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Most Programmers FAIL at Persuasion! Here's Why..‪.‬ Healthy Software Developer

    • Technology

Ever wanted to do something new, or make a change on your software project - but other people on your team won't support you? Maybe you want to move from scrum to kanban, use a newer JavaScript framework like remix, or if you're a UX designer introduce something like customer journey maps. 
It would be nice to always have support from other people, but if you've never had pushback for one of your ideas, it's a matter of WHEN - not IF. So at some point, unless you want to quit your job every time you need a change to keep delivering great software, you'll need to persuade other people on your software team, or in management - to support you. 
In this episode I'd like to share with you what I learned over 15 years of software development consulting about persuading IT management and other technologists on your software team. Persuasion is a soft skill that is more valuable than many people realize! 
You can also watch this episode on YouTube. 
Chapter markers / timelinks: 
0:00 Introduction 1:13 10 Steps to Persuade Others 1:21 #1 Be Honest About Your Skills 1:57 #2 Have an Authentic Relationship 3:40 #3 Know How To Measure Success 4:43 #4 Identify Benefits To Others 5:44 #5 Incremental Persuasion 7:00 #6 Create Visual Aids and Assets 8:38 #7 Future-Pace The Benefits 9:53 #8 Know How They're Measured 11:08 #9 Timebox The Response for Support 12:29 #10 Practice Persuasion 13:39 #11 Episode Groove Visit me at JaymeEdwards.com
Find me on Facebook at JaymeEdwardsMedia
Find me on Twitter as @jaymeedwards

Ever wanted to do something new, or make a change on your software project - but other people on your team won't support you? Maybe you want to move from scrum to kanban, use a newer JavaScript framework like remix, or if you're a UX designer introduce something like customer journey maps. 
It would be nice to always have support from other people, but if you've never had pushback for one of your ideas, it's a matter of WHEN - not IF. So at some point, unless you want to quit your job every time you need a change to keep delivering great software, you'll need to persuade other people on your software team, or in management - to support you. 
In this episode I'd like to share with you what I learned over 15 years of software development consulting about persuading IT management and other technologists on your software team. Persuasion is a soft skill that is more valuable than many people realize! 
You can also watch this episode on YouTube. 
Chapter markers / timelinks: 
0:00 Introduction 1:13 10 Steps to Persuade Others 1:21 #1 Be Honest About Your Skills 1:57 #2 Have an Authentic Relationship 3:40 #3 Know How To Measure Success 4:43 #4 Identify Benefits To Others 5:44 #5 Incremental Persuasion 7:00 #6 Create Visual Aids and Assets 8:38 #7 Future-Pace The Benefits 9:53 #8 Know How They're Measured 11:08 #9 Timebox The Response for Support 12:29 #10 Practice Persuasion 13:39 #11 Episode Groove Visit me at JaymeEdwards.com
Find me on Facebook at JaymeEdwardsMedia
Find me on Twitter as @jaymeedwards

14 min

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