How to Get Better Results From Your Technical Team | Ben Caird

About this episode

Ben Caird discusses effective strategies for improving results from technical teams in tech leadership.

How to get better results from your technical team is one of the most searched questions in tech leadership. And the answer is almost never about hiring better people. It is about how you assign work, how you give feedback, and how much oversight you are actually running. In episode 78 of the Tech World Human Skills podcast, Ben Caird joins Ben Pearce for the third episode in a mini-series on leadership in tech. Ben Caird has 25 years in software and technology and 15 years leading large operational teams across enterprise SaaS. This episode is the most practical of the three. What you'll learn: Match work to people by mapping aptitude and confidence, not just availability Give feedback that describes specific behaviours rather than character judgements Use the WIT framework (When, Impact, Therefore) to make feedback land without triggering defensiveness Diagnose whether your oversight is creating discipline or bureaucracy Balance honesty and empathy when a direct conversation cannot be avoided About Ben Caird: Ben has 25 years in software and technology, with over 15 years leading large operational teams across enterprise SaaS environments. He specialises in building…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Pearce

Guest: Ben Caird

Topics covered

• technical team management
• feedback
• leadership
• operational improvement
• team performance

Keywords

• technical team
• feedback
• leadership
• WIT framework
• operational teams
• performance improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tech World Human Skills

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