You’re good at your job. Then suddenly, you’re expected to lead other people.

​You’re managing a team, influencing stakeholders, navigating senior leaders, giving feedback, handling difficult conversations — and somewhere along the way, you realize that being great at your individual job and being great at leadership are two very different things.

​This event is a small, informal meetup for people in middle management who are figuring out how to lead effectively — without a playbook.

​Over coffee, we’ll talk through some of the real situations managers find themselves in:

• ​How do you give difficult feedback without damaging the relationship?
• ​How do you manage someone who is more experienced than you?
• How do you get senior leaders to listen to you?
• How do you push back without being perceived as difficult?
• How do you build executive presence when you’re not the most senior person in the room?
• How do you delegate without feeling like you need to do everything yourself?
• How do you lead people when you’re still figuring things out yourself?

​This isn't a keynote or a traditional leadership workshop.

​It’s a small-group conversation, with a few practical frameworks and exercises to help us think through the situations we actually encounter at work.

​Who is this for? ​People roughly 5–10 years into their careers who are:

• ​Managing people or teams
• Transitioning from IC → manager
• Managing managers or larger teams
• Working across multiple stakeholders
• ​Trying to become more confident and effective as leaders

​You don't need to have all the answers. That's kind of the point.

​Coffee. Good conversation. Real workplace problems.

​Come with one leadership situation you've been thinking about. Leave with a few new ways to approach it — and hopefully a few people worth knowing.

Location: Some cafe in Indiranagar, to be confirmed closer to the event date