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Make it count; A no-nonsense guide to engineering metrics for the busy leader
Gain practical insights on engineering metrics that help busy leaders prioritize effectively, address delivery challenges, and measure team performance to maximize impact and productivity.
Editor’s picks
A tech lead’s guide to effective communication
Tips for improving your communication skills as a tech lead
How to communicate effectively as an IC
How can ICs communicate the same piece of information effectively to different audiences?
November 5, 2025
A unique one-day event for Heads, Directors, VPs and CTOs exploring core leadership challenges.
Essential reading
Writing matters: How to improve your written communication skills
Mastering the art of writing as an engineering leader
On our Communication playlist
Influential storytelling
Brianna McCullough talks about how to structure compelling stories that lead to alignment, buy-in and most importantly belief from our stakeholders, partners, and more importantly our teams.
How to complain positively
Josh Goldberg, a serial complainer with a catchy smile, will walk you through the steps he takes to make sure his complaining is heard and felt without causing pain.
How to communicate effectively as an IC
How can ICs communicate the same piece of information effectively to different audiences?
Communicating change: leading through the change curve
How to tailor your communications based on how your employees are experiencing and reacting to the change.
Help your engineering, product and security teams get on the same page
How can teams find alignment among competing priorities?
That’s a wrap Berlin!
Catch-up on all the Lead Berlin 2024 talks with a digital pass.
More about Communication
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What blocks you from listening?
Examining the common traps that negatively affect your ability to listen properly.
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Don’t let miscommunications derail your projects
One hour of clarifying a project now is better than one month of fixing it later.
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Mentor, coach, sponsor: a guide to developing engineers
How to identify the differences and apply them correctly.
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How to be a sponsor when you’re a developer
You don’t have to be a manager to help someone grow in their career
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‘It’s been a tough week’: managing mental health in the workplace
Supporting your team’s mental health is more important than ever
Top Communication videos
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Increasing your influence through building a professional network
Have you ever wondered why you aren’t having a bigger impact at work? Why your colleagues aren’t listening to your advice or why those next career opportunities aren’t coming your way? Stop wondering and start influencing.
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Bridging the gap between engineering and customer success teams
Investing in your customer success team is high leverage. The more knowledgeable your team is, the more effective it can be at investigating, diagnosing and triaging customer issues.
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Clear, concise and consistent: how to communicate and prioritize risks from the engineering team to the wider organization
Communicating risks, particularly to our non-technical colleagues, is a challenge and by not doing it well we suffer pushback from the business. The risks are varied and at all different levels, but can include technical debt, skill gaps, team burnout, and more.
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Navigating friction in your engineering team
Friction is a common, and necessary, part of team growth—but when left unchecked, team friction is unhealthy for you, your coworkers, your company, and ultimately your end users.
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Creating positive cultures distributed engineering teams through communication
When your team is wholly distributed it can be tough to develop a team spirit, strong culture and shared approach. This talk will highlight the difficulties we’ve seen and suggest tips and tricks that we have experimented with to improve this.
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Being right is only half the battle: how to optimize your interpersonal connections
True or False. Zero or One. Computers are viciously black and white in their logic. Humans, on the other hand, are messy — Emotional, forgetful, biased and opinionated.