Stop Hiring Unicorns. Start Growing Leaders. #33

​Are your future leaders already sitting on your team? 🦄

​Hiring unicorns might sound sexy, but it’s rarely sustainable. The real edge? Growing leaders from the talent you already have.

​This meetup is for managers, tech leads, and CTOs serious about building a strong leadership pipeline. We’ll unpack how to spot leadership potential early, create growth paths that stick, and avoid the traps that leave teams waiting for the “perfect hire.”

​​🎤 Our brilliant speakers:

• ​​Eduard Kunce, Sr. Director Engineering @ Pure Storage

• ​Michal Bachorik, VP of Software Engineering @ Stats Perform

• ​Our very own Marian Kamenistak, Founder @ ELC

​What you’ll walk away with:
✦ How to spot leadership potential beyond technical skills
✦ When and how to invest in upskilling existing talent
✦ Real stories of teams that grew leaders from within—the timing, the mistakes, the lessons

​Lightning talks, honest Q&A, and practical strategies you can put into play the very next day.

​What makes our meetups different:

• ​Action-oriented: Every talk includes takeaway guides/frameworks you can photograph or access via QR code

• ​Case study focused: Real implementations, real results, real failures

• ​Interactive: Audience Q&A with people who've actually done this

• ​Practical: Skip the vendor pitches—hear from practitioners

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