leadership

How Managers Build (or Break) Their Team’s Self-Confidence
As a manager, I’ve had reports who were struggling, despite my trying to set them up for success.
 • Irina Stanescu
Lessons in Leadership from Formula 1: Christian Horner vs Toto Wolff
High pressure is a given in F1 and Tech. What changes everything is how you lead.
 • Irina Stanescu
Getting People to Listen is a Skill → Here’s Where to Start
A practical guide to understanding why your message isn’t getting through and what to do about it
 • Irina Stanescu
Why I Think “Bias for Action” Is a Trap
And what to replace it with if you don't want to get yourself into sticky situations you can't get out of
 • Irina Stanescu
Lessons from Projects That Didn’t See the Light of Day
How can engineering help prevent some of these failures
 • Irina Stanescu
5 Tips for Staying Kind, Calm, and Open During Difficult Conversations
Lessons in emotional intelligence - strengthening your emotional self-management skills
 • Irina Stanescu
How to Cultivate Clarity and Kindness in Your Engineering Team
Two essential ingredients for high-performing teams
 • Irina Stanescu
How to Pick Your Battles: A Simple Framework for Addressing Issues at Work
Not all issues are made the same, so how can you use kindness to determine which issues are worth confronting and which aren't?
 • Irina Stanescu
Why Healthy Confrontation Should Be Seen as an Act of Kindness
And how to get more comfortable with conflict if you're non-confrontational
 • Irina Stanescu
Are You Truly Kind, or Just Being Nice?
Choose kindness if you want you and your team to grow, and not just get along
 • Irina Stanescu
3 Takeaways From Speaking at My First International Tech Conference
Greetings from Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺.
 • Irina Stanescu
Show, Don’t Tell: How to Multiply Your Chances of Changing People's Minds
Many years ago, I was tasked with leading the engineering team in charge of the re-architecture of the delivery experience in the Uber Eats Eater App…
 • Irina Stanescu
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