Onboarding Your Engineering Manager

Bringing on a new leader to your organization is always tricky. It starts with hiring. Then comes the real part. Onboarding! I always think bringing in a new leader without context is like starting construction without a blueprint. You’ll get noise and activity, but not stability. Perhaps, a few things are done, but in the wrong order. Walls before foundations. […]

Getting Delegation Right

In software business, leaders often need to delegate the work. Yet, I have seen leaders struggle with it, often saying, “I try to delegate, but it never quite works.” The truth is, delegation is rarely a simple act of handing tasks to someone else. It depends on how people learn, how they handle responsibility, and how much space they are […]