Rachel Lee Nabors
How to Navigate Professional Relationships in the Tech Industry
#1about 3 minutes
The hardest part of tech is other people
Interpersonal challenges like code reviews and office politics are often the biggest hurdles in a tech career.
#2about 5 minutes
Understand that relationships are a 50/50 equation
Stop taking things personally by recognizing you are only responsible for your half of any interaction or outcome.
#3about 5 minutes
How to apologize effectively using a COE framework
Use the "correction of errors" model from Amazon to deliver an objective, impact-focused apology that leads to improvement.
#4about 5 minutes
Navigating power dynamics with the big dog, little dog analogy
Recognize your relative power in any situation to understand behaviors and adjust your own approach accordingly.
#5about 8 minutes
Setting temporal and emotional boundaries at work
Reframe time as a finite "lifespan" currency and use a consent-based model for sharing personal information to protect your energy.
#6about 5 minutes
Managing emotional dysregulation in yourself and others
Learn to identify the signs of being emotionally overwhelmed and create an emergency procedure to de-escalate and regain control.
#7about 4 minutes
The essential skill of repairing relationship ruptures
Embrace disagreement as healthy and learn a structured process for addressing the source of a conflict to repair trust.
#8about 1 minute
A recap of the human debugging toolkit
A summary of the key interpersonal skills for navigating the workplace, from depersonalization to rupture and repair.
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