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Building high-performing engineering teams, one pixel at a time Lena Reinhard Director of Engineering, CircleCI @lrnrd @lrnrd The most complex systems I know: Distributed systems of people @lrnrd We all play a part in building our teams

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Building high-performing engineering teams,

  • ne pixel at a time
Lena Reinhard Director of Engineering, CircleCI @lrnrd
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The most complex systems I know: Distributed systems of people

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We all play a part in building

  • ur teams through small,

pixel-sized actions.

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What makes high performing teams?

Everyone having equal opportunities to contribute, and being able to do their best work:

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What makes high performing teams?

Everyone having equal opportunities to contribute, and being able to do their best work:

  • Psychological safety
  • Dependability
  • Structure & clarity
  • Meaning
  • Impact
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Building high performing teams, one pixel at a time

  • Connection
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
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Connection

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Connection

  • Building trust: using small actions and

moments to connect

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Connection

  • Building trust
  • Making space for our humanness: connecting as people
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I need to meet my team in person every once in a while, to remind myself that they’re actual people.

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I need to meet my team in person every once in a while, to remind myself that they’re actual people.

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Connection

  • Building trust
  • Making space for our humanness
  • Defining our expectations: surfacing what matters to us
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Connection

  • Building trust
  • Making space for our humanness
  • Defining our expectations
  • Lifting each other up: mentoring & offering opportunities
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Connection

  • Building trust
  • Making space for our humanness
  • Defining our expectations
  • Lifting each other up
  • Sharing praise: expressing our #gratitude
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Connection

  • Building trust
  • Making space for our humanness
  • Defining our expectations
  • Lifting each other up
  • Sharing praise
  • Training our feedback muscle: observation + impact + question
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Connection

  • Building trust
  • Making space for our humanness
  • Defining our expectations
  • Lifting each other up
  • Sharing praise
  • Training our feedback muscle: observation + impact + question
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Connection

  • Building trust
  • Making space for our humanness
  • Defining our expectations
  • Lifting each other up
  • Sharing praise
  • Training our feedback muscle
  • Staying aligned: what problem are we trying to solve?
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Collaboration

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Collaboration

  • Staying humble: 


making space for others

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Collaboration

  • Staying humble: 


making space for others

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Collaboration

  • Staying humble
  • Building relationships: strengthening trust
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Collaboration

  • Staying humble
  • Building relationships
  • Combatting hero culture: reducing pressure on individuals
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Collaboration

  • Staying humble
  • Building relationships
  • Combatting hero culture: reducing pressure on individuals
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  • Staying humble
  • Building relationships
  • Combatting hero culture
  • Learning together: the power of admitting what we don’t know

Collaboration

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  • Staying humble
  • Building relationships
  • Combatting hero culture
  • Learning together: the power of admitting what we don’t know

Collaboration

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Collaboration

  • Staying humble
  • Building relationships
  • Combatting hero culture
  • Learning together
  • Experimenting: a mindset to help us embrace change
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Collaboration

  • Staying humble
  • Building relationships
  • Combatting hero culture
  • Learning together
  • Experimenting: a mindset to help us embrace change
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Communication

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Communication

  • Avoiding surprises: communicating difficult news
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Communication

  • Avoiding surprises
  • Writing better: being crisp, inclusive, adding emotion
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Communication

  • Avoiding surprises
  • Writing better: being crisp, inclusive, conveying emotion
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Communication

  • Avoiding surprises
  • Writing better
  • Editing our writing
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Expectation: Anticipation: clear? what, by when, from whom? what can I already answer now?

Communication

  • Avoiding surprises
  • Writing better
  • Editing our writing
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Communication

  • Avoiding surprises
  • Writing better
  • Editing our writing
  • Documenting: investing in our future success
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Building high performing teams, one pixel at a time

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  • Connection
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
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Building high performing teams, one pixel at a time

  • Connection
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Continuity
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Building a team is never done. It’s an investment we make every single day.

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Use connection, collaboration, communication to build your team: every single day, one pixel at a time.

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Thank you.

Lena Reinhard Director of Engineering, CircleCI @lrnrd