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Welcome to Open Source Leadership (OSL), an open book I am writing to share actionable leadership behaviors and skills that I have learned over the course of my career. No fluff, all value.

HumanOps

• guardrails
• Mental Resiliency

Communication

• Hey! Reach Out!
• Hey!
• State the Results, then the action

Strategic Thinking

• impact
• Don't Confuse Leadership with Decision Making

Influence

• Effective Escalations

Team Mechanics

• Have a PLAN

Anti-Patterns

• Confusing Decision Making with Leadership
• The Anti-Autonomy of Status Meetings

How Tos

A series of cheat sheets to help you succeed at work

• Inherit a Team
• Present
• Get Ahead
• Take Responsibility for a Mistake
• Remediate a Sev1
• Ask for Things

Activities

Positive Activities to Participate in with your Team

• Team Debugging Session
• Observability Reviews