Paweł Zajączkowski
Paweł has been working in Wrocław IT since 2009. He was digging through the code in a Finnish telecom, German logistics, a Swiss bank, a car factory, a travel startup, British compliance, and villa rental. Currently, he has gone to the dark side and takes care of a flock of programmers and team leaders, a mentoring program, a guild and is sticking his nose wherever else he can.
Personally, he likes to read, play board games, analog and computer RPGs. He practices powerlifting and collects vintage Lego Technic. Writes about software, peopleware and dragons on HowToTrainYourJava.com.
Leader in the Land of Dilemmas
Leaders struggle with unclear choices every day, when following their path.
Should you care more about your people or the customer, treat everyone equally or according to needs? Quick decisions or democracy?
To whom should we pay more attention? How far can you bend the rules before something snaps? Can you have both transparency and high morale simultaneously? Should we tolerate toxic high-performers?
What factors should be taken into account when making difficult decisions? How to navigate the meanders of different personalities, organizations and a changing business environment? How to balance time, money and emotions while maintaining internal consistency?
If only there were some magic box into which, on the one end, we put the description and context of the situation, and on the other, we receive instructions on what to do...
Supposedly heading the team, but often alone. So let's go on an adventure and face these dilemmas together.