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How to communicate mandates (even if you disagree with them)
You may not agree with a mandate, but that shouldn’t affect the way you communicate it to your team.
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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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Debugging the most critical relationship in your work life: How to work better with an imperfect boss
Many bosses, despite their best efforts, struggle with communication, delegation, and career support for their teams. This talk explores how to navigate the complexities of working with your boss, balancing honesty with career impact, and building a more effective partnership.
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.
Berlin • Nov 3 & 4, 2025
Charity Majors, Sam Newman, and Humera Noor confirmed for LeadDev Berlin! 🙌
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 conference for engineering leaders shaping the future of software
Berlin • November 3 & 4, 2025
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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
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How to build trust when building software
Engineering leadership lessons from ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’
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Everything you need to know from ‘Removing the barrier between security and engineering’
A snapshot of the series
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Six ways security teams can build better relationships with engineering
Key security values to help bridge the gap
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Getting big changes implemented at the staff+ level
A guide to planning ambitious technical initiatives
Top Communication videos
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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.
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Navigating the manager <> senior IC relationship
In this panel, we’ll explore the senior IC manager relationship, thinking about how to create a mutually beneficial partnership.
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Live long and prosper as a senior IC
In this chat, we’ll explore how Vulcan logic can inform communicating and acting ethically.
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Understanding difficult conversations in your own organization
Real life situations and frameworks for having difficult conversations.