Low morale in your team? focus on Safety
When I work with leaders who are facing situations of low morale in their team, I usually introduce them to a powerful tool to understand the difference between Certainty and Safety
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How to get the executive team to understand you
Many CTOs and Engineering Leaders struggle to get their points across in the executive team, often complaining they're not being understood.
The 5 archetypes of CTOs
Revisiting a famous paper from 2002 and adapting it to the reality I've been observed in the past two decades
The 5 anti-patterns of SLO adoption
Common pitfalls I've observed when teams try to introduce SLOs
A lesson from Richard Feynman for Engineering Leaders
And practical tips on how to make you more productive as an Engineering Leader
Should Engineering Managers Code?
Why I think this is the wrong question, and my suggestions on how to approach the right question
The Story of How I Got Into Leadership - Part 2
What tipped the scale for me, and some take aways you can use in your own decision on whether to transition to the Management track.