The People Stack Podcast

Episode 49: Gong Ke Gouldstone talks about owning your career, creating trust, gardening and more

June 3rd, 2018  |  46 mins 18 secs

entrepreneurship, gardening, geeks, leadership, management, negotiation, tech

Entrepreneur, Product & Technology Leader Gong Ke Gouldstone stops by the People Stack to talk about the similarities between leadership and negotiation, what it means to own your tech career, how she creates vision, trust, and support on her teams and how she developed her leadership skills.

Check out Gong Ke's latest adventure: http://www.yardpanel.com/

Episode 47: Brennan McEachran and Jessica Weisz from SoapBox talk about managing up, managing down, treating your humans like humans, being the best leader you can and more

May 6th, 2018  |  53 mins 55 secs

hacks, management, people management, rituals, tech leadership, tools

Brennan McEachran and Jessica Weisz from SoapBox (https://soapboxhq.com/) stop by the People Stack to talk about their leadership rituals, the transition from individual contributor to management, and from solo founder to CEO, getting your people to not hide their mistakes, and treating your humans like humans.

Episode 44: Jill Wetzler talks about becoming a Director of Engineering at Lyft, growing managers, mentoring and more

March 25th, 2018  |  37 mins 24 secs

coaching, engineering, lyft, management, mentoring

In a packed episode, Jill Wetzler, Director of Engineering at Lyft, talks about how she got there, where she is going, the challenges of growing teams and managers both in quantity and quality, mentoring and coaching, how she manages her time, and how to create a stronger team through personal connections.

Episode 43: John Sawers talks about your Emotional API, handling your anger and fear without falling to the dark side and more

March 11th, 2018  |  45 mins 40 secs

anger, emotion, emotionalapi, fear, management

John Sawers is a developer, founder and now speaker; all outcomes which would not have been possible with debilitating responses to his emotions. He's developed the metaphor of an Emotional API and speaks on the topic, bringing a great deal of necessary understanding.

Episode 42: Recruiter Bill Sullivan talks about Tech Recruiting, Salary Negotiation and other dirty words

February 25th, 2018  |  43 mins

boston, health, management, negotiation, salary, tech recruiting

Boston-area tech recruiter Bill Sullivan (http://www.thetycheproject.com) stops by the People Stack to talk about recruitment done right, negotiation from the company and applicant perspectives, how both can come away happy and more.

Episode 41: Travis Kimmel of GitPrime talks about being CEO in a growing business, bringing data to productivity discussions and more

February 11th, 2018  |  43 mins 30 secs

data, git, gitprime, management, tech

Travis Kimmel, CEO of GitPrime (https://gitprime.com) stops by the People Stack to talk about how poor quality requirements can brain damage engineers, meeting schedules can burn hours, and how bringing more data to discussions around productivity can help. Travis also reflects on how his perspective changed as GitPrime grew.

Episode 38: Lauri Apple and Paul Adams from Zalando talk about mindset, context and creating an environment for the success of your team

January 1st, 2018  |  41 mins 56 secs

agile, leadership, management, servant leadership, tech

Lauri Apple talks context, scrum, agile, and open source. Paul Adams talks about being an Engineering Lead at Zalando, his 3 pillars for servant leadership and more!

Episode 37: Kay Rhodes talks about the importance of the journey, finding meaning in your work and more

December 12th, 2017  |  41 mins 22 secs

lead, leadership, management, tech, travel

Guest Kay Rhodes joins us to talk about his motorcycle adventures, being a tech lead and writing books