Lessons From An Undercover Boss

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Led a full DevOps redo twice: first as a manager that lands a five‑star app after four years, then as an individual contributor on a harder‑architecture team early in its journey. Claims that matter: transformational leadership is the secret sauce (State of DevOps), persistent visible vision beats vague promises, Kaizen and pull‑based offers beat relentless evangelism, and coaching via questions builds ownership. Concrete practices: tell the team’s change story (not just highlights), measure progress, and ask for feedback on your transformation.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:14Lessons from an Undercover Boss
3. 1:59Teams need to see and feel connection of the vision in their everyday work
4. 3:29Leaders need to change and share their new tool set
5. 3:59Focusing on the problem and results leaves out half the story

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