Being available: The secret to great leadership

What makes a great engineering leader?

Often when we ask this question we hear the same answers: having a great vision of the future; disagreeing and committing; delegating; or some variation of the Amazon leadership principles.

None of these tips are wrong, necessarily. They successfully guide some of the largest companies in the world. But I want to argue that there’s one tip often left out of the conversation: being available.

Is being available the same as networking?

In a way, it is. It’s not so much about building new connections (all the time), but about strengthening the ones you already have.

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