Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:00
Level: All
Track: Human
From an outside perspective it can look like leadership roles are a golden ticket, bringing with them less hands on work, higher salaries, the ability to order people around and a shiny new title. The reality, however, of *effectively* leading a team or department is quite different and may not be for everyone. This presentation will dig into what’s required to lead a team successfully, the sacrifices that have to be made, leading by example and taking on a lot of the grunt work to allow your team to work effectively while ensuring you check your ego at the door. I will wrap up the presentation with an overview of some of the tools/methods we use at The Code Company to keep a regular pulse on the health of our engineering team members, keep on top of their professional development, ensure promises made are kept and some of the issues we’re still working on to this day.
Presentation goal & learning objectives
The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate to the audience what truly effective leadership involves and that it may not be as glamorous as they originally thought. In terms of learning objectives, anyone whos’ currently in any sort of leadership/management role should be able to take away some of the approaches, methods and tools from the talk to use in their own teams. In contrast, anyone in the audience who has aspirations to move into a leadership role in the future will be able to leave with a much healthier view on what leadership looks like, both for themselves in the future and what to expect from their own leaders right now.
Presentation audience
This talk is aimed at a wide audience, it’s not specifically technical although some of my examples will be from leading technical departments. It’s aimed at anyone who’s either currently in a leadership position or anyone on the fence/planning to aim for a leadership role in the future.