Becoming authentic, always learning and mastering our power skills are mantras for the modern professional. But how? Join Heather Cook, Principal PM, Business Applications & Platform Community, Microsoft and Karuana Gatimu, Principal PM, Customer Advocacy Group for Microsoft Teams Engineering as they host guided workshops in our Community Area on Leadership, Networking, and Mentoring so you can build confidence in these areas. Heather and Karuana will also dive into new programs regarding how to best leverage and join Microsoft Community programs and platforms.

Workshop 1: Leadership

Karuana and Heather will discuss how showing respect, empathy, and kindness to those you work with builds trust across your team. We will discuss tactics for establishing your base of knowledge in your field, how to give your team autonomy, how to build authentic communication and how to lead with compassion, all of which are tools for becoming a great leader.