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What to do when internal politics stalls a project
If all teams on a project feel like they’re pulling in different directions, it’s time to build a coalition.
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How to begin your journey to effective leadership
Principles, processes, and tips for being the best manager you can be.
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In partnership with ChainguardThe surprising habits of high velocity engineering teams
Working smarter, not harder, to achieve high velocity.
Editor’s picks
How to lead individuals with advanced technical expertise
If you’re a manager of individual contributor’s who have more years of experience on you, you may be confused on how best to lead them.
How can I rebuild a struggling team’s confidence and trust?
When there’s friction in the team you’re managing, morale, performance, and trust all take a hit. How can you rectify the situation?
How to lead senior engineers as a new manager
If you’ve just entered a management role, cultivating your relationship with the senior engineers on your team may be a daunting prospect. Here are a few ways to get that relationship off to a good start.
October 15-17, 2025
New York is almost here. Book your spot today.
Essential reading
Reasons to step into a leadership role (and the reasons not to)
Thinking of becoming an engineering leader? Let Pat Kua help you with the first step of the journey.
On our Leadership playlist
What we talk about when we talk about leadership
Exploring key leadership themes from years in tech, this talk offers guidance and practical strategies to help engineers become the leaders they want to be.
From engineer to executive: Leading the shift and inspiring business-minded tech teams
Explore the journey from engineering leader to CTO, with insights on bridging technology and business strategy, leading with influence, and fostering business-minded tech teams.
Elevating your leadership skills during tough times
What skills do you need to be a great leader during economic uncertainty?
Post-ZIRP engineering leadership
This talk explores the evolution of the engineering leadership role from the growth-focused 2010s to today’s environment of increased scrutiny and accountability.
Agendas for New York events are live!
Lineup includes Addy Osmani, Kevin Goldsmith, Robin Bonatesta, and more…
New York • October 15 & 16, 2025
More about Engineering Management
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Managing complex organizational change
Guiding your team through organizational changes isn’t straightforward. Luckily, there are some ways you may be able to streamline the process.
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Three ways to develop contextual awareness as a leader
In a fast-changing world, with an equally shifting corporate landscape, leaders must take steps to cultivate the vital skill of contextual awareness.
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Exercising foresight as an engineering leader
Preparing for future eventualities may seem impossible without a crystal ball, but there are some things you can do as a leader to exercise good foresight.
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Demystifying managing managers
Transitioning from a manager to a manager of managers is harder than it looks. Here are some common misconceptions about making the step up in your engineering career.
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LeadDev editor’s picks: January 2023
From leading through an economic downturn, to embracing risk, here are the five articles you absolutely need to read from December on LeadDev.
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5 lessons for new senior engineering managers
Managing managers for the first time? Congratulations! Here’s what you need to know next.
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How to lead through an economic downturn
As the global economic picture continues to darken, engineering managers should start to prepare for the worst.
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When, not if: The playbook method for managing risk
Traditional risk management isn’t working for engineering organizations. Here, CTO of Identity and Network Access at Microsoft, Yonatan Zunger, shares a better approach.
Top Leadership videos
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The LeadDev Engineering Management Report 2024
Over the last two years, the tech industry has been going through big changes.
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How do you deliver a feature on the biggest stage in the world?
In this talk, media server engineer Josh McNamee discusses the challenges in shipping Disguise’s ‘Single Large Canvas’, the software feature that lets U2 put images on the inside of the Las Vegas Sphere.
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Embracing engineering’s place at the forefront of business
The landscape of technology has changed over the past decade – and that change has led to the place of engineering changing in the architecture of modern businesses.
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You are here: The story of the Barbican
If you were standing in this exact spot in early 1941, you’d be surrounded by rubble. Large swaths of London lie in ruins after the months-long Blitz during World War II, and Cripplegate ward where we now sit was almost completely destroyed. The only building you’d see standing would be a heavily damaged St. Giles Church.
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Finding opportunities and maximizing Impact: A staff engineer’s framework
This talk introduces the Listen-Act-Share framework, guiding you to find, evaluate, and scale high-impact projects. Using real examples, like transforming Datadog’s analytics infrastructure, you’ll learn to spot valuable opportunities, invest your time wisely, and iterate after validation. Discover what sets great opportunities apart and how to apply this framework for maximum impact.
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The scrappy/scale mindset: A framework for sustainable engineering leadership
Learn how the Scrappy/Scale Mindset helps engineering leaders balance leadership styles, avoid burnout, and adapt to their teams’ needs for sustainable success.
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Psychologically safe reliability management
Lesley explores the challenges of driving observability platform adoption in a multi-product organization, using a case study focused on production readiness for a General Election.
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Starting from nothing
In this talk, Lawrence shares lessons learned from experiences bootstrapping teams. He’ll draw from experience at GoCardless as a Principal Engineer when leading efforts to build a new Open-Banking payment scheme, and more recently as the engineer who helped go from zero-to-release of the incident.io Status Pages and Catalog products.