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Four dimensions of burnout: An anti-burnout framework for the AI era
A practical framework to help engineering leaders recognize burnout early, rebalance demands, and recover while staying effective and healthy.
Editor’s picks
1:1s Foundations: best practices for conversations that count
Building a safe space during your one-to-one meetings, where your direct report can be open and honest
Performance season made easy with this proven strategy
Performance review seasons are tense times for managers and reports alike. Here’s a system to smooth the process over.
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
The pace of change keeps accelerating. See what other leaders are doing about it, at LDX3 New York.
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 Engineering Management playlist
It’s time to pay off your management debt
Explore management debt’s impact on organizations, uncovering inefficiencies and missed opportunities. Learn actionable strategies to identify, track, and eliminate management debt for sustainable growth.
Resilient Management: Lara Hogan in conversation
Resilient Management is a guide to building, inspiring and leading resilient teams
Managing authentically across levels
Learn how to manage engineers at all levels with practical tips for adapting your style to support growth and foster a thriving, high-performing engineering team.
Effective communication: Mastering growth-oriented feedback
Discover strategies for delivering feedback that builds trust and openness. Learn science-backed techniques to make feedback constructive, approachable, and growth-focused, helping teams unlock their full potential.
Tactics for developing junior engineers
How to plan out intentional time for junior talent to be as productive as possible
The festival for modern engineering leadership
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
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Managing unexpected work requests when your team is busy
How to handle disruptions to your team’s workflow
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Finding the right kind of opportunities for your sponsee
How to match your sponsee’s opportunities to their career goals
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How to build multiplatform skills in your mobile app team
Upskilling your mobile developers across Android and iOS
Top Engineering Management Videos
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Demystifying the Re-Org
Milena Tala looks at how you can identify that your team requires a reorganisation at Leadev Together 2022
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Firing like a human
Chief Technology Officer at Anaconda talks about the tricky firing process and how to get it right. Learn about the safeguards that allow you to make this tough choice confidently and compassionately.
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Managing compassionately through underperformance
You’ve identified that a person is underperforming. What comes next? Senior Engineering Manager Adrienne Lowe will identify what you should do to help manage someone out of underperformance
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Managing performance with clarity and empathy
How can you even tell if someone is underperforming? Senior Director of Engineering at SlackHQ Rod Garcia looks at how to write and communicate clear expectations and gain the confidence to address underperformance.
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Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
What do good engineering processes and tools look like?
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Empower your teams to do their best work
As a senior leader, this talk builds upon the fundamental concepts with a focus on leveraging your team’s work for impact.
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Raising the subject of raises
This talk gives some practical advice and things to keep in mind when you are considering what type of pay raise to make. I’ll also provide some points to make the salary discussions in your performance reviews easier.
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Addressing technical skills gaps in your engineering team
Identify and fill training gaps that slow you down.