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.
Working for many years with software engineering and architecture I forged skills that allowed me to cross the different layers in the organisation to communicate, align and inspire people to build the right thing. While focusing on customer success, I also strive to create better engineering experiences.I'm working with the amazing people behind the Zalando Partner Program, most specifically the Partner Growth and Optimisation pillar, where I lead a team responsible for providing insights for companies to understand how they are performing and seize growth opportunities while using our platform.
In this episode Leszek interviews Andrew Martinez, VP of Product at Honeysales. Their discussion highlights the role of AI in enhancing human efficiency, focusing on balancing AI autonomy with maintaining seller control over messaging. Challenges like ensuring personalized communication and improving AI output through examples of effective messages are addressed.
In this episode David shares insights from his career at eBay and mobile.de. He underscores the importance of delivering valuable products to users and giving back to the community by advising early-stage startups. At mobile.de, his team is a balanced mix of internal and external members to foster innovation while maintaining core business integrity.
Leszek Knoll 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.
Matt Warcholinski explores DevOps philosophy, human-centric tech leadership, the purposeful use of technology, the uncertain future of tech, and recommends a valuable resource with Jan Hegewald, a software product development leader at DevNetwork and SumUp.
