7 Virtues for leading a function

 

This chapter covers

  • Establishing project formalizations across your function
  • Coaching as a social leader and organizing initiatives for team career growth
  • Driving successful annual planning processes, while avoiding planning anti-patterns
  • Securing commitments from partners and teams
  • Recognizing diversity, practicing inclusion, and nurturing belonging within your function

As a director or principal data scientist, your virtues can shape the function’s virtues. Your emphasis becomes the function’s focus. Where you scrutinize, the function tends to develop competency. With the knowledge that your words, actions, and habits shape the culture of the DS function, what are some specific tools and practices that can provide you the necessary power and influence for directing your function?

7.1 Ethical standards of conduct

7.1.1 Establishing project formalizations across the function

7.1.2 Coaching as a social leader with interpretations, narratives, and requests

7.1.3 Organizing initiatives to provide career growth opportunities

7.2 Rigor in planning, higher standards

7.2.1 Driving a successful annual planning process

7.2.2 Avoiding project planning and execution anti-patterns

7.2.3 Securing commitments from partners and teams

7.3 Attitude of positivity

7.3.1 Recognizing and promoting diversity within your team

7.3.2 Practicing inclusion in decision-making

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