about today

●ways to fail your project

●things you need to know (and use) anyway

●what to do if you’re too awesome

And how to avoid them

Ways to fail

1. Goals

80% of people keep their goals only in their minds. They fail.

So always write down things you want to achieve.

2. Planning

●Washington

●Checklist

3. Team

●If someone doesn’t care — why take them?

●Separation of responsibilities

●Listen to Masha (she will tell more)

4. Deadlines

are made for you to follow them.

Be ready for everything

I mean,

EVERYTHING(Think like a QA)

5. Before the project finishes

●Checklist

●Remember: you’re not done yet

●Work even harder

Things you need to know anyway

Time management

●key tasks for the day

●start from things you hate

●don’t forget to put “sleep” into your list

Writing skills

●being concise

●paragraphs!!!

To read: Саша Карепина “Искусство делового письма”

Communications

●no sarcasm

●honesty

●responsibility

●clear tasks

●network anytime you can

●volunteer!

If you’re too awesome

If you’re too awesome, then

●look around

●...

One more thing

Don’t take too much

Thank you!Questions?Questions?

@bluebirrrrd+AnnaKurilo