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World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage • Jul 2, 2026 • Session details

How Not to Get Tied Up in Knots: Leadership for Complex Structures

Ana Gil Amor , Elena Guidi

True authority isn't granted by an org chart. It's earned through trust. Discover how to empower your engineering teams by replacing rigid hierarchies with psychological safety and radical honesty.

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#1 about 6 min

Approaching leadership and relationship building in tech

How navigating complex organizational structures requires an emphasis on relationship building and horizontal management over strict hierarchy.

#2 about 8 min

Establishing healthy personal boundaries within the workplace

How assertively communicating limits around off-hours requests prevents burnout and normalizes healthy developer workflows.

#3 about 10 min

Fostering team agreements and continuous workplace consent

Why obtaining valid buy-in requires documenting crystal-clear team agreements rather than relying on assumed compliance from technical mandates.

#4 about 10 min

Distinguishing between positional hierarchy and earned team authority

How empowering developers to challenge architectural decisions builds deeper trust and transforms positional rank into authentic group authority.

#5 about 9 min

Building psychological safety by demonstrating leader vulnerability

Why showing personal struggles and respecting boundaries allows team members to feel secure enough to voice their own needs.

#6 about 4 min

Summarizing core takeaways on consent, boundaries, and leadership

A review of foundational principles for balancing formal responsibility with human-centric communication to maintain healthy engineering teams.

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Embracing vulnerability and uncertainty in organizational leadership

Christian Wastlhuber Christian Wastlhuber +4 · WWC Europe 2026

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Required leadership skills for modern technology transitions

Annabella Bassler Annabella Bassler +3 · WWC Europe 2026

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Transitioning from a software developer to a technical leader

Dennis Schmidt Dennis Schmidt +3 · WWC 2024

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The feedback loop of leadership choices and technical outcomes

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