Managing Your Manager
Thursday, 8:00 PM
Technical people value expertise above all, but the ability to communicate with others in your organization is a big key to success. This talk will present helpful techniques, like reflective listening and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, that enable you to quickly decide how to lead your manager where you need him or her to go.
We’ll look at both written and oral communication methods, how to talk to supervisors as well as subordinates, and more.
About Kenneth Kousen
Ken Kousen is a technical trainer, software developer, and conference speaker specializing in Java and open source topics, including Android, Spring, Hibernate/JPA, Groovy, Grails, and Gradle. He is the author of the O’Reilly book “Gradle Recipes for Android” and the Manning book “Making Java Groovy”. He also has recorded several video courses for O’Reilly, including two on Android, three on Groovy, two on Gradle, and one on the Spring Framework.
In 2013 was awarded a JavaOne Rockstar award. His academic background include BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from M.I.T., an MA and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, and an MS in Computer Science from R.P.I. He is currently President of Kousen IT, Inc., based in Connecticut.
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