Tech Leadership Unplugged: Tackling Burnout & Building A Scalable Culture

In collaboration with Meri Williams, CTO @ PLEO, we hosted an in-person intimate roundtable, where Engineering and Tech Leaders came together to network and discuss their knowledge and experiences surrounding burnout in their tech teams.

Title: Tech Leadership Unplugged: Tackling Burnout & Building A Scalable Culture

Date & Time: Friday 17th November 5pm

Location: Burns Sheehan London Office

Moderator: Meri Williams, CTO at Pleo

Host: Grace Duffy, Senior Engineering Specialist 

This was an intimate event, giving our attendees the opportunity to expand their networks and bounce ideas off of other seasoned engineering leaders in the tech community.

We explored:

💡 Pushing for excellence without triggering burnout.

- Methods to accelerate high performance

- Recognising early signs of burnout and team fatigue

💡 Adopting an inclusive culture from day one and its evolution as your business scales.

- The importance of adopting scalable DEI practices

- Measuring the success of DEI initiatives

💡 Learning to value your own wellbeing as part of your team health strategy.

- Developing a top-down approach to foster an environment of inclusivity

- The impact your own wellbeing has on your team

Here are some of the key highlights:
 
✨ Recognising early signs of burnout and team fatigue
✨ Adopting an inclusive culture from day one and its evolution as your business scales
✨ Learning to value your own wellbeing as part of your team health strategy.

A massive thank you goes out to Meri Williams, our Discussion Leader for the night, as well as all the attendees who made this event a success! Alicia Collymore, Anna Danielewska-Tułecka, Gisela Rossi, Jessica Madhavan, Manogna Machiraju, Monal Sanghvi, Nasreen AbdulJaleel, Natalia Baltazar, 🎉Ruth Wall, Tom Murton

Grace Duffy, also ran a similar event in our London offices bringing together leaders of Engineering from the likes of The Financial Times, Unmind, Gousto, Vodafone, Fluro, Healios, CBRE & Cazoo. The discussions revolved around closing the gender gap in Tech Leadership and impactful ways to increase female representation within the industry. To hear more about this, check out Grace's blog post below!

If you'd like to hear more and are interested in attending future events, please reach out to Senior Consultant, grace@burnssheehan.co.uk