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Rejecting promotions, PIPs, and other dreaded conversations
Difficult conversations are no-ones favorite part of the job. Here’s how to make promotion rejections and performance conversations easier.
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Build documentation that developers can actually navigate
Creating onboarding documentation for your product? Or just writing up a “how-to” for a new internal tool? Here’s how you do it.
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AI is changing how software teams work together
A new Stanford University study shows that AI is quickly changing how engineering, product, and design collaborate.
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Break silos and build cross-functional bridges
Cross-functional alignment is what makes (or breaks) teams. When engineering, product, and business come together to navigate conflict, foster collaboration, and encourage shared ownership, progress soars.
Editor’s picks
A tech lead’s guide to effective communication
Tips for improving your communication skills as a tech lead
A leader’s guide to active and reflective listening
Active listening is often overlooked in the realm of communication. Here are some tactics to improve how you listen to others.
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
Speakers Gergely Orosz, Camille Fournier
and Lara Hogan confirmed
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.
Influencing without management authority as a senior individual contributor
Effectively communicating technical expertise.
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?
The festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
More about Communication
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How engineering, design, and product form the ‘software trinity’
A guide to effective cross-functional collaboration
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How to estimate and communicate timelines when building software
Your guide to becoming a better estimator
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Five essential tips for great internal communication
How to improve internal comms in your organization
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Structuring engineering teams to deliver value to diverse markets
How value stream-aligned teams connect with local customers
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Taking out the guesswork: How to set clear expectations as a manager
The importance of communicating your expectations with your team
Top Communication videos
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How to collaborate cross-functionally with Go To Market teams
How to collaborate cross-functionally with Go To Market teams. Speaking at LeadDev Together on March 1 VP of Business Systems at Intercom Rich Archbold.
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Product engineering cross-team collaboration – from idea to MVP
As an engineering leader, your closest cross-functional team will be in your relationships with product and design. Director of Engineering at Calm, Ellen Wong will explore creating an effective engineering-product-design bond.
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Becoming an influencer (no selfies required)
Leslie Chapman on how building and maintaining trust in order to be an influencer is one of the key roles of an individual contributor.
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Creating stability for teams in your organization
Creating stability for teams in your organization at LeadDev Together November 2021
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Influencing without management authority as a senior individual contributor
Effectively communicating technical expertise.
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Supporting your team (and yourself!) in times of change
Aisha will share tips for how to clearly communicate strategy, build agility, identify the unique needs of your team members, and keep a pulse on your own needs during the process at LeadDev Together.
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Feedback: Vital for growth, tough to crack
Hena shares how Feedback combined with coaching can be a very powerful leadership technique that helps your teammates elevate to their next level at LeadDev Together.
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Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight: selling the value of investment
This talk will help you understand and sell the value of investment work so that you can collaborate with non-engineers to get it prioritized.