You’ve worked hard to develop your tech skills — but how are your leadership skills? Do you have what it takes to be a people leader?
While technical skills and programming languages come and go, great leadership skills are always in demand — for good reason:
Great tech leaders are in short supply and expensive to replace!
Join us at the Leadership eXchange Forum, a free online event designed to help software professionals of all experience levels build new leadership skills.
JOIN US AT OUR FIRST EVER LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE FORUM
You'll hear from leading experts discussing topics including:
Imposter Syndrome
How to get over the feeling that you're not really a leader
Decision-Making
Learn to synthesize your knowledge, experience and judgement into decisions.
Environmental, Social and Governance
Discover why ESG has become an agent for transformation in boardrooms around the world
Habit Loops
Master your organization's "habits" to influence change
Leadership eXchange Forum features keynotes from
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Rosemarie Wilson
FOUNDER, PRAGMATICA COACHING
"How to Challenge Imposter Syndrome and Thrive"
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Heike Heemann
LINKEDIN STRATEGIST AND LINKEDIN COACH
"Mastering the Habit Loop to Improve Your Life, Career and Organization"
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Cynthia Curtis
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SUSTAINABILITY, JLL
"ESG as a Transformation Vehicle"
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Diana Montalion
AUTHOR + PRINCIPAL, ARCHITECTURE AND STRATEGIC SERVICES, MENTRIX
"Integration Leadership"
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The Leadership eXchange Forum will be an online conference.
This event begins at 14:00 UTC

RECORDINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL TICKET HOLDERS
Ticket holders will also receive exclusive access to recordings of all sessions. These recordings will be available shortly after the event, allowing you to watch the conference at your convenience.
Who should attend?
Technical Leads
Team Leads
Engineering Leads
Engineering Managers
Directors of Engineering
CIOs
CTOs
Software engineers aspiring to be any of the above
Many teams don't have the appropriate tech leadership in place — no matter what your role is developing your skills is a great way to help shape both YOUR future and the future of your organization.
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Day 1: Schedule
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‘Imposter Syndrome’ is described as an internalised fear of feeling like a fake, being found out you don’t know enough and don't deserve to be where you are, particularly in your professional life, it goes hand-in-hand with self-doubt. For some, it will be a fleeting experience, but for many, it will have a deeper reach. It’s estimated that 70% of individuals will experience ‘Imposter Syndrome’ at some point in their lives. You are not alone, nobody has it all covered. If your version of Imposter Syndrome is holding you back from achieving your full potential, enabling you to thrive in what you do, please join us for this session. You will learn:
leadership
imposter-syndrome
About the speaker...Rosemarie WilsonRosemarie supports both the individuals and organisations she works with by delivering customised programs and workshops focused on building self-confidence, developing emotional intelligence and improving leadership skills.
Her background stems from the corporate world, where she spent over 20 years working in Finance, FinTech and Change Management for some of the world’s largest Oil & Gas companies. |
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ESG — environmental, social and governance — are topics of discussion in a growing number of Boardrooms around the globe. Among the results of taking ESG actions are companies in transformation. Come hear about how ESG accelerated one company's journey.
leadership
governance
social
environmental
About the speaker...Cynthia CurtisCynthia is SVP of sustainability stakeholder engagement for JLL, responsible for elevating JLL’s sustainability program, embedding it broadly throughout the business and driving meaningful impact with and through JLL’s clients. Included in her scope is delivering against JLL’s net zero carbon target of reducing scope 3 emissions from the properties that it manages. Cynthia also collaborates with the Investor Relations team, spearheading the company’s reporting in accordance with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure, to ensure its investors have a more complete understanding of JLL’s competencies, goals, and impacts. She acts as the company’s representative on the World Green Building Council’s Corporate Advisory Board. Cynthia serves on the Board of Directors for Greenback Renewable Energy Company, LLC, which is dedicated to investing in projects and managing capital for its public shareholders as well as institutional investors in the sustainable infrastructure sector. Previously, Curtis has worked in the public, private and non-profit sectors, including Ceres and CA Technologies, where she served as vice president and chief sustainability officer. She lives in the Boston area, is a member of the New England Women in Energy and the Environment, chairs the Wellesley Village Church Energy Committee, and built one of the region’s first gold LEED-certified residences. |
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Habits impact our health, relationships, wealth and careers. A large percentage of our daily lives is driven by habits. Many are unconscious and developed unintentionally. Others are carefully developed and take time to create. Organizations also have “habits”, those unwritten rules that can contribute to or hinder an organization’s success. This talk addresses habits that affect both personal life and professional situations. The audience will learn tips on how to modify the habit loop in order to improve their life and career, as well as benefit their organizations. Learning Objectives:
leadership
habit-loops
habits
About the speaker...Heike HeemannHeike Heemann is passionate about helping others shine in their careers. Her specialty is supporting mid-career professionals to find better career opportunities and build their professional brand on line. Heike also helps career women improve their confidence, professional networking skills, leadership and public speaking skills. She worked in sales and marketing in several industries before starting IdeaShare Business Coaching, in 2013, where she offers 1:1 coaching, group sessions and masterminds. Heike invites you to connect with her on LinkedIn and Facebook. Find her most relevant links at https://linktr.ee/HeikeHeemann |
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Regardless of our position on a hierarchy, the value of our leadership depends on our ability to champion the best possible action, under the circumstances, especially when conditions are uncertain. (Conditions are always uncertain.) In this talk, we'll explore leadership as synthesizing knowledge, experience and good judgement into decisions based on valid reasons. Also, maintaining both personal and conceptual integrity in the face of systemic blockers. (There are always systemic blockers.)
leadership
About the speaker...Diana MontalionShe has 17+ years experience delivering initiatives, independently or as part of a professional services group, to clients including Stanford, The Gates Foundation and Teach For All. She is co-founder of Mentrix, a consultancy providing enterprise systems architecture, technology strategy, team leadership and systems development. She is also Principal Systems Architect for the Wikimedia Foundation. |
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How to Challenge Imposter Syndrome and Thrive
Featuring Rosemarie Wilson
If your version of Imposter Syndrome is holding you back from achieving your full potential, enabling you to thrive in what you do, please join us for this session.
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ESG as a Transformation Vehicle
Featuring Cynthia Curtis
ESG — environmental, social and governance — are topics of discussion in a growing number of Boardrooms around the globe. Among the results of taking ESG actions are companies in transformation. Come hear about how ESG accelerated one company's journey.
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Mastering the Habit Loop to Improve Your Life, Career and Organization
Featuring Heike Heemann
This talk addresses habits that affect both personal life and professional situations. The audience will learn tips on how to modify the habit loop in order to improve their life and career, as well as benefit their organizations.
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Integration Leadership
Featuring Diana Montalion
In this talk, we'll explore leadership as synthesizing knowledge, experience and good judgement into decisions based on valid reasons. Also, maintaining both personal and conceptual integrity in the face of systemic blockers.
leadership
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J Forum
One day - Online Conference
Discover why Java remains a fundamental piece of the software industry a quarter of century after its creation. You're invited to the free J Forum featuring keynotes by Holly Cummins, Ben Evans, Heather VanCura and Martijn Verburg.
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Rust Forum
0.5 days - Online Conference
Discover Rust: Stack Overflow's "most loved" programming language. Join us for 4 keynotes exploring why Rust is increasingly being used in production by the world's biggest brands in Fin-tech, Machine Learning, Distributed Systems, Cloud Native Infrastructure, and Embedded...
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Microservices Forum
0.5 days - Online Conference
Join us at the Microservices Forum where we'll welcome 3 of the world's top Microservice experts — Chris Richardson, James Lewis and Sarah Wells — to discuss what's next in Microservices, and explore what it means to work and live in an increasingly decoupled world.
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DevSecOps eXchange Forum
One day - Online Conference
In this Members-only event we'll explore the latest techniques, tools and thinking around integrating security throughout the entire software development lifecycle. This half-day event features keynotes from Dave Farley, Erik Dörnenburg, Matt Saunders, Bert Jan Schrijver and Nancy Gariché.
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CloudNative eXchange Forum 2021
Two days - Online Conference
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Accelerated Software eXchange Forum
One day - Online Conference
Join Dave Farley, Chelsea Troy, Heidi Waterhouse and Barry O'Reilly for a half-day of keynotes. W'll explore the relationship between speed and quality in the world of software development.
cross-discipline architecture quality devops continuous-delivery