Leadership
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What is a lead developer? A leader amongst their peers
8 mins
13 Jan 2023
Article
What is a lead developer? A leader amongst their peers
Josh
Fruhlinger
How to lead through an economic downturn
9 mins
13 Dec 2022
Article
How to lead through an economic downturn
Lena
Reinhard
Encouraging autonomy within engineering teams
6 mins
06 Dec 2022
Article
Encouraging autonomy within engineering teams
James
Stanier
The four pillars of code health
7 mins
30 Nov 2022
Article
The four pillars of code health
Sanket
Saurav
Six things to consider when structuring engineering teams
8 mins
29 Nov 2022
Article
Six things to consider when structuring engineering teams
Jess
Ingrassellino
Tapan
Divekar
How to make plans for an uncertain future
4 mins
16 Dec 2022
Article
How to make plans for an uncertain future
Gina
Trapani
The old Twitter is gone
4 mins
18 Nov 2022
Article
The old Twitter is gone
Chris
Stokel-Walker
Why business context is important for technical decision-making
7 mins
15 Nov 2022
Article
Why business context is important for technical decision-making
Kevin
Ball
Tech leadership mistakes that ruin productivity (and how to fix them)
9 mins
10 Oct 2022
Article
Tech leadership mistakes that ruin productivity (and how to fix them)
Jason
Lengstorf
Why impatience is a virtue in engineering leaders
4 mins
05 Oct 2022
Article
Why impatience is a virtue in engineering leaders
Gina
Trapani
How to build a healthy relationship between engineering and product
7 mins
26 Sep 2022
Article
How to build a healthy relationship between engineering and product
Danielle
Leong
How becoming a parent accelerated my path to staff engineer
6 mins
20 Sep 2022
Article
How becoming a parent accelerated my path to staff engineer
Krys
Flores
The leader’s journal: Become an inspiring leader in ten minutes a day
7 mins
13 Sep 2022
Article
The leader’s journal: Become an inspiring leader in ten minutes a day
Ofir
Sharony
How to handle a reorganization as an engineering manager
8 mins
12 Sep 2022
Article
How to handle a reorganization as an engineering manager
Camille
Fournier
What is a Vice President of Engineering?
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11 mins
05 Sep 2022
Article
What is a Vice President of Engineering?
Ella
Morrish
The key to alignment: Understanding your company’s stage of growth
8 mins
30 Aug 2022
Article
The key to alignment: Understanding your company’s stage of growth
Sarah
Milstein
A CTO’s guide to code-switching: How to tailor your messages to your audience
10 mins
09 Aug 2022
Article
A CTO’s guide to code-switching: How to tailor your messages to your audience
Armon
Dadgar
LeadDev editor’s picks: August 2022
5 mins
01 Aug 2022
Article
LeadDev editor’s picks: August 2022
Ella
Morrish
Five management anti-patterns and why they happen
11 mins
18 Jul 2022
Article
Five management anti-patterns and why they happen
Mugdha
Myers
Four engineering leadership trends you need to know
9 mins
12 Jul 2022
Article
Four engineering leadership trends you need to know
Kevin
Dallaire
Taking over an existing engineering team? Follow these three tips.
11 mins
21 Jun 2022
Article
Taking over an existing engineering team? Follow these three tips.
Vaidehi
Joshi
How to maintain a winning company culture as you grow
6 mins
01 Jun 2022
Article
How to maintain a winning company culture as you grow
Carlos
Vilhena
How do Netflix, Nubank, and Airbrake achieve engineering success?
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13 mins
18 May 2022
Article
How do Netflix, Nubank, and Airbrake achieve engineering success?
Lindsey
Bleimes
Sangeeta
Narayanan
How to lead when you’re going through a personal crisis
8 mins
09 May 2022
Article
How to lead when you’re going through a personal crisis
Swati
Swoboda
Nine steps to set your deputy up for success
15 mins
04 May 2022
Article
Nine steps to set your deputy up for success
Fabian
Lindenberg
Why engineering teams should stop counting Agile story points
6 mins
19 Apr 2022
Article
Why engineering teams should stop counting Agile story points
Kevin
Dallaire
It’s not a people problem. So what is it?
12 mins
30 Mar 2022
Article
It’s not a people problem. So what is it?
Edi
Bouazza
Using SLOs to align business and engineering goals
8 mins
30 Mar 2022
Article
Using SLOs to align business and engineering goals
Irving
Popovetsky
How to stop shrinkage in engineering teams
13 mins
29 Mar 2022
Article
How to stop shrinkage in engineering teams
Christoph
Neijenhuis
Setting a vision, mission, and strategy for your team
9 mins
28 Mar 2022
Article
Setting a vision, mission, and strategy for your team
Addy
Osmani
How coaching can help you become a better leader
10 mins
16 Mar 2022
Article
How coaching can help you become a better leader
Maryam
Umar
Supporting, influencing, and leading as a security practitioner
14 mins
11 Mar 2022
Article
Supporting, influencing, and leading as a security practitioner
Izar
Tarandach
Four mistakes I made as a new manager
12 mins
24 Feb 2022
Article
Four mistakes I made as a new manager
AbdulFattah
Popoola
Fixing salaries, levels, and promotions in your engineering org
11 mins
21 Feb 2022
Article
Fixing salaries, levels, and promotions in your engineering org
Sarah
Milstein
Five valuable lessons for a new tech lead
12mins
01 Feb 2022
Article
Five valuable lessons for a new tech lead
James
Samuel
Are we punishing our top performers?
12 mins
17 Jan 2022
Article
Are we punishing our top performers?
Jason
Lengstorf
Who are staff, principal, and distinguished engineers?
5 mins
09 Sep 2021
Article
Who are staff, principal, and distinguished engineers?
Mariana
Valette
How to be an effective mentor
11 mins
09 Sep 2021
Article
How to be an effective mentor
Jayesh
Kawli
26 Jul 2021
Video
Project Execution: Setting-up a cross-team project for success
Andrew
Hao
Ras
Kasa Williams
Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process
5 mins
14 Apr 2021
Article
Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process
Cate
Huston
To build, or to buy, that is the question
7 mins
15 Apr 2021
Article
To build, or to buy, that is the question
Wouter
Van Geluwe
30 Apr 2019
Video
Effective career conversations with your engineers
Adrienne
Lowe
What is a Director of Engineering? The glue keeping engineering together
9 mins
06 Dec 2022
Article
What is a Director of Engineering? The glue keeping engineering together
Josh
Fruhlinger
Navigating complexity as an engineering leader
6 mins
30 Nov 2022
Article
Navigating complexity as an engineering leader
Rohit
Kumar
How to develop curiosity in your team
6 mins
21 Nov 2022
Article
How to develop curiosity in your team
Clement
Verna
LeadDev editor’s picks: November 2022
2 mins
01 Nov 2022
Article
LeadDev editor’s picks: November 2022
Scott
Carey
LeadDev editor’s picks: October 2022
3 mins
03 Oct 2022
Article
LeadDev editor’s picks: October 2022
Ella
Morrish
Six ways to beat the tech talent shortage
7 mins
14 Sep 2022
Article
Six ways to beat the tech talent shortage
John
Lennon
What to do when a beloved employee quits
12 mins
05 Sep 2022
Article
What to do when a beloved employee quits
Lara
Hogan
Three ways to make time for reflection as an engineering leader
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9 mins
17 Aug 2022
Article
Three ways to make time for reflection as an engineering leader
Pat
Kua
Three strategies for building trust with your engineering teams
6 mins
25 Jul 2022
Article
Three strategies for building trust with your engineering teams
Vaidehi
Joshi
Why leaders can’t see workplace harassment
7 mins
27 Jun 2022
Article
Why leaders can’t see workplace harassment
Sarah
Milstein
How to manage up in your team: Six steps for success
8 mins
25 May 2022
Article
How to manage up in your team: Six steps for success
Tadeh
Hakopian
The dangers of pulling rank as a Staff+ engineer
11 mins
04 May 2022
Article
The dangers of pulling rank as a Staff+ engineer
Jeffrey
Sherman
Being available: The secret to great leadership
6 mins
06 Apr 2022
Article
Being available: The secret to great leadership
Cassidy
Williams
How to build trust when building software
11 mins
30 Mar 2022
Article
How to build trust when building software
Gina
Trapani
The three things leaders owe their teams
10 mins
22 Mar 2022
Article
The three things leaders owe their teams
Jason
Lengstorf
Promoted someone on your team? Here’s how to announce it fairly.
10 mins
28 Feb 2022
Article
Promoted someone on your team? Here’s how to announce it fairly.
Lara
Hogan
How to drive decisions as an engineering leader
10 mins
07 Feb 2022
Article
How to drive decisions as an engineering leader
Sarah
Drasner
How to cultivate a great engineering process
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11 mins
10 Jan 2022
Article
How to cultivate a great engineering process
Nickolas
Means
How engineering leaders at Apple, Facebook, and more create adaptable teams
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18 mins
20 Aug 2021
Article
How engineering leaders at Apple, Facebook, and more create adaptable teams
Austin
Bagley
Don’t cross the Rubicon: engineering practices you don’t want to delay
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11 mins
15 Apr 2021
Article
Don’t cross the Rubicon: engineering practices you don’t want to delay
Manasi
Kulkarni
Managing, motivating, and challenging distributed engineering teams
11 mins
19 Apr 2021
Article
Managing, motivating, and challenging distributed engineering teams
Santiago
Esteva
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