Mentor - Leader
Five sessions on the move from writing code to carrying a team
- Fee
- 10.000.000 vnd
- Who it is for
- Senior developers and new leads, already carrying a team or about to
- Format
- 5 online videos, 1 offline one to one sessions
- Each session
- 90 minutes per session
Overview
What you can do afterwards
- Break a vague request into scope, estimate and risk
- Run a one to one that people do not dread
- Give feedback that changes behaviour instead of causing silence
- Hold a release date, or raise the alarm early enough that it still helps
- Say a hard thing to a client without losing the relationship
Included in the course
- A written review of one plan or estimate you are working on now
- A recorded practice of one difficult conversation, with feedback
Upcoming classes
Every session runs from 20:00 to 21:00 Vietnam time. One class opens per month, the first one after the 2 September holiday. The three nearest are below.
Friday every week · 20:00 – 21:00 (GMT+7)
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| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| Oct 9 | Friday |
| Oct 16 | Friday |
| Oct 23 | Friday |
| Oct 30 | Friday |
| Nov 6 | Friday |
The 1 one to one sessions are arranged separately, at a time that suits you.
What we cover
Session 1
From doing to leading
The job changes shape, and most people notice too late.
- What you stop being measured on, and what replaces it
- The three traps of a new lead: doing it yourself, avoiding the hard talk, saying yes to everything
- Where your authority actually comes from when nobody reports to you yet
Session 2
Reading a project like a manager
Scope, estimate, risk and dependency, on a real plan of yours.
- Turning a vague request into a scope you can defend
- Estimating in a way that survives contact with reality
- Finding the dependency that will hurt you in week six
- Where to put buffer, and how to talk about it honestly
Session 3
Leading people
The part that has no shortcut and no framework worth trusting blindly.
- Running a one to one that produces something
- Feedback that lands: what to say, when, and how specific
- Delegating without either abandoning or hovering
- Two conversations everyone avoids: underperformance and someone leaving
Session 4
Quality and delivery
How a team keeps a date without burning itself down.
- Definition of done that the whole team actually agrees on
- A code review culture that is fast and still catches things
- Release discipline: what has to be boring
- The few numbers worth watching, and the many worth ignoring
Session 5
Clients and stakeholders
Carrying bad news, managing expectations, and reporting.
- Saying a date will slip, early, without losing trust
- Managing expectations before they become promises
- Writing a status report someone will read
- Negotiating scope when the deadline cannot move
What people I have led say
Read what the people who have worked with me, and the teams I have led, say about the working environment I build. It is the clearest way to see what I can bring to you.
It was a real pleasure working with everyone. The team is both sharp and warm, I learned a lot and I am leaving with good memories. Thank you to Chien, a project manager with real fire in him, who always found the words that got a release over the deadline.
Su
Project team member
I really do want to follow you. You gave me chance after chance to learn and to push myself. I got this opportunity because of you, and I will never forget it.
Thanh
Project team member
At this company, Chien is the kindest and most decent person to me. Not only a manager, but a teacher too.
Truong
Project team member
Thank you, Chien, for giving me the chance to work here. My sincere thanks to everyone who walked alongside me and helped me through my time at the company.
Manh
Project team member
It was a piece of luck to work with everyone here, with the team leads, and with Chien as project manager. Thank you to every single person on the project.
Tung
Project team member
My sincere thanks to Chien and to the whole team for the support, and for giving me the chance to learn so many useful things.
Mon
Project team member
Being part of this group up to now has been a happiness in itself. Thank you, Chien, for all the support you gave me.
Thien
Project team member
Every company has its hard stretches. I will still give it everything I have, and give it fully.
Thinh
Project team member
Questions people ask
I am not a lead yet. Should I wait?
No. The best time is the year before the title, when you can practise without the cost of getting it wrong. Most people in the programme are senior developers being asked to take more responsibility.
Why a group and not one to one?
Because half of leading is seeing how someone else handles the same situation. The group is small, one to three, so everyone still gets time on their own case.
Do I need to bring a real project?
Yes, and it should be one you are working on now. We use your plan, your estimate and your team in the exercises. Bring a hypothetical one and the sessions turn into theory.
Is this about Scrum or a specific framework?
No. Frameworks are a small part of it. We work on judgement: what to do when the framework does not tell you, which is most of the time.
A refund within 30 days
For 30 days from the day you sign up, if you want to stop, I return the full fee. No reason asked, no explaining needed. Message me at the email or number on the contact page and the transfer goes out within five working days.
After 30 days there is no refund, because by then most of the material has been covered. If something in your life forces you to stop, tell me and I will hold your place in a later class rather than let it go to waste.
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