"The biggest mistakes i've made have been firing people. And then it's like theyre coming as a surprise," he says. "Some people are very, very gentle, and they are going to respond right away to that." 'I can go in the nigerin controls is very, very direct'
Katie Wilde, the VP of Engineering at Ambassador Labs, joins us to spill the tea on Holacracy and decentralized management systems. Find out why these organizational structures don’t work for companies building software and how they can drive your best people away.
Katie also shared how her previous company, Buffer, transitioned from a Holacracy into a strong engineering leadership culture, through goal-oriented 1:1s, effective feedback, and creating a strong sense of responsibility among its leaders.
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