Lara is an author, public speaker, and coach for managers and leaders across the tech industry. As a founder of Wherewithall, Lara and her team run workshops, roundtables, and trainings on core management skills like delivering great feedback and setting clear expectations.
Before Wherewithall, Lara spent a decade growing emerging leaders as the VP of Engineering at Kickstarter and an Engineering Director at Etsy. She champions management as a practice, building fast websites, and celebrating your achievements with donuts (and sometimes sushi).
Her latest book, Resilient Management, is here to help those who find themselves responsible for supporting a team of people.
Mentorship & Sponsorship
Uncover the impact of mentorship and sponsorship in building technical leadership, and learn practical ways to uplift and create opportunities for diverse tech communities.
Mentorship + Sponsorship
To grow our technical leadership skills, it’s critical to lean on one’s network of support.
Resilient Management: Lara Hogan in conversation
Resilient Management is a guide to building, inspiring and leading resilient teams
What to do when a beloved employee quits
How to create a smooth transition for your report, your team, and your organization when someone hands in their notice.
Switch up how you manage up
Every senior leader you interact with will bring their own experience, set of biases, communication styles - and fundamentally, different personalities to a conversation. Lara Hogan explains how to adapt your tactics to different management techniques.
How to get helpful, actionable feedback from your colleagues
Getting the feedback you need from peers
How to gather helpful insight from your peers
Getting the feedback you need from colleagues and friends
Promoted someone on your team? Here’s how to announce it fairly.
Everything managers need to know about announcing promotions
Switch up how you manage up
Every senior leader you interact with will bring their own experience, set of biases, communication styles - and fundamentally, different personalities to a conversation. Lara Hogan explains how to adapt your tactics to different management techniques.
Help your teammates navigate moments of self-doubt
You’re in their corner! Help them recognize their strengths and skills.
Intentional influence
Learn how to create positive change in your work environment and gain buy-in from people in power, your direct reports, and cross-functional leaders.
Finding the right kind of opportunities for your sponsee
How to match your sponsee's opportunities to their career goals
Borrowing lines from great leaders around you
Taking note of leaders’ unique approaches and phrases in meetings.
What if you dread 1:1s with a direct report?
Get clear on what’s driving the dread, what you need, and what you can change
Leading Engineering Teams Through Times of Uncertainty
At the core of an engineering managers’ role is the responsibility to ensure the happiness of your teams. As a leader, you’re expected to shield your teams from outside noise and create a stable environment for work - but what happens when there are situations too big for you to resolve?
The skill of naming what’s happening in the room
A tip for tough leadership conversations
Leading through public speaking as an engineering leader
In our work, we each have moments of saying some prepared words under a spotlight - whether it’s during team standups, giving a presentation to a client, or pitching your promotion to your boss - and yet we all have different fears about those moments.
Navigating engineering team friction
Friction is a common, and necessary, part of team growth—but when left unchecked, team friction is unhealthy for you, your coworkers, your company, and ultimately your end users.
Revitalizing a cross-functional product organization
The product and engineering teams at every company size have the same goals: positive team health, high-velocity shipping, and strategic execution.
How 2020 has shaped you as an engineering leader
Recognize your new strengths, tools, and skills
How to be a sponsor when you're a developer
You don't have to be a manager to help someone grow in their career
Developing teams at different levels
Engineering leaders at different levels of seniority reflect on what they’ve learned.
Four steps to identifying your new role
Prioritizing your wants and needs to make sure your next career move is the right one.
Navigating friction in your engineering team
Friction is a common, and necessary, part of team growth—but when left unchecked, team friction is unhealthy for you, your coworkers, your company, and ultimately your end users.
