Neha Batra
Neha Batra is a VP of Engineering at GitHub, where she leads the Core Productivity org that focuses on the tools in developer’s daily workflows like Repos, Projects, Issues, Pull Requests, Desktop, CLI, and Mobile. Her passion lies in making the tech industry easier and more inclusive to work in, which is why she focuses her talks and blogs on tactical tips and tricks, like Facilitation 202, Managing your Mentorship, and Delegation.
She holds a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and enjoys foodie adventures, planning trips, and collecting national park magnets. If you want to hear her ramble on a topic, ask her about experimenting with manager processes and playbooks or how much she misses Miami and its cafecitos.
Encouraging a passion for productivity
In this edition of DirectorPlus, Neha Batra, VP of Engineering at GitHub, explains how she creates a culture of productivity.
The promotion campaign
Without you leading a successful promotion campaign, that promotion is likely to fail, leaving you with disappointed engineers.
Strengthening company alignment
As a senior leader, you are often the in-between person who is matching the business needs, product execution and the team’s talent. That work requires you to communicate proficiently to ensure everyone understands the needs and the status of progress. In this talk, we’ll cover the basic communication paths to be successful as a senior engineering leader and dive into two of the most difficult parts of it: forward planning and driving accountability in your teams.
Unravelling the misconceptions of managing up
Senior Director of Engineering at Github Neha Batra unravels the misconceptions of managing up at LeadDev Together.
Building Culture through Communication
Neha Batra talks about building a team culture requires time, care, attention, and intention.
Unravelling the misconceptions of managing up
Senior Director of Engineering at Github Neha Batra unravels the misconceptions of managing up at LeadDev Together.
Delegation 202: Finding the right people and setting them up for success
Who should you delegate your next task to?
Onboarding and retention in your organization
Onboarding and retention in your organization. A panel discussion featuring leaders from GitHub and Doctolib at LeadDev Together.
Coaching, sponsorship, and feedback in your organization
Reflections on developing others from across management levels and spheres of influence.
Maximize your mentorship: establish, absorb, and connect
Getting what you need by asking the right questions
Building and conveying vision
Until a certain point in your career you’re likely to be told the strategy for your company. If you need guidance, you’re able to look up to the people above you.
Mentor, coach, sponsor: a guide to developing engineers
How to identify the differences and apply them correctly.
In it for the long haul: long-term team building
Finding new ways to nurture remote team culture
Sponsored by: you
We’ll also explore how to sponsor individuals by raising their visibility in an organisation and providing them with opportunities.
Effective meeting facilitation techniques
We’ve all had that experience where we’ve planned the perfect discussion only to have it hijacked by a passionate side-person, lose focus halfway through, or produce the exact same takeaways as you had before you began the discussion.
