HS032 Mentors and Leadership

Two topics in a short show – discussing leadership and mentoring.  What might we expect from leadership and what are the elements of being one in context of IT Technology ? Is there a role for career mentors and coaches in modern IT ? We discuss the topic and establish some points. IT Careers are high value and high effort but unlike other professions (such as law or medicine) there are no gatekeepers to working. This leads to  training and ‘life coaches’ that are unregulated and often unprofessional.  Sponsor Thanks to Kolide for sponsoring. Kolide offers a user-centred approach to end point security by scanning and monitoring their devices. If something is outside policy Kolide will engage the user in Slack to find out more and suggest rectification. We don’t often see security tooling the engages the user and encourages them to participate in compliance. Its worth checking out Honest Security – https://honest.security/   which describes the philosophy behind this. If you want more information then use the code HEAVYSTRATEGY when visiting Kolide – Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack –  https://www.kolide.com/heavystrategy