Building Trust and Communication Strategies for Engineering Leaders

Learn essential strategies for maintaining meaningful connections across organizational layers in this conference talk from LeadDev Berlin 2024. Discover how to transition from managing direct reports to leading managers while preserving strong relationships with all team members. Explore practical approaches for building trust and empathy in large, distributed teams, including effective skip-level 1-on-1s, creating organic connection points, and fostering open communication channels. Master techniques for balancing high-level organizational discussions with personal rapport-building, particularly in remote work environments. Gain insights into how strategic relationship-building can reveal organizational patterns, streamline project execution, identify mentorship opportunities, and support underrepresented team members. Understand why investing in cross-organizational communication not only improves team dynamics but also strengthens overall organizational effectiveness.