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Abstract
Being a technical- or people leader in a hybrid work environment can be extra challenging: While on paper, it may look like hybrid work combines the “best of both [remote and co-located] worlds”, the reality often looks drastically different:
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You’re still bogged down in meetings all day (now with added hardware challenges during video calls).
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You constantly have to chase information when you’re not in the office.
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Your teams are struggling to adjust their collaboration patterns, and some of your teammates feel disconnected.
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And it seems like neither you nor your teammates can ever be fully present where you should (or want to!) be.
Yet, reflecting on the way you work and supporting others while you’re adjusting to a new model yourself can be really hard! This is why, in this session, we’ll take a few steps back and focus on principles that you can apply to succeed as a leader and help your teams thrive:
We’ll cover questions like:
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What can you as a leader do to avoid that your organization’s hybrid approach turns into “the worst of both worlds”?
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What principles & approaches can you apply to lead more effectively in a hybrid environment?
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How does this work in practice? How have leaders in similar settings implemented these approaches in their day-to-day work with their teams?
You’ll walk away with practical tips that you can start implementing on your next workday in order to lead more effectively in a hybrid environment. You’ll hear concrete examples from leaders that have done it before, and lessons to learn from them. In addition, you’ll take away a set of higher-level principles that you can modify to suit your role, and use to increase your impact as a leader.
Topics
QCon San Francisco 2022 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.
Part of the track
"Before & After": Hybrid Work Strategies Hosted by James Stanier Director of Engineering @ShopifyFrom the same track
Monday 24 October
10:35 Ballroom BC Session Hybrid Work Successful Leadership in Hybrid Environments: Powerful Principles, Practical Steps, and Poignant Examples Lena Reinhard Founder, Coach, Consultant @Lena Reinhard Leadership Coaching & Consulting, Previously VP of Engineering @CircleCI @TravisCI Being a technical- or people leader in a hybrid work environment can be extra challenging: While on paper, it may look like hybrid work combines the “best of both [remote and co-located] worlds”, the reality often looks drastically different: 11:50 Ballroom BC Session Hybrid Work Building High-Trust and High-Performing Teams at Shopify in a Remote World Jesse McGinnis Senior Development Manager @Shopify and Author of Embracing Uncertainty The switch to remote-only and hybrid has unlocked so much potential for the world and our companies: we can hire the best, people can live where they want, and we can form teams based on skills and interest instead of location. 13:40 Ballroom BC Session [Panel] Hybrid and Remote: How Do We Start Making Change Right Now? Lena Reinhard, Jesse McGinnis, Alexandra Sunderland, Brian Elliott The panelists have all been part of organizations that have fully embraced hybrid or remote work, and some were leading that charge. The question is, how do we go back to work next week and start making real changes for the better? 14:55 Seacliff D Session Unconference: Hybrid Work Strategies Shane Hastie Global Delivery Lead for SoftEd and Lead Editor for Culture & Methods at InfoQ.com What is an unconference? At QCon SF, we’ll have unconferences in most of our tracks. 16:10 Bayview Session Hybrid Work Leveraging Hybrid One-on-Ones for Better Connections Alexandra Sunderland Senior Engineering Manager @fellowapp One of the most difficult challenges to overcome in a hybrid or remote work environment is the lack of social connection between team members—and worse, the often insufficient time that managers spend individually with their reports. 17:25 Seacliff ABC Session Hybrid Work The Future of Work: How Flexibility Unlocks Potential for People and Organizations Brian Elliott Executive Leader, Future Forum & SVP @Slack | Author, How the Future Works The last two years created a massive discontinuity in how we work, and now the debate rages: are we going back to the way things were, or investing to move forward?