Communication & relationships
Building essential communication skills and improving workplace relationships


Managing distributed teams
Running remote teams
How can you maintain a high-performing team with a great culture when you're not in the same room? ...
3 Episodes
Running remote teams
Running remote teams
Four ways great leaders can build strong teams
7 mins
14 Mar 2023
Article
Four ways great leaders can build strong teams

Jason
Lengstorf
Navigating power dynamics as a manager
5 mins
19 Oct 2022
Article
Navigating power dynamics as a manager
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Pat
Kua
A CTO’s guide to code-switching: How to tailor your messages to your audience
10 mins
09 Aug 2022
Article
A CTO’s guide to code-switching: How to tailor your messages to your audience

Armon
Dadgar
Three proven strategies for presenting to busy people (like your boss!)
10 mins
08 Aug 2022
Article
Three proven strategies for presenting to busy people (like your boss!)

Gina
Trapani
Three strategies for building trust with your engineering teams
6 mins
25 Jul 2022
Article
Three strategies for building trust with your engineering teams

Vaidehi
Joshi
Five management anti-patterns and why they happen
11 mins
18 Jul 2022
Article
Five management anti-patterns and why they happen

Mugdha
Myers
Five essential tips for great internal communication
7 mins
23 May 2022
Article
Five essential tips for great internal communication

Jason
Lengstorf
How to run a great retrospective
10 mins
17 May 2022
Article
How to run a great retrospective
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Nickolas
Means
Building bridges with difficult co-workers
13 mins
12 Apr 2022
Article
Building bridges with difficult co-workers
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Sally
Lait
It’s not a people problem. So what is it?
12 mins
30 Mar 2022
Article
It’s not a people problem. So what is it?

Edi
Bouazza
Using coaching skills to grow compassion, empathy, and kindness
12 mins
16 Feb 2022
Article
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Using coaching skills to grow compassion, empathy, and kindness

Nik
Knight
Grow your influence with the art of diplomacy
7 mins
09 Feb 2022
Article
Grow your influence with the art of diplomacy
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Pat
Kua
Three things that are limiting your impact as an engineer
10 mins
08 Dec 2021
Article
Three things that are limiting your impact as an engineer
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Pat
Kua
Writing matters: How to improve your written communication skills
7 mins
07 Dec 2021
Article
Writing matters: How to improve your written communication skills

Sarah
Drasner
How to have difficult conversations
9 mins
26 Aug 2021
Article
How to have difficult conversations

Angela
Riggs
04 Aug 2021
Video
Don't bring a knife to a gun fight: selling the value of investment

Lisa
Karlin Curtis
26 Jul 2021
Video
Live long and prosper as a senior IC

Alice
Li
26 Jul 2021
Video
Cultivating effective cross-functional relationships

Anjuan
Simmons

Charles
Garrett
26 Jul 2021
Video
Holding effective coaching conversations

Nik
Knight

Phillipa
Rodney
A leader's guide to fostering effective cross-team collaboration
8 mins
29 Jun 2021
Article
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A leader's guide to fostering effective cross-team collaboration

Lena
Reinhard
Filtering your language as an engineering leader
7 mins
21 Jun 2021
Article
Filtering your language as an engineering leader

Rod
Begbie
Write things down: transparent culture in minutes
6 mins
18 Jun 2021
Article
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Write things down: transparent culture in minutes
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Jon
Finerty
Fundamentals of leadership development for high-performers
11 mins
02 Jun 2021
Article
Fundamentals of leadership development for high-performers

Seung Chan
Lim
Leading through writing in software engineering
7 mins
13 May 2021
Article
Leading through writing in software engineering
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Amy
Nguyen
Learnings from 'Communicating effectively within engineering orgs'
5 mins
13 Jul 2021
Article
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Learnings from 'Communicating effectively within engineering orgs'

Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Building the tools for cross-team communication
+1 more
24 May 2021
Video
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Building the tools for cross-team communication

Bruce
Wang

Michael
Winslow
The night the lights went out in Texas
10 mins
17 Mar 2021
Article
The night the lights went out in Texas
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Nickolas
Means
Empathy: the key to effective verbal communication
7 mins
04 Mar 2021
Article
Empathy: the key to effective verbal communication

Pietra
Freitas
What blocks you from listening?
6 mins
01 Mar 2021
Article
What blocks you from listening?
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Pat
Kua
Don't let miscommunications derail your projects
5 mins
16 Feb 2021
Article
Don't let miscommunications derail your projects
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Yaphi
Berhanu
How to become involved in your technical community
4 mins
04 Feb 2021
Article
How to become involved in your technical community
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Shodipo
Ayomide
How to write communication guidelines – and live by them
8 mins
02 Feb 2021
Article
How to write communication guidelines – and live by them
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Antonia
Landi
11 Sep 2015
Video
Empathetic communication as an engineering leader

Sam
Barnes
23 Jun 2016
Video
Hacking verbal communication systems

Ryan
Alexander
08 Jun 2017
Video
Navigating different communication styles as engineers

Katherine
Wu
21 Mar 2018
Video
Navigating engineering team friction

Lara
Hogan
Mentor, coach, sponsor: a guide to developing engineers
10 mins
30 Nov 2020
Article
Mentor, coach, sponsor: a guide to developing engineers

Neha
Batra
Navigating conflict between management styles
6 mins
06 Nov 2020
Article
Navigating conflict between management styles
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Kevin
Stewart
'It’s been a tough week': managing mental health in the workplace
7 mins
02 Oct 2020
Article
'It’s been a tough week': managing mental health in the workplace

Leena
Mansour
1:1 Foundations: best practices for conversations that count
5 mins
21 Aug 2020
Article
1:1 Foundations: best practices for conversations that count

Adrienne
Lowe
The myths and traps of "managing up"
9 mins
19 Aug 2020
Article
The myths and traps of "managing up"

Katie
Wilde
Followership: a mechanism for distributing leadership
11 mins
12 Aug 2020
Article
Followership: a mechanism for distributing leadership

Crystal
Hirschorn
11 Jun 2019
Video
Navigating friction in your engineering team

Lara
Hogan
12 Jun 2019
Video
Creating positive cultures distributed engineering teams through communication

Paula
Kennedy
Want to promote knowledge-sharing in your teams? Standardize the way you take notes.
7 mins
15 Aug 2022
Article
Want to promote knowledge-sharing in your teams? Standardize the way you take notes.

Cassidy
Williams
A tech lead’s guide to effective communication
11 mins
08 Aug 2022
Article
A tech lead’s guide to effective communication

Addy
Osmani
How to estimate and communicate timelines when building software
14 mins
14 Jun 2022
Article
How to estimate and communicate timelines when building software

Gina
Trapani
Taking out the guesswork: How to set clear expectations as a manager
13 mins
26 Apr 2022
Article
Taking out the guesswork: How to set clear expectations as a manager

Kat
Kuhl
How to build trust when building software
11 mins
30 Mar 2022
Article
How to build trust when building software

Gina
Trapani
Secrets to securing speaking engagements
5 mins
05 Jan 2022
Article
Secrets to securing speaking engagements
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Brianna
McCullough
Getting through the awkwardness of networking
12 mins
06 Sep 2021
Article
Getting through the awkwardness of networking

Wesley
Faulkner
26 Jul 2021
Video
Navigating the manager <> senior IC relationship

Sarah
Milstein

Audrei
Drummond
26 Jul 2021
Video
Sturgeon’s Biases: how communities of practice lie to themselves & everybody else

Adrian
Howard
Using communication frameworks to become a better engineering leader
9 mins
22 Jun 2021
Article
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Using communication frameworks to become a better engineering leader

Markus
Tacker
Borrowing lines from great leaders around you
5 mins
14 Jun 2021
Article
Borrowing lines from great leaders around you

Lara
Hogan
Building relationships from further away for successful remote hiring
6 mins
06 May 2021
Article
Building relationships from further away for successful remote hiring

Jay
Shirley
What linguistics can teach us about building software with distributed teams
10 mins
25 Mar 2021
Article
What linguistics can teach us about building software with distributed teams

Andrew
Hao
How to avoid the growing pains of communicating at scale
9 mins
02 Mar 2021
Article
How to avoid the growing pains of communicating at scale

Sally
Goble
The skill of naming what’s happening in the room
4 mins
08 Feb 2021
Article
The skill of naming what’s happening in the room

Lara
Hogan
Maximize your mentorship: search and secure
7 mins
01 Feb 2021
Article
Maximize your mentorship: search and secure

Neha
Batra
08 Jun 2017
Video
Communicating as an engineering leader

Adrian
Howard
Building a vernacular with your engineering team
4 mins
08 Jan 2021
Article
Building a vernacular with your engineering team

Kevin
Goldsmith
How to be a sponsor when you're a developer
6 mins
05 Oct 2020
Article
How to be a sponsor when you're a developer

Lara
Hogan
12 Aug 2020
Video
Increasing your influence through building a professional network
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Alia
Shafir
12 Jun 2019
Video
Effective meeting facilitation techniques

Neha
Batra
30 Apr 2019
Video
Being right is only half the battle: how to optimize your interpersonal connections

Rod
Begbie
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