{"podcast":{"title":"Leman Tech Leadership Podcast","slug":"leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357","podcast_index_feed_id":7045357,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6343272/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast--6343272","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4982bc323b348940ab5d4a08c6dc9c37.jpg","author":"Aleksandra Lemańska","episode_count":197,"summary":"Leman Tech Leadership Podcast Welcome to the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, your ultimate guide to developing exceptional tech leadership skills. Whether you're a seasoned tech leader or just stepping into a managerial role, this podcast is designed to provide you with actionable insights and best practices to create a thriving work environment that people won't want to leave. Learn how to do it with host Aleksandra Lemańska, CQ Technology Leadership Mentor & Speaker. Founder @LemanSkills, Co-Founder & Board President @Startup Community Poznan Foundation, Host @Leman Tech Leadership Podcast. She is the creator of the CQ Leadership Method: a battle-tested framework that helps tech leaders communicate with precision and lead without burnout. Join Alex as she delves deep into the secrets of effective leadership, from mastering essential tools to implementing cutting-edge techniques. Each episode brings you invaluable knowledge, practical advice, or unique perspectives through engaging interviews with leaders who have experiences and lessons to share. Discover the dos and don’ts of tech leadership, learn about the habits that drive success, and gather strategies to foster a motivated…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T12:19:11.454164+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357"},"episode":{"title":"#187 | The Always-On Leader: You Can't Contract Boundaries You Don't Practice","slug":"187-the-always-on-leader-you-can-t-contract-boundaries-you-don-t-practice","published_at":"2026-08-18T03:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357/187-the-always-on-leader-you-can-t-contract-boundaries-you-don-t-practice","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/187-the-always-on-leader-you-can-t-contract-boundaries-you-don-t-practice--73858535","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73858535/187_the_always_on_leader_you_can_t_contract_boundaries_you_don_t_practice.mp3","summary":"▶︎ #187 | The Always-On Leader: You Can't Contract Boundaries You Don't Practice In this solo episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lemańska tackles a conversation she's had for years, in corporate hallways, mentoring sessions, and now with leaders across the globe: being always on. The episode opens with a moment from one of Alex's own mentoring sessions: a VP of Engineering spent forty minutes describing the ground rules he'd built to protect his team's focus time, then answered a Slack message at nine at night mid-session. Alex names the gap directly: it's not what you tell your team about boundaries, it's what you do when everybody's watching, because you're the one they learn from. She unpacks three reasons leaders keep overriding their own rules: identity fusion with being reachable, the fear that something breaks if they're not there, and the quiet belief that disconnecting means losing relevance. The episode ends with a practical, one-week challenge: write down your real contract with yourself, name the need underneath it, renegotiate one specific term, and say it out loud to someone who'll hold you to it. Mentioned in the episode: \"From Code to People: The CQ Leadership Method That Transforms Technical Experts into Leaders Teams Actually Want to Work For\": https://fromcodetopeople.lemanskills.com/ ✉︎ FOLLOW ME ON: ⤵︎ LinkedIn: @aleksandralemanska TikTok: @aleksandra_lemanska X: @lemanskills Startup Community Poznan: @startup-community-poznan-scp www.lemanskills.com Join Leadership Pulse! https://lemanskills.com/pulse/","meta_description":"▶︎ #187 | The Always-On Leader: You Can't Contract Boundaries You Don't Practice In this solo episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lem…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1194,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357/episodes/187-the-always-on-leader-you-can-t-contract-boundaries-you-don-t-practice/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357/187-the-always-on-leader-you-can-t-contract-boundaries-you-don-t-practice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}