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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