private trainings
Trainings are carefully crafted to present foundational techniques, soft skills, and actionable frameworks necessary to be an effective leader in tech.
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Trainers will come onsite or host a virtual private session as a guest speaker, a short workshop focused on a specific skill, or a full-day training covering topics of your choice (below).
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Or, check out our out-of-box training offerings: Engineering Management 101 & Engineering Management 201
Regardless of offering type, participants will leave with tactical methods to embrace the human side of software development and serve your teams as intentional, respectable, and inspiring leaders. All trainings include a 25+ page workbook that includes interactive and challenging discussion topics and activities.
Topics can include:
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Giving impactful feedback
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Understanding your own communication style and leading diverse communication styles
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Facilitating effective (non-awkward) 1:1s
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Establishing short and long term goals
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Delegating and asking for help
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Situational leadership
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Discovering your strengths and blind spots as a leader
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Reaping the benefits of a diverse (many facets) team
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Cultivating an inclusive team culture
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Splitting time between coding, managing projects, establishing relationships, and putting out fires
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Building confidence as a new leader
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Public speaking
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Coaching
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Team communication
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Team conflict
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Influencing partners and stakeholders
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Motivating and propelling the team through challenges and setbacks
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Practicing authentic leadership
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Building effective developer onboarding tools and processes
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Establishing powerful and bullet-proof morning routines to maximize busy schedules
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Empowering your team
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Establishing and communicating a clear vision that will propel your team through the toughest challenges
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Gracefully transitioning from individual contributor to a boss
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Recruitment, retention, & advancement
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Building strong relationships with business partners
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Listening effectively
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Navigating your team through ambiguity and shifting priorities
audience
Offerings cater to teams and individuals at various levels, including those who are:
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Already formally/informally leading people
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Seeking a future leadership role
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Experienced technical leaders who want to refresh and advance their existing skills
virtual offering
Virtual trainings will leverage the Developer First enterprise Zoom account (no additional cost or subscription required for your organization!)
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Virtual "breakout room" functionality has been a wonderful way to mimic the in-classroom group discussions and meaningful connections. After each breakout activity, the larger group can seamlessly come back together to discuss and recap the topics.
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Pricing for virtual offering is the same as onsite (minus travel costs).
testimonials
"This training helped me with many aspects of engineering management. I enjoyed the combination of content, hand-on exercises and facilitated discussion."
- WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, MINNEAPOLIS MN
"I left Kate's workshop feeling really excited to get back to work. Thank you for motivating me to carve out the time to start working on the training I never received."
- WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, DENVER CO
"I really enjoyed the workshop. The format of the sessions was interactive and very helpful to hear other ideas from participants."
- WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, MINNEAPOLIS MN
"The workshop was more than worth the time. It gave me my favorite quote of the day: "'Be tenaciously committed to the growth of each individual.'"
- WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
"I was engaged in the talk and never wanted, not even for one second, to lose focus on the content. Great advice for established and would be Engineering leaders."
- WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
"This session gave me lots of great things to think about. Last week I transitioned from senior dev to project manager and the presentation has many helpful ideas to make this transition smooth."
- WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, DENVER, CO
"It explicitly brought forward strategies for how to be an engaged leader."
"It was an excellent opportunity to reflect on what I am currently doing and how that needs to change to make me a more effective leader"
"Loved the style and topics covered. Great discussion with other leaders in the group!"
- WORKSHOP ATTENDEES, ST. LOUIS PARK, MN
"Wow, great, this was the best speech, practical, this was about leadership toolset, what the audience needs here."
- WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
"This was an excellent talk, and I wish all tech managers could hear it. I will be sharing this with all of the managers that work for me."
- VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
"This information is useful not only for managers, but also those looking for a job because it gives them things to look for in a manager or team!"
- VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
"I liked how human focused and honest the session was. I've gone to too many motivation/values sessions that have a not very well hidden "but don't let this detract from productivity" undertone. This was a refreshing tone."
- VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, BOSTON, MA
"The specific andpersonal examples of goals and techniques used helped immensely in my ability to connect the material with my own life and experiences."
- VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, BOSTON, MA