Leading Through Crisis: Mainting Productivity In Stressful Situations

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Session Overview

Many people experience stress in their roles and IT is no exception to the rule. Tough deadlines, projects to be delivered “yesterday”, release rollbacks and unstable environments or the very nature of your role can cause stress. But what if you woke up in a country at war and you need to manage your high performing IT teams so that business continues as usual and the client is still happy?

You’ll hear a personal story of adapting to a war in Ukraine, waking up in Kyiv under the bomb attacks, keeping the teams stable and performing so that our business was able to successfully continue as usual, which was the biggest challenge for everyone.

Session Key Takeaways:

How to handle stressful situations at work
How to communicate effectively with your team
How to build a better level of trust and manage your teams under pressure

This session is for you if… you are an IT manager who wants to learn how to keep the balance and remain a calm leader.

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