Team Unity: A Guide for Tech Communities

By Dave McAllister

Elevator Pitch

From product to community, weak teams block success. This talk explores how team unity gets destroyed via bad habits, poor leadership, and more. With humor and practical advice, learn to spot the dysfunction, laugh at it, and build a stronger, trusted team.

Description

From project to product to community, the lack of a viable team will block your achievements.

Let’s explore the most effective ways that dismantle team unity in tech (or other) teams. Team unity is crucial to delivering superior results. However, teams are easily disrupted. From instituting daily three-hour standups, micromanaging every project, or setting impossible deadlines to induce panic, teams are fragile and require attention. Individual members can join the fun, from hoarding and hiding essential information to failing to give credit when it is due.

By understanding these behaviors, attendees will learn how to recognize and laugh at them and how to avoid them, thus fostering a healthier, more collaborative, and productive team environment. This talk promises to deliver humor-filled examples, followed by practical advice for building a culture of trust and mutual respect. We’ll cover good practices and how they make your team stronger.

Join us to identify the bad stuff and discover the successful strategies that can transform your team.