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AI is changing how teams work. The tools are faster, the outputs are quicker, and the pressure to keep up is constant.
But the fundamentals of great leadership haven’t changed – trust, psychological safety, communication, and human connection still determine whether a team thrives or fractures under pressure.
Megan Tipps writes and speaks about the realities of leadership in technology, sharing practical lessons from her own experiences managing teams, supporting developers, and growing as a leader. Through Leading with Empathy, her work focuses on creating environments where people feel heard, trusted, and empowered to succeed.
In this AMA, Megan will explore how leaders can embrace new technologies without losing what makes great teams possible in the first place.
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– Megan Tipps, Lead Developer at Parent Sense
🔑 Leadership isn't about being the loudest voice: The hardest mindset shift wasn't leaving code behind, it was letting go of the idea that leaders always have the answer.
🔑 One mistake doesn't define you: A bad hiring decision taught Megan more about resilience and process than any success did, she rebuilt her interview approach instead of second-guessing her ability to lead.
🔑 Fix the environment, not just the person: Sometimes the best way to help someone isn't individual coaching, it's removing the friction (unclear priorities, stressful releases) that's working against the whole team.
🔑 AI changes the leader's job, not the org chart: Junior engineers and mentoring matter more, not less. The shift is in how knowledge and judgment flow through the team.
🔑 Psychological safety means normalising the mess: Sharing your own failed AI experiments as a leader gives everyone else permission to experiment out loud instead of performing certainty.
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View our hub for practical lessons, honest conversations, and actionable resources to help you lead stronger engineering teams, navigate AI, and grow as a tech leader.
Megan Tipps is a Lead Developer, engineering leader, writer, and speaker with 19 years of experience building software and leading technical teams. Her career has spanned a wide variety of industries, including education, law, parenting, payroll, solar, promotional services, and enterprise software, providing her with a unique perspective on how technology intersects with people, business, and everyday life.
Over the years, Megan has worked across the full software development lifecycle and has led multidisciplinary teams consisting of backend developers, frontend developers, mobile engineers, and quality assurance specialists. She believes that technical excellence and people-centred leadership are not competing priorities but complementary strengths that allow teams to produce their best work.
Whether speaking about leadership, team culture, AI, or software development, Megan’s goal is simple: to help build workplaces where people can do exceptional work without losing sight of their humanity.
Salary discussions are some of the most critical discussions to happen between managers and employees – but often the constraints are already set in company wide budget meetings.
Managers who know how to advocate for their team members are better set up to navigate these budget conversations. A solid budget can make or break how satisfied your new hires and existing team members are with their compensation. To make matters even more complicated, salary is an individual experience that should be tackled on a case-by-case basis.
Should you match a counter offer? Should team members with similar roles earn the same? Making mistakes when it comes to salary can be really painful and can cost you high performing team members in the long run.
In this event, we’ll deep dive into these challenges to set you up to win in salary conversations with your tech team.
Join the conversation with fellow tech leaders to delve into:
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