The Dao of Tech

Thursday, 9:30 AM EST

Do you feel inspired by conference talks but overwhelmed by all of the take aways to remember when you get back to work? This session will provide an opportunity to identify and practice key leadership skills immediately!

Leading a team requires a certain level of self-awareness and is often an overlooked requirement of the role. Therefore, understanding your own personal motivations is important to effectively lead and influence your team.

This one hour session will lead you through a few powerful activities to discover your own motivational style and understand how it drives your daily actions and decisions.

Time is on my side!

Thursday, 11:00 AM EST

Time management + prioritization - everyone needs it! We all seem to face a never-ending list of demands coupled with a finite amount of time to get it all done.

You will leave this 60 minute session armed with new tips and tools to effectively balance your time between meetings, writing code, putting out fires, and clarifying your role to ensure you are spending time on the things that actually matter!

The most uncomfortable conference session ever

Thursday, 1:00 PM EST

Giving feedback, discussing career goals, and facilitating (non-awkward) 1:1s are quite often dreaded tasks as a leader.

Starting with an activity to learn more about the way you communicate, this session will provide tools and tips to demystify these esoteric responsibilities of an Engineering Lead or Manager!

Becoming Bill Belichick v2

Thursday, 2:30 PM EST

Great leaders put people first. We must never devalue people in the process of delivering a technical solution.

This session will involve a wide range of topics including: the importance of diversity & inclusion in our dev teams, the importance of an effective developer onboarding experience, recruiting for the right things, and becoming an authentic, inspiring leader.