How to grow your engineers through continuous feedback

When I transitioned to my first engineering manager role, I felt a little lost and overwhelmed by my new people management responsibilities. One of the aspects I felt most unprepared for was helping people to grow and develop.

I decided to list out a set of high-level steps to structure how I would approach my reports’ growth and development. Here’s what that list looked like:

1. Raise and ensure self-awareness
2. Understand their concerns and motivations
3. Help defining the direction of their growth
4. Create the environment and remove impediments to their growth

In this article, I’ll focus on the first point of raising self-awareness.

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