“Know Thyself, Improve Thyself, Complement
Thyself”
Anthony Tjan
How leaders become self-aware
Harvard Business Review
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Ask yourself why
before you tell others why
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Provide structure in slides
Provide structure in schedule & processes
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Build rapport with audience
Build trust with team
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Write about your experiences
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Expect the Unexpected
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“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong”
Murphy’s Law
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Technical mishaps happen
Mistakes happen
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Have a script but don’t memorize it
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People leave
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#WOCinTech
Listen, Learn & Grow
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“You don’t need to know all the answers”
Anonymous 360 reviewer
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Don’t know answers?
Get back to audience/team
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Pay attention to feedback
Meetup or feedback form or speaker mentorship
360 reviews or peer reviews or 1:1s
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Develop your own
speaking and management style
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Resources & Takeaways
#WOCinTech
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Public speaking resources
Present! - Poornima Vijayashanker & Karen Catlin
Confessions of a public speaker - Scott Berkun
Presentation Zen - Garr Reynolds
Tech Speak Digest - Cate Huston & Chiu-ki Chan
Callback Women
Conferences - ElaConf, Write/Speak/Code
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Leadership Resources
Camille Fournier - The Manager’s Path
Kim Scott - Radical Candor
Blogs - Lara Hogan, Cate Huston, Patrick Kua
Harvard Business Review
askamanager.org
eng-managers.slack.com
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Takeaways
Public speaking & leadership are not innate abilities
Build your confidence by starting small
Get out of your comfort zone and ask for or grab opportunity