Every six months, the engineering team has a retrospective meeting. It gives them time to talk about things that won't necessarily come up day to day. The one rule: You can complain about things, but you can't complain about people unless the person is me. If we don't change things right this second, then everything is going to collapse.
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Why does everyone need to have retrospective meetings?
There needs to be space to talk about long-standing issues that don’t come up day to day in the workplace.
In episode #124, Alexandra shares the power of async meetings and exactly how she runs her not-so-typical engineering retros.
Alexandra Sunderland is a Senior Engineering Manager at Fellow and author of Remote Engineering Management. Alexandra has worked for over a decade in both hybrid and remote roles, ranging from startups to public corporations.
Alexandra also shares why communication should be default to open and how she manages a culturally diverse team.
Tune in to hear all about Alexandra’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way!
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