Recent Posts

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  November 6, 2022Effective Engineering Manager, Managing Up

  Managing Up: Complaining

  We are starting a series on managing up. In this episode we talk about how not to communicate work issues to your boss. We define what complaining is and why complaining is ineffective. We provide a checklist that our listeners can use to see if their upward communications are in the complaining territory.

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  September 21, 2022Building Teams, Retention, Team Management

  Effective Remote Work

  In this episode, Adam and Slava discuss the new normal of the remote workplace. We discuss the challenges in working remote, key benefits to being remote, and provide guidance for managers to effectively manage remote teams and maximize healthy productivity.

• July 29, 2022Effective Engineering Manager, Egineering Manager Tools, Managing Across, Managing Up

  Escalating Work Issues Effectively

  We offer an approach to escalating work issues that brings results without destroying relationships. We share what the escalations are, the impact of escalating unskillfully, and how to escalate professionally and effectively. In the end we provide a checklist that our listeners can use to escalate work issues effectively.

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  April 28, 2022Effective Engineering Manager, People Management, Performance Management

  Effective Goal Setting

  It’s that time of year again for managers and directs to start planning goals and executing on them for the new year. In this episode, we will discuss the challenges with goal setting and provide guidance for making the goal setting process more effective.

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  February 14, 2022Effective Engineering Manager, Time Management

  Getting Things Done: Taking Time Off

  We share the effective way for taking time off. In the end we offer a check list that consists of

  1. Designate a substitute
  2. Prepare your substitute
  3. Set up the Out of The Office response in your email client
  4. Have a sync up meeting with your direct report after you come back

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  January 14, 2022Effective Engineering Manager, Effective SDLC, Egineering Manager Tools, Engineering Process, Project Management, Team Management, Time Management

  Getting Things Done: Staff Meetings

  We share what staff meetings are, why they are important for keeping your team accountable for their deliverables and how they help you to stay on top of everything the team is doing. We provide guidance on how frequently you should run them and how to make them effective. In the end we provide a checklist that our listeners can use to start running effective staff meetings.

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  November 3, 2021Building managers, Effective Engineering Manager, Managing Across, Managing Up, One-on-One

  Building Managers: Now That You Are A Manager

  Wrapping up the ‘becoming a manger series’ with guidance and steps on what new engineering managers can do once their training completes and they are now officially a manager. Guidance includes: managing introductions and the first couple of weeks; planning your first 30-60-90 days; setting up foundational meetings like 1-on-1s; building key lateral relationships; creating space for the team to get to know you and your plan.

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  October 26, 2021Building managers, Career Development, Effective Engineering Manager, One-on-One, People Management

  Building Managers: Implementing The Plan

  In this episode we present a practical, step-by-step implementation guide for transitioning engineer's career to the engineering management track.

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  October 18, 2021Building managers, Career Development, Effective Engineering Manager, People Management

  Building Managers: Building a Success Strategy

  We share how to build a success-oriented strategy by taking care of four management pillars, organization, people, product, processes and tools.

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  August 18, 2021Building managers, Effective Engineering Manager

  Building Managers: Leading From The Back, Leading From The Front

  We share what the role of the engineering leader means and how to approach leading from both the front and the back.