Soft Skills fwdays'25
as the organisers put it
Soft Skills fwdays'25 — a conference by Fwdays that unveils the "other side" of professional excellence. Let’s explore why soft skills are crucial and what personal qualities define a truly skilled developer.
who it's for
engineering managers, team leads, senior developers, product managers, technical recruiters, people development specialists
topics
backward design for learning; 70/20/10 development model; personal development plan with SWOT and SMART; coaching techniques and assessments; ai prescreen and interview simulator; prompt-driven automation for Jira/Confluence/Slack; paid take-home test guideline (2-3 hours); perfectionism interventions and 20% focus rule; managing pressure versus chaos; product mindset with Amplitude analytics; conflict resolution using Thomas-Kilmann; situational leadership and Management 3.0 delegation
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| How to Learn to Gain Skills, Not Just a Certificate | Uliana Dutchak | 16m |
Practical techniques for turning course-taking into real skill development rather than just collecting certificates: the talk names effective learning… | ||
| Coaching 101: How to Identify and Develop Your Leadership Qualities | Ilona Lesko | 21m |
Explains what leadership means and which personal qualities to develop, using coaching as a tool to uncover leadership potential. Compares coaching with… | ||
| A Dialogue on Screw-ups: How to Survive an Interview Without Extra Mistakes | Viktoriia Nalyvaiko, Denys Popov | 47m |
Two experts present practical tips and real stories on how to navigate all interview stages from pre-screening to the final conversation, focusing on… | ||
| AI Automation for High-Performing Teams | Liliia Karpenko | 41m |
Describes using AI to automate routine management tasks for high-performing teams, specifically applying AI to Scrum processes and integrating automation in… | ||
| Perfectionism: What Does the Cure for Perfectionism Look Like? | Mariia Manoilo | 35m |
Maria presents a metaphorical “drug” called Perfectionisin to examine perfectionism deeply: she identifies underlying causes rather than offering superficial… | ||
| Surfing the Wave of IT Trends: How Not to Drown in the Information Ocean | Serhii Nemchynskyi | 32m |
The talk explains a practical approach for IT professionals to track and learn new technologies without harming their main work, advising when to invest time… | ||
| How to Create a Professional Environment for Building Your Career | Roman Povzyk | 46m |
Explains how systematic mentoring benefits experienced IT professionals as much as mentees by building reputation with recruiters and the community, scaling… | ||
| Why Some Teams Grow Better 'Under Pressure' | Oleksandr Marchenko | 10m |
The talk examines how pressure differs from chaos in product teams and how to keep a productive boundary between them. It identifies factors that help teams… | ||
| Scaling the Product Mindset: From Individual Ideas to Team Culture | Oksana Holubets | 51m |
Focuses on how to grow a product mindset across a software organization by combining communication, team engagement and an experimentation culture. Covers… | ||
| Team Conflicts: Not an Enemy but an Opportunity to Grow | Orest Dmytrasevych | 44m |
Practical techniques for turning team conflicts into growth opportunities: the talk describes concrete tools and experiences for constructive conflict… | ||
| Constructive Interaction with Colleagues During Emotional Burnout | Oleksii Kovalenko | 41m |
Practical techniques for giving and receiving feedback in IT teams when colleagues are emotionally burned out and come from different cultures. Covers feedback… | ||
| From 'Do the Task' to Leadership: How to Adapt Your Management Style to Context | Artem Bykovets | 48m |
The talk explains how to adapt leadership style to team context using specific models: Hersey‑Blanchard situational leadership to decide when to control or… | ||
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