WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:00.480 You. 00:06.400 --> 00:10.320 I'm Andrew Murphy and I'll be your guide and tutor as we delve into 00:10.820 --> 00:14.560 the interesting, complex and rewarding world of technology 00:14.800 --> 00:18.840 leadership. It's a very complex place to be a leader and 00:19.340 --> 00:22.520 this course is designed to help you understand all the facets 00:23.020 --> 00:25.920 and aspects of that. Whether you're new to leadership, 00:26.160 --> 00:29.680 emerging into your leadership role, or looking 00:30.180 --> 00:33.200 to just become a better leader, the skills that we talk about 00:33.700 --> 00:37.280 in this training course will help you become the leader that. You know 00:37.780 --> 00:38.080 you can be. 00:41.280 --> 00:44.839 Hello everyone and welcome to the Turning Overwhelm Into Opportunity training 00:45.339 --> 00:49.240 course from Tech Leaders Launchpad. Today we're going to tackle Overwhelm and 00:49.740 --> 00:52.880 understand what it means and where it comes about, especially within 00:53.380 --> 00:57.280 the context of the technology industry, and most especially within 00:57.780 --> 01:01.640 the context of being a leader within the technology industry. There's a 01:01.880 --> 01:05.880 whole heap of unique challenges to technology 01:05.960 --> 01:10.360 leadership that can lead to this feeling, this sense of overwhelm. 01:10.760 --> 01:13.480 So first of all, we're going to understand, 01:13.960 --> 01:17.680 overwhelming this training course, what is this unspoken 01:18.180 --> 01:22.140 issue with which so much nuance exists in 01:22.640 --> 01:26.380 our industry? What are the impact that it can have on both our personal 01:26.880 --> 01:30.460 lives and our professional lives? How is this course laid out? 01:30.620 --> 01:34.060 Well, each of the modules is specifically designed 01:34.140 --> 01:37.780 to lead you on a journey. And so I encourage you to go through the 01:38.280 --> 01:41.540 lessons in the order in which they're laid out. They're hopefully there to 01:42.040 --> 01:45.500 help you combat this feeling of overwhelm. 01:46.540 --> 01:50.090 So first, first of all, on the course, we'll go through defining 01:50.490 --> 01:54.090 Overwhelm, how it goes beyond the everyday issues and 01:54.590 --> 01:58.250 everyday stresses, and how that digs into the psyche 01:58.750 --> 02:02.850 of being a tech leader. We'll discuss the serious downsides 02:03.350 --> 02:07.130 of Overwhelm, things like reduced productivity, impaired decision 02:07.630 --> 02:11.530 making and increased risk of burnout. But also 02:12.030 --> 02:15.620 its ripple on effects within your team, your project and 02:16.120 --> 02:20.940 your product. How your feelings as a leader lead to negative 02:21.440 --> 02:25.340 outcomes for everybody else. We'll also tackle 02:25.840 --> 02:30.020 the positive side of this, how being a leader 02:30.520 --> 02:33.940 that can overcome Overwhelm can lead to you 02:34.020 --> 02:38.140 having a positive effect on your team, a better work 02:38.640 --> 02:42.750 life balance, and building cultures of innovation within 02:42.830 --> 02:46.990 your company. But we'll also tackle resilience 02:47.490 --> 02:50.990 and adaptability. These are two keys that not only help you 02:51.150 --> 02:54.910 overcome Overwhelm, but can help you turn those challenges 02:55.150 --> 02:57.950 into opportunities for growth and development. 02:59.150 --> 03:03.390 Throughout this whole training course, I really encourage you to actively 03:03.710 --> 03:08.190 engage that every lesson will contain exercises, 03:08.270 --> 03:11.790 strategies, homeworks for you to execute on. 03:12.290 --> 03:16.230 And the insights that you can gain about yourself can really help 03:16.730 --> 03:20.270 you turn this theoretical training course into practical 03:20.770 --> 03:24.430 lifestyle changes. I don't want you to just learn the theory 03:24.930 --> 03:28.750 of Overwhelm. I want you to execute on it. And you can do that through 03:29.250 --> 03:32.830 the strategies. And so I want to not just give you the knowledge, 03:33.230 --> 03:36.700 but I want to give you the change in your life to 03:37.200 --> 03:40.820 lead you to a greater professional growth, greater personal satisfaction, 03:40.980 --> 03:44.980 and a greater understanding of how you can be a 03:45.480 --> 03:49.540 better person, a better leader, a better individual in your team. 03:50.420 --> 03:54.100 So that's what this training course is about. We're going to start off with 03:54.260 --> 03:57.140 defining Overwhelm in Tech leadership. 04:00.740 --> 04:04.100 Before we dive into the course content, though, I want to talk a little 04:04.600 --> 04:07.350 bit about myself and my journey to tech leaders. 04:07.850 --> 04:11.110 Launchpad so like I said in the intro, I'm Andrew, 04:11.610 --> 04:15.990 Andrew Murphy. I've been in the technology industry my entire career, 04:16.790 --> 04:20.030 but I also had the fortune or misfortune of 04:20.530 --> 04:23.910 moving into leadership incredibly early. This gave me a lot of 04:24.410 --> 04:28.110 formative experiences early on in my career that led me to 04:28.610 --> 04:32.390 be the person that I am today. And I've been a 04:32.890 --> 04:36.550 leader for over over a decade. At this point in various types 04:37.050 --> 04:41.190 of software development companies, both consultancies and product 04:41.270 --> 04:44.950 SaaS companies, I faced a myriad of challenges 04:45.450 --> 04:48.910 while being a leader and a whole heap of different people that I've worked 04:49.410 --> 04:53.270 alongside and had to encourage, grow, develop and influence. 04:53.750 --> 04:57.030 And this course matters to me because I've seen 04:57.110 --> 05:00.680 so many times that we've promoted great 05:01.180 --> 05:04.640 people into leadership positions, but not taught them the 05:05.140 --> 05:08.880 skills and the mindsets and the techniques that are needed to 05:09.380 --> 05:13.120 move from this place of being an individual contributor to being a 05:13.620 --> 05:17.080 leader in our continually changing landscape 05:17.400 --> 05:18.600 of technology.