If your dev team is fried, misaligned, and one sprint away from quitting, your problem isn’t JIRA or coffee—it’s how you communicate.
Host Stacey Chillemi sits down with leadership and communication strategist Aleksandra Lemańska to show tech and startup leaders how to kill burnout at the root by leveling up their Communication Intelligence (CQ). This isn’t another “pizza and perks” talk—this is a new operating system for how you talk, lead, and listen.
You’ll learn
🔥 What Communication Intelligence (CQ) really is—and why top leaders swear by it
🧠 How the Process Communication Model (PCM) rewires how you understand yourself and others
💬 Ways to tailor communication to different personality types under stress
⚠️ The real root causes of burnout in IT/tech/startup teams (beyond “too much work”)
🚀 Practical CQ tools to boost performance, trust, and resilience
If you’re still trying to fix burnout with pizza and pep talks, you’re playing the wrong game. This episode hands you the playbook your team’s been begging for.
🚀 Connect with Aleksandra Lemańska
Want tech teams that communicate smarter and burn out less? Go deeper with Aleksandra:
🌐 Website – https://lemanskills.com/
🎧 Podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast/id1773343718
💼 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandralemanska/
✖️ X (Twitter) – https://x.com/lemanskills
⚠️ This show is for educational and informational purposes only and is not business, legal, or mental health advice.
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