Beyond Hierarchies: Cultivating a Transparent Feedback Culture
Leszek Knoll discusses the challenges of addressing underperformance in self-organized environments, handling peer feedback with empathy, preventing workplace "mobbing," nurturing a feedback culture, and applying effective communication and feedback principles beyond work with Marc Furrer, Client Director at FNZ Group.
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In this episode, Leszek Knoll, co-founder of @brainhubeu, discusses the challenges of addressing underperformance in self-organized teams, handling peer feedback with empathy, preventing workplace "mobbing," promoting a feedback culture, and applying effective communication and feedback principles beyond work with Marc Furrer, Client Director at FNZ Group.
Leszek Knoll
Over the last decade, Leszek has developed several successful businesses, among them a software development agency that supports Fortune 500 companies. With the challenges a growing business brings, he observed that stepping out of a tech role into a leadership one brings the need for a different approach. As a host of the Better Tech Leadership podcast, Leszek is focused on bridging the gap between tech and people skills.
Marc Furrer
Marc Furrer is a Client Director at FNZ Group with extensive experience in business operations and management, having held senior roles at FNZ Group, Especially Hair, and SunGard (now part of FIS), where he specialized in areas such as ALM, Liquidity Risk Management, and Capital Stress Testing, along with a background in finance and economics from Universität St.Gallen.
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The Better Tech Leadership Podcast
A podcast where we share a drink with leaders that build the world’s greatest teams and products. Giving you the playbook for growing a successful tech business as a founder, CTO and aspiring CTO.
Leszek Knoll, co-founder of @brainhubeu, explores the significance of emotional intelligence in tech leadership, understanding developers on a personal level, building trust within teams, providing constructive feedback for holistic growth, and the pivotal role of empathy in effective tech leadership with Robert Mejlerö, Chief Technology Officer at tmc.
Leszek Knoll, co-founder of @brainhubeu, delves into the practical and theoretical aspects of software development, interdepartmental communication complexities, customer feedback utilization, effective problem-solving, one-on-one alignment, and the value of documents for decision-making with Francisco Trindade, Director Of Engineering at Braze.
Matt Warcholinski, co-founder of @brainhubeu, engages with Ian Forrester, Senior "Firestarter" at BBC, discussing innovation and adaptive media technologies, emphasizing public service in tech, offering practical remote work advice through the "personal user manual" concept, and sharing influential books and podcasts on the multifaceted role of technology in society.