Category: Teams, Tools & Process

Your Guide to Technical Program Manager Resume (2024 Checklist)

by Mario Gerard | Jan 26, 2023 | Teams, Tools & Process | 0

After several TPM hiring drives and having hired and built large TPM teams where I have had to...

What is Chief of Staff in Tech and The Role of CoS

by Mario Gerard | Oct 6, 2022 | Teams, Tools & Process | 1

Over the last year and a half, I have been fortunate enough to serve as the ‘Chief of Staff’ (CoS)...

Single Threaded Leader at Amazon

by Mario Gerard | Aug 24, 2022 | Teams, Tools & Process | 4

I was talking to a friend who is working at Amazon, and he was telling me that he recently took up...

How To Influence Without Authority As A TPM

by Mario Gerard | May 23, 2022 | Teams, Tools & Process | 2

As TPMs, use the authority that comes with our role. At other times, we indirectly use the authority…

Day in the Life of a Technical Program Manager (TPM)

by Mario Gerard | Apr 19, 2022 | Teams, Tools & Process | 5

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is, “Can you describe a Day in the life of...

Take It To The Next Level As A TPM

by Mario Gerard | Dec 18, 2021 | Careers & Networking for TPMs, Teams, Tools & Process | 2

This post is going to focus on a couple of methodologies and thought process on how to “Take It To...

TPM Job Preparation Kit – A Definitive Repository Of Everything TPM

by Mario Gerard | Dec 16, 2021 | Teams, Tools & Process | 0

Over the past years, I have bookmarked interesting TPM resources I came across. And now we have...

Technical Program Managers vs Product Managers vs Product Managers – Technical vs Engineering Managers

by Mario Gerard | Jul 30, 2021 | Careers & Networking for TPMs, Teams, Tools & Process | 10

In this post we are going to talk about the differences between Technical Program Managers vs...

Your First 60 Days As A Technical Program Manager !

by Mario Gerard | Jun 29, 2021 | Teams, Tools & Process | 9

With quite the number of folks changing careers, starting off as TPMs, and even seasoned TPMs...

Understanding Scaled Agile Framework – SAFe

by Mario Gerard | Jun 28, 2021 | Teams, Tools & Process | 2

What is Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Scaled Agile Framework SAFe A proven, publicly available...

A True Agile Implementation?

by Mario Gerard | Jun 9, 2021 | Teams, Tools & Process, Technology | 0

Are there teams you have worked in that follow a flavor of an Agile implementation be it Scrum or...

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in Teams – Why is EQ in Teams Important

by Mario Gerard | Mar 6, 2021 | Teams, Tools & Process | 1

My previous post was about the components of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and their key indicators....

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