Leadership

Leadership – engineering culture

Enabling trust driven engineering

Quick course info

Format

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1-day in-person training

Duration

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8 hours

Trainer

Chris Lukassen

Head of product

Too many engineers work in environments where delivery is decoupled from purpose, and leadership is synonymous with control. This foundational training helps leaders build a culture where autonomy, accountability, and agility thrive. Learn to create conditions where teams can focus, collaborate, and deliver real value—sustainably.

Who should join

Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, Architects, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and anyone shaping the environment in which engineering teams operate.

What you'll walk away with

Clarity on what it means to lead with agility
Tools to foster ownership, focus, and flow in your teams
Practices to cultivate engineering excellence and trust
Insights into aligning technical work with business

Curriculum overview

Core Leadership Concepts

Modern Leadership Principles and Stances
Understanding Team Culture and Dynamics
Focus, Flow, and Psychological Safety
Managing Constraints: Strategy, Architecture, and Dependencies
Enabling Autonomy without Losing Alignment
Inspecting Outcomes, Not People

Learning Outcomes

Adopt leadership behaviors that nurture self-management
Learn to recognize and remove systemic impediments
Support technical excellence through servant leadership
Understand how to grow a resilient, value-driven engineering culture
Use empiricism to steer change and guide decision-making

Prerequisites

No engineering background is required, but familiarity is useful. We recommend reading Balance by Chris Lukassen before attending.

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