Be Plucky Podcast

Healthy Teams with Julie Kang

Episode Summary

Julie Kang, Director of Engineering at Chord Commerce, shares her perspective on managing healthy teams, toxicity, the contrived setting of a corporate environment and being a strong decision-maker.

Episode Notes

Meet Our Guest

Julie Kang (she/her) is the Director of Engineering at Chord Commerce, a series A start-up, and a leadership coach. Prior to Chord, Julie was a manager at Mailchimp, worked at Minted, and several roles in in the biotech industry. Julie lives in Oakland, California with her menagerie of dogs, cats, chickens, and teenagers.

We cover a lot, including:

• using intuition as a manager
• leadership responsibility in managing toxicity acutely and timely
• creating environments for healthy teams
• baggage, grievances and boredom
• canaries in the coal mine during seasons of attrition
• the value of an empowered delegation
• allowing u-turns in management roles
• So Now You're a Manager training

Connect with Julie on LinkedIn and read more about opportunities at Chord.

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