Grow your influence with the art of diplomacy

To get anything done in a reasonably-sized engineering organization, we must be able to influence and work with people.

The ability to communicate, advocate, and build relationships with folks from other teams, departments, and even sometimes other companies is an essential part of our roles.

First-time managers and tech leads often struggle with this because they’re used to executing rather than thinking of themselves as diplomats for their team. If this sounds familiar, check out these lessons in diplomacy that will help you grow your influence across your team boundaries:

1. Focus on relationships over tasks

I remember working in one company and with one engineering leader in particular.

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