Explore my talks, presentations, and additional resources on leadership, coaching, and professional development.

June 2025

Don't Get Toasted - LDX3 Talk

Additional materials and resources from my LDX3 talk.

June 2017

Things You Wish You Shared With Your Team Before They Agreed on That Deadline

A talk about helping your team hit their deadlines by making sure they're aware of the time, traps and priorities. From The Lead Developer Conference 2017.

"This was one of my first major conference talks, and it really captures how I think about deadline management and team communication. The feedback was incredible - so many people said it changed how they approach project planning."

November 2018

Things You Wish You Shared with Your Team Before They Agreed on That Deadline (longer version - at re:develop 2018)

Estimating time is like packing for a long holiday. No matter how hard you try, you always feel like you forgot something important.

"This workshop format allowed me to really dive deep into the human side of leadership. I love how interactive it was - you can actually see participants having those 'aha' moments in real time."

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August 2020

Lead Dev Live Panel Discussion: Creating efficient, accurate, software estimations

In this session we had a chance to discuss both sides of the estimates/no estimates debate, dive into the problems that are currently apparent, and hopefully helped to begin a journey to more accurate estimations.

February 2022

How To Lead Engineering Teams Successfully (Adeva interview)

I had the pleasure to chat with Katerina Trajchevska, CEO of Adeva about Effectively leading engineering teams, Managing your time as an engineering manager and Supporting your team in achieving their goals.