I tend to target those types of conversations more to our more senior engineers, like ICs, but, you know, who are like staff engineers and that sort of thing now. With the same goals, I'm looking more for systemic technical problems or process problems more than management problems. We walk through historical data from my calendar and say, where is the time going? Right? Hey, you currently spending 23% of your time on a one on ones with this category. Feels like it should maybe be 10%.
https://fellow.app/supermanagers/rob-zuber-cto-circleci-how-to-retain-talent-and-run-skip-levels/
How often do you ask your team what’s on their mind? Asking what matters to them can tell you a lot about the organization, and if everyone is working toward the same mission.
If everyone has a different answer, then something may be off.
In episode #123, Rob Zuber explains why having skip-level conversations is so powerful in ensuring there is team alignment and mutual understanding.
Rob is a three-time founder and five-time CTO. Today, he is the CTO of CircleCI, a continuous integration and continuous delivery platform that can be used to implement DevOps practices.
Rob goes on to explain his process with skip-level meetings, his role of being a CTO, and what failing gracefully means to him.
Tune in to hear all about Rob’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way!
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