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- You can't lead a team further than you have been yourself There is a constant need to spend time up-skilling, performing tech spikes, thinking ahead - 20% of people do 80% of the work. You should be in the 20% and also invest time with the people in your team that are in the 20% - Genuinely care about the people you lead and help them get better at whatever their goals are

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- "You can't lead a team further than you have been yourself"

I respectfully disagree. A good leader hires, nurtures and grows individuals that are better than himself. The goal of course always is to have the team be more than the sum of its parts. In doing so it should be the goal of taking it much further than the leader could ever have gone alone.

Being a lead should not be a platform for showing how much of a star you can be, it should be a platform for sharing your knowledge and skill with your team. This allows them to grow whilst taking and take the work they are capable of doing off your hands. The only development work you should be doing is the work they are not capable (yet) of doing.

This should leave you time to plan, teach and review as well as attend the meetings and do the paperwork that inevitably comes with a leadership role.

Enjoy.

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