The #1 reason we underperform?

Here’s what’s in today’s edition of The Technical Leader:

??Dealing With Stress and Overwhelm

??Upcoming Mastermind Topics

?? The Entrepreneurial Engineer

Ever feel like you’re drowning with everything you have to do with work and personal stuff??

More times than not, we try to deal with it as best as we can without telling anyone that we’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed.

Being stressed and overwhelmed are two of the biggest reasons why we underperform.

Stressors can come from our personal lives or work.

And inevitably, personal stress can effect our work and vice versa.

When we’re stressed… we tend to hurry and just “grin and bear it”.

So the best question to ask yourself or someone on your team who’s stressed is so basic, most people never even consider it:

What specifically is causing the stress and what can be done about it?

Maybe it’s having that hard conversation you’ve been putting off.

Maybe it’s letting your stakeholders know you need more resources to get the job done.

But whatever it is, we have to slow down and assess what’s going on so we can make adjustments and hit the goals we’re aiming at.

Stress kills results.

It stops creative thinking, it prevents us from staying focused and it burns us out.

To stay at our best and help our teams work at their best, we need to understand what causes stress and how to quickly deal with it.

Good leaders and managers need to both have the skills to control their personal stress and that of their teams.

Stress can be dealt with.

To get in control of these feelings, you need to be in control of your thinking.

If you’re the role model and create a healthy team culture with psychological safety, your team will feel comfortable sharing their stress with you so you can help them.

It’s important to remove as much stress and overwhelm as possible so everybody can perform at their best.

Stress shouldn’t be worn like a badge of honor.

You’re not meant to merely “survive” it — you should manage it.

Entrepreneurial Engineer Sessions

Do you want to start your own startup, consultancy or side hustle??

Do you need to protect your income and lifestyle from unexpected layoffs by creating a new source of income??

Or maybe you want to get that promotion and keep growing your career?

The Tech leader Entrepreneurial Engineer Sessions are designed to help solve all of these problems by learning how to become more business-minded to make more impact and income.

Join us!

Up and coming topics in the Tech Leader Mastermind Calls and Sessions. Interested in being a guest on one of these sessions, check them out!

7/11 - Are You In Your Genius Zone?

7/13 - How I Built It: Low Code MVP

7/18 - Dealing with Stress and Overwhelm

7/20 - Finding the Perfect Business Idea

7/25 - Leader, Manager or Both?

7/27 - How I Built It: Buy Now Pay Later

8/1 - Measuring Progress To Increase Personal And Team Motivation

8/3 - Our First Entrepreneurial Engineer Pitch Clinic!

Entrepreneurial Engineer Pitch Clinic

Starting August 3rd, members in our mastermind will how to refine their pitching and sales skills in the Pitch Clinic.

Whether you’re pitching yourself to your boss to get that promotion, or pitching your startup idea to potential investors or people joining your team… this is for you.

The Pitch Clinic is a friendly and supportive place where you can deep dive into your true value to the marketplace and practice how to confidently communicate how awesome you are!

Improve your skills in the Pitch Clinic so you get it right when it really matters with stakeholders.

Interested in receiving feedback in a safe and supportive environment?

Book a call to learn more about joining the mastermind.?

The Tech Leader Program

How do you shift from being a developer to a Tech Leader??

By creating leverage and increasing your influence.?

The Tech Leader Program targets these topics because they are by far the two most valuable multiplier skills you can develop to increase the value of your technical expertise.

They’re equally valuable if you want to develop your reputation and career, start your own company, and of course increase your income.

Influencing skills are crucial to being a great leader and the better the leader you are, the more you can leverage your expertise and experience.

If you’d like some advice on how you can create leverage and increase your influence with your team, book a call with us!

Well, that’s it for today!

Todd Larsen & Stephen Bates

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