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3 tactics for leading a team through uncertainty
Lessons learned leading a team through a bumpy acquisition.
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Couple’s therapy for product and tech
Learn how to build a strong, lasting partnership between product and tech through alignment, trust, and intentional collaboration.
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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.

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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?
More about Communication
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How to avoid the growing pains of communicating at scale
Navigating the transition from informal to formal modes of 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.

