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Remote Realities: What does dev team culture mean now?

๐Ÿ“† 16 May   ๐Ÿ•ž  11.00 SAST ๐Ÿ“ Online
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What are tech leaders doing to drive team culture? Is team culture dead? 

3 years after the pandemic and overnight shift to a remote-dominated tech work setup, the expression of organisational culture has changed drastically. In this webinar with remote tech leaders, weโ€™ll be diving into remote working and what culture looks like in a remote world.
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What you'll learn:

  • Whatโ€™s the status of team culture in a remote world?

  • What are tech leaders doing to drive/set team culture in their distributed teams?

  • At a time where the importance of team culture has shifted, what things are most important to run engaged, productive teams across borders?

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Meet the speakers

Michael Tempest
Senior Engineering Team Lead, Spendesk

Michael is a Senior Engineering Team Lead at Spendesk, where he passionately drives teams towards their best potential through trust and open communication. With a knack for fostering innovation, he actively leads changes and experiments to optimize team dynamics and efficiency. His dedication to continuous improvement ensures that every team member is involved and invested in the journey.

Outside of his professional endeavors, Michael is the founder of ThinkAsync, a platform dedicated to offering leadership advice and work from anywhere insights. Through ThinkAsync, he shares his wealth of experience to help others thrive in their careers. In his leisure time, Michael finds joy in exploring new music, experimenting with cutting-edge technology, and enjoying movies and anime with his family.

Tobias Mende
Interim Tech Lead and Tech Advisor

Tobi is an experienced consultant and mentor for software product engineering and leadership in remote companies. He co-created and led remote teams at PAYONE and BRYTER and as founded and led a DevEx team, focusing on engineering enablement through tooling, processes and culture. He has been working 100% remote for 6 years. With unblocked.engineering, he is now supporting software startups to build high-performing engineering organizations, leveraging his expertise in engineering leadership, developer experience and product management. With an inherent passion for people, software craft and creating customer value, Tobi is committed to enabling companies to create great software products with excellence and joy.

Nadia Vatalidis
Interim Director Talent Acquisition, Camunda

Nadia Vatalidis is the Interim Director of Talent Acquisition at Camunda where she works with all things people and makes Camunda a great place to work.

Previously she's worked as the VP of People at Remote and Head of People and Culture at TestGorilla. Sheโ€™s passionate about remote-first working environments and leading with a self-enabled culture. 

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About the event

๐Ÿ“…  29 February
โฐ  18.00 - 19.00 SAST
๐Ÿ“ Online Webinar

Salary discussions are some of the most critical discussions to happen between managers and employees โ€“ 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, weโ€™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:

๐Ÿš€ How to manage your salary budget and its impact on your team.
๐Ÿš€ How to advocate for raises for your current team members.
๐Ÿš€ How to benchmark salary according to the market with the latest insights from OfferZenโ€™s State of the Developer Nation reports.  
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Meet our Speakers

Daniel Amber
Tech Lead, Cars.co.za

Daniel, the Tech Lead at Cars.co.za, boasts just over a decade of diverse technology experience,driving innovation in the automotive sector.
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Daniel's journey began as a video editor before making a career switch and attended a coding bootcamp where he learned the basics of Java and PHP.After thriving as a senior developer, specializing in B2B Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Daniel joined Cars.co.za as a senior Clojure developer before advancing to the role of Tech Lead.
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Passionate about optimising platform performance, fostering collaboration, and empowering their team, Daniel's leadership is marked by a commitment to excellence.
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Their vision for the future of automotive technology is grounded in practicality and innovation.
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Outside the tech sphere, Daniel finds balance in running, playing music, and family time. These personal passions fuel their professional drive and creativity.

Moderator
Nick Van Noordwyk
Engineering Manager, OfferZen

Nick has several years of experience in providing both technical guidance and people management. Focusing his attention on team success by building and retaining a capable team.

Having the ability to provide both technical mentorship and direction allows him to ensure his team operates with efficiency whilst remaining motivated. He is all about adding value and thrives in an environment conducive to team success.

Putting his experience to work and using each interaction with his team as a self-enrichment moment, learning and adapting where appropriate. A job is not the 9-5. For him, a job is being able to express your talent to the benefit of the company.

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