How to Engage Your Team and Execute Strategy: Secrets from a Leader

Is planning yearly goals torture? Born in PowerPoint, dies in the sprint. Often treated as a one-time chore, strategy and goal-setting get derailed by shifting priorities and urgent matters. In this session, I’ll walk you through the way I have been translating strategy into daily actions that motivate the team and convince the board of directors. I´ll share my playbook of Agile and Management 3.0 metrics that accelerated scale-ups in Canada, Spain, and Brazil.
The team needs to know how their work impacts the organization. You’ll learn how well-defined metrics create achievable goals and foster an engaged team. You’ll master creating meaningful objectives, monitoring progress with a light and sustainable process, and analyzing real success cases.
In this session, you will…

• Understand how to use metrics that drive organizational growth
• Define metrics that align with the strategy
• Explore examples of metrics for Product Development teams

Your takeaways:

• How to set achievable objectives with clear execution paths.
• Designing meaningful metrics for sustainable progress tracking.
• Common KPIs organizations should consider.
• Real-world use cases and practical insights.

🗣️ Presenter bio:
Joao Moura is the VP of Product Engineering who turns good teams into elite engines. He has mentored hundreds of engineers while shrinking release cycles and raising quality. John architects cloud-native, microservice SaaS platforms that stay fast at scale and reliable under pressure. His balanced engineering approach ties quality, velocity, and customer impact to every sprint. He demystifies AI-augmented SDLC, metrics that matter, and inclusive leadership. John sponsors capstone teams, scholarships, and first-job pipelines, championing equitable access to tech careers. When he is not road-mapping cutting-edge architectures, he is road-testing mentees’ ambitions over coffee chats.

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Agenda
5:30 – 6:00 PM → Networking, Pizza & Refreshments
6:00 – 7:00 PM → Presentation
7:00 – 7:30 PM → Q&A