Tag: management

All the articles with the tag "management".

• Launching Effective One-on-One Meetings

  Published:Nov 6, 2023 |  at 06:41 AM

  When I took over one-on-ones for a team of 8 engineers at Amazon, I needed a framework to make these meetings valuable. This template evolved over 20+ sessions to help create effective one-on-ones.

• Providing Effective Feedback to Engineers

  Published:Feb 12, 2022 |  at 08:41 AM

  Giving feedback to engineers is one of the most important skills for tech leads and managers. My framework for providing constructive feedback that helps people grow without damaging relationships.

• The Princess and the Pea

  Published:Nov 8, 2019 |  at 12:35 PM

  The Princess and the Pea fairy tale perfectly captures a problem I see in software teams. When someone on your team is overly sensitive to small issues, it can create tension. How to handle it constructively.

• Don't Bake a Cake

  Published:Mar 16, 2019 |  at 01:35 PM

  Don't bake a cake became my shorthand for a common problem in software teams. What I learned about communicating status updates effectively and why transparency, even when things go wrong, builds trust.