Jesse McGinnis from Shopify - millennial talk about the best practices to build trust and people-first leadership through facilitation of full-human-based connections in the remote world of work.
Intentionality-Focused:
“Use the right medium for the thing you are trying to achieve” ~ Jesse McGinnis
- From being against remote to being remote work advocate - Jesse’s personal journey to becoming a thought leader in the space of remote-first leadership;
- From software development to helping people and teams of engineers realize what they are capable of;
- Building a culture of trust and high performance in a remote setting - you have to start with human relationships;
- Building layers of intensity and vulnerability through different communication channels to facilitate high performance in a tech environment;
- Creating room for small talk through activities that facilitate casual conversations that lead to the depth of connections;
- Why so many leaders get in their own way trying to facilitate trust, openness and vulnerability among people - how to avoid it;
- 3 layers of building trust and how to make them happen: fun, real talk, full-human connections;
- Games and other tools online to facilitate genuine human connection;
- Why trust is so crucial for team productivity and there are no high-performing teams without trust;
- Why it’s important to know “full human being” to avoid social frictions online;
- How getting to know the full person helps leaders to motivate people at a very deep level;
- How facilitating “letting the guards down” frees up people’s energy for work (neuroscience of brain energetics and productivity connection);
- How remote setting can help to create trust faster by removing power hierarchy;
- What they do at Shopify to facilitate a culture of trust, productivity and high performance;
- Are they really against meetings at Shopify?
- How trust fosters innovation in remote setting or anywhere;
- Jesse’s thoughts on better New Year resolutions and so much more!
TUNE IN! - learn to build deeper connections with people remotely or in person.
Jesse McGinnis BIO:
Growing Eng leaders at Shopify.
Helping leaders and teams be their best.
"I love solving impactful and complex problems and my favorite challenges intersect software, people, and communication."
Jesse writes about (https://jcmcginnis.com/blog/) technical leadership on his blog, and authored "Embracing Uncertainty" (https://www.uncertaintybook.ca/), offering practical tips and techniques for building and maintaining high-performing teams.
Useful Tools Jesse Recommends:
- Ungame
- NYT 36 Questions to fall in love
- Casual games: Codenames, Drawasaurus, Gartic Phone, Draw Battle, Geoguessr, AmongUs, Haxball.
Connect with Jesse:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcmcginnis/
Twitter: @elsom25
Website: https://jcmcginnis.com/
Email: jesse at jcmcginnis.com
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