Mentoring, coaching & feedback
Skills and approaches for developing, encouraging, and challenging your team
Personal Development
Developing effective coaching skills
Building an effective coaching approach that’s right for you and your engineering team.
3 Episodes
Developing effective coaching skills
Developing effective coaching skills
Team
Addressing your team's technical skills gaps
Understanding the skills landscape in your teams, and filling the gaps.
6 Episodes
Addressing your team's technical skills gaps
Addressing your team's technical skills gaps
A manager’s guide to performance calibration
12 mins
17 May 2022
Article
A manager’s guide to performance calibration
Alex
Karp
Why you should be a mentor (yes, even you!)
6 mins
11 May 2022
Article
Why you should be a mentor (yes, even you!)
Leslie
Chapman
How to gather helpful insight from your peers
9 mins
03 May 2022
Article
How to gather helpful insight from your peers
Lara
Hogan
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
09 Mar 2022
Video
Tactics for developing junior engineers
Rocio
Montes
Matt
Cooper
Want to become a mentee? Follow these five steps.
6 mins
09 Mar 2022
Article
Want to become a mentee? Follow these five steps.
Leslie
Chapman
Using coaching skills to grow compassion, empathy, and kindness
12 mins
16 Feb 2022
Article
Using coaching skills to grow compassion, empathy, and kindness
Nik
Knight
Help your teammates navigate moments of self-doubt
5 mins
04 Jan 2022
Article
Help your teammates navigate moments of self-doubt
Lara
Hogan
How do engineers learn? A model for teaching skills, knowledge, and wisdom
14 mins
24 Nov 2021
Article
How do engineers learn? A model for teaching skills, knowledge, and wisdom
Hywel
Carver
How to build multiplatform skills in your mobile app team
9 mins
02 Dec 2021
Article
How to build multiplatform skills in your mobile app team
Sam
Hill
How to be an effective mentor
11 mins
09 Sep 2021
Article
How to be an effective mentor
Jayesh
Kawli
Five things you need to know from ‘Addressing your team's technical skills gaps’
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6 mins
21 Dec 2021
Article
Five things you need to know from ‘Addressing your team's technical skills gaps’
Ella
Morrish
The one weird trick to great 1-1s
9 mins
06 Aug 2021
Article
The one weird trick to great 1-1s
Amy
Newell
‘What do you mean I’m not perfect’? How to be on the receiving end of constructive feedback
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3 mins
06 Aug 2021
Article
‘What do you mean I’m not perfect’? How to be on the receiving end of constructive feedback
Brianna
McCullough
26 Jul 2021
Video
Holding effective coaching conversations
Nik
Knight
Phillipa
Rodney
26 Jul 2021
Video
Managing up for engineering leaders
Garima
Sharma
26 Jul 2021
Video
Seeking and receiving feedback as an engineering leader
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Jackie
Luo
Marcel
Weekes
The reward of growing junior engineers
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7 mins
11 May 2021
Article
The reward of growing junior engineers
Johnny Ray
Austin
What if you dread 1:1s with a direct report?
10 mins
12 Apr 2021
Article
What if you dread 1:1s with a direct report?
Lara
Hogan
Maximize your mentorship: establish, absorb, and connect
9 mins
06 Apr 2021
Article
Maximize your mentorship: establish, absorb, and connect
Neha
Batra
The path to open source contributions
7 mins
11 Mar 2021
Article
The path to open source contributions
Brian
Douglas
23 Jun 2016
Video
Feedback models for engineering teams
Dan
North
08 Jun 2017
Video
Improving your feedback loop on engineering teams
Erika
Carlson
08 Jun 2017
Video
Rethinking the Developer Career Path
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Randall
Koutnik
06 Dec 2018
Video
How 1:1s can affect your engineering team's culture
Adrienne
Lowe
24 Apr 2018
Video
Creating effective engineering internships
Silvia
Esparrachiari
27 Jun 2018
Video
How to run awesome tech internships!
Beverley
Newing
27 Jun 2018
Video
The art of giving and receiving code reviews gracefully
Alexandra
Hill
27 Jun 2018
Video
Creating goal-setting workshops for managers in your 1:1s
Melinda
Seckington
Radical candor for distributed engineering teams
6 mins
25 Nov 2020
Article
Radical candor for distributed engineering teams
Katie
Wilde
Evaluating 1:1s: clear signs they're going well or off the rails
6 mins
02 Nov 2020
Article
Evaluating 1:1s: clear signs they're going well or off the rails
Adrienne
Lowe
The antiracist leader: sponsorship
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15 mins
19 Oct 2020
Article
The antiracist leader: sponsorship
Jill
Wetzler
13 Oct 2020
Video
Difficult conversations: the re-org
Pooja
Brown
13 Oct 2020
Video
Dealing with times when change isn’t happening
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Gordon
Radlein
Lisa
Van Gelder
13 Oct 2020
Video
Difficult listening and having difficult conversations
David
Yee
01 Sep 2020
Video
Developing teams at different levels
Sam
Eaton
Tara
Ellis
01 Sep 2020
Video
Growing teams and culture with actionable feedback
Dan
Na
01 Sep 2020
Video
Other people’s problems: a primer on coaching
Jill
Wetzler
1:1 Foundations: best practices for conversations that count
5 mins
21 Aug 2020
Article
1:1 Foundations: best practices for conversations that count
Adrienne
Lowe
12 Aug 2020
Video
Increasing your influence through building a professional network
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Alia
Shafir
Imposter syndrome: why you need it
5 mins
12 Aug 2020
Article
Imposter syndrome: why you need it
Valerie
Phoenix
08 Nov 2019
Video
Crafting effective 1:1s for distributed engineering teams
Spencer
Norman
11 Jun 2019
Video
Navigating friction in your engineering team
Lara
Hogan
11 Jun 2019
Video
Level Up: Frameworks for developing developers
Melinda
Seckington
30 Apr 2019
Video
How to lead your engineering team through a period of change
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Yvette
Pasqua
30 Apr 2019
Video
Optimizing the 'glue work' in your team
Tanya
Reilly
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
10 Mar 2022
Video
Helping juniors to get started in tech: Amarachi Amaechi in conversation
Amarachi
Amaechi
Suzan
Bond
Using coaching to unlock the future of your distributed organization
9 mins
09 Mar 2022
Article
Using coaching to unlock the future of your distributed organization
Matt
Cohen
Addressing skills gaps for senior engineers
7 mins
15 Dec 2021
Article
Addressing skills gaps for senior engineers
Kristen
Spencer
Why being a mentor benefits you too
14 mins
08 Oct 2021
Article
Why being a mentor benefits you too
Jo
Franchetti
22 Sep 2021
Video
Addressing technical skills gaps in your engineering team
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Tal
Joffe
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Tanaka
Mutakwa
26 Jul 2021
Video
Live long and prosper as a senior IC
Alice
Li
Coachability: the overlooked factor in people development
8 mins
16 Jun 2021
Article
Coachability: the overlooked factor in people development
Cate
Huston
Navigating engineering performance reviews: part two
13 mins
07 Apr 2021
Article
Navigating engineering performance reviews: part two
Smruti
Patel
Navigating engineering performance reviews
10 mins
03 Feb 2021
Article
Navigating engineering performance reviews
Smruti
Patel
08 Jun 2017
Video
How to mentor Junior Engineers
Carly
Robinson
24 Apr 2018
Video
How to hold career path conversations with developers
John
Riviello
27 Jun 2018
Video
Supporting the next generation of developers
Tara
Ojo
Mentor, coach, sponsor: a guide to developing engineers
10 mins
30 Nov 2020
Article
Mentor, coach, sponsor: a guide to developing engineers
Neha
Batra
Engineering management 101: evaluating your team’s performance
7 mins
21 Oct 2020
Article
Engineering management 101: evaluating your team’s performance
Camille
Fournier
Not all engineering leaders are engineering managers
8 mins
07 Sep 2020
Article
Not all engineering leaders are engineering managers
Tanya
Reilly
13 Oct 2020
Video
Navigating organizational changes as an Individual Contributor: a matter of perspective
Racine
Harris
12 Aug 2020
Video
Cracking the cadence of your software engineering 1:1s
Spencer
Norman
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Alexandra
Sobhani
The Engineering Manager's guide to open, honest and constructive feedback
5 mins
10 Aug 2020
Article
The Engineering Manager's guide to open, honest and constructive feedback
Neha
Jain
11 Jun 2019
Video
How to create organizational change through compassionate leadership
Heidi
Waterhouse
30 Apr 2019
Video
Effective career conversations with your engineers
Adrienne
Lowe
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