AMA about Leadership

18 Mar 2026

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In this moment: Gary Hawkes
Inspired by the following challenge: Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything.

Every organisation evolves and every person in it is unique with different needs. So leadership is tough when each step of the way, you're having to adapt to new people,  changing organisations and new challenges, whilst still remaining the stable voice that people look to for answers and guidance.

I learned leadership the hard way, promoted with only external coaching, to be the go to guy in Development and Testing in a number of organisations. I made a lot of mistakes in this leadership journey crashing into walls, trying to be behave "as a leader should" until gradually I found myself and the kind of leader I wanted to be.

So if you have any questions about leadership from any perspective, simply add a comment with your question and I'll do my best to help...from one leaders perspective 🙏

Questions and answers can be found in this collection 
Gary Hawkes
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Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering

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