Go Slow To Go Fast: Building Strong Foundations for Leadership - Alicia Liu |

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The hard thing about being promoted to manager, or a manager of managers, is that each step is a completely different job - one you have not trained for. On top of that, it’s both harder to know what to do and how you’re doing, since your new manager is farther from your day-to-day work. Being promoted to a new management role, even though it’s a good thing, usually involves a steep learning curve on a set of brand new challenges, and the associated stress can contribute to a decline in mental health.
This talk is about applied learnings from my experience handling these challenges, as I made the transition from IC to an engineering manager to VP of Engineering of a 40-person team - working on improving government services for millions of people - in the span of a year. I draw upon my experience building technology to help people build habits and change behavior, as well as mistakes I’ve made as a startup founder.

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