4 Capabilities for leading people

This chapter covers

  • Delegating projects while ensuring result consistency across projects
  • Making buy-versus-build recommendations
  • Building powerful teams and influencing partners to increase their impact
  • Managing up to your manager
  • Broadening and deepening your business understanding

As a DS manager, your primary responsibility is to nurture your team to produce business impact. Your capabilities are reflected in your ability to deliver results, promote a portfolio of technical expertise in your team, and increase your team’s potential to capture additional opportunities. Many of these responsibilities also apply to a staff data scientist.

The primary technology for a DS manager is the delegation process. Effective ...

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