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- 1. W5 Personal Excellence 10/15/2014 11:30:00AM Growing into Leadership Presented by: Peter Walen Gordon Food Service Brought to you by: 340 Corporate Way, Suite 300, Orange Park, FL 32073 888-268-8770 ∙ 904-278-0524 ∙ sqeinfo@sqe.com ∙ www.sqe.com
- 2. Peter Walen Gordon FoodService Pete Walen has been involved in software development for more than twenty-five years. Today, Pete is a Senior Software tester with Gordon Food Service in Grand Rapids, Michigan, working with the company’s quality groups and test teams to help them with testing and coaching them to improve their testing techniques and practices. He describes himself as a Software Anthropologist and Tester, examining how software and people relate and react to each other. Pete is a signer of the Agile Manifesto, a member of the American Society for Quality and The Association for Software Testing, and an active blogger on software testing at rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com. Follow Pete on Twitter @PeteWalen.
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- 5. What is it? 1.The action of leading a group of people or an organization 2. The state or position of being a leader
- 6. Technical Leaders MayNot… be “official” leaders want to be “official” leaders
- 7. A Tester issomeone who knows that things can be Different --- Gerald M. Weinberg Change won’t happen unless you are willing to dare greatly
- 8. Feeling like youdon’t fit in? Looking for something even if you don’t know what that is? Maybe it is because you know things can be different?
- 9. Formal training isonly a START Allow yourself to be curious then - Follow your curiosity I wonder what happens if… You are responsible for your own training and craftsmanship.
- 10. Sources of Informationand Ideas! Web Forums Blogs Conferences Books Magazines Print and e-zines!
- 11. Focus on learningyour trade and craft Seek out ideas new to you even if you aren’t sure how they might apply right now
- 12. Who can help? Writers Speakers Co-workers Friends Askthem to help you on your journey
- 13. Those helpers canbecome for you, mentors Let them help illuminate your way…
- 14. Take the ideasand techniques you have read about and been curious about and TRY them! “Nothing teaches like a burned hand.” RUBBISH! “Nothing teaches like doing the impossible.”
- 15. It takes courageto stretch and experiment – Read about something that might help your project? TRY IT! The results can be Astounding!
- 16. What if yourresults are “less than optimal” the first time you try something? Don’t let that stop you!
- 17. People you canbe yourself with. People you can bounce ideas against. People you can confide in. People you can trust.
- 18. You don’t needto be the smartest person or the one with all the answers By being yourself, and with patience, your network will grow.
- 19. Your Network maybe able to help you find what you are really good at. This may be something you like doing. This may be discovered by doing something else.
- 20. The first timemay be a little scary. Keep Experimenting Keep Learning!
- 21. Share what youhave… Learned Discovered Experienced
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- 23. What about otherpeople’s Motivation Organization Ideas & Innovation
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- 25. Share Your Ideas How? TryWriting! Team or Group Newsletters Blogs Articles On-line & Print
- 26. But… I’m not awriter! Really? You don’t write anything? EVER???
- 27. Share Your Ideas How? TrySpeaking! Lunch & Learns Local Tester Groups Other Technology Groups Conferences
- 28. But… I’m not aSpeaker! Really? You don’t speak with people? EVER???
- 29. Each level ofachievement opens more opportunities to learn. Each level of learning leads to new achievements.
- 30. Ask Yourself: What doyou hope to gain? Do you want to be a leader? What kind of leader do you want to be?
- 31. Weinberg, Gerald M.Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach. New York, Dorset House, 1986 http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Technical-Leader-Problem-Solving- Approach/dp/0932633021#_ Bolton, Michael. Building Your Testing Reputation. ST&QA Magazine, February, 2011. http://www.softwaretestpro.com/Item/5083/Building-Your-Testing- Reputation/Testing
- 32. Weinberg, Gerald M.Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method. New York, Dorset House, 2006 http://www.amazon.com/Weinberg-Writing-Fieldstone-Gerald- M/dp/093263365X Deming, W Edwards. Out of the Crisis. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2000 http://www.amazon.com/Out-Crisis-W-Edwards-Deming/dp/0262541157
- 33. Company Email: Pete.Walen@gfs.com PersonalEmail: PeterWalen@msn.com Twitter: @PeteWalen Phone: 616-304-1004 Blog: rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com