I think what Allison was saying before he brought it on the parenting books put on the management books they're actually same concepts which are at the end of the day that's what the realization was. When it came to the two kids on the spectrum particularly my son it was oh this is with my son it almost felt like I was talking to an opaque org as opposed to my daughter so it was like I had an individual my son I had to engage almost like it was he was and expect no information to come back to me because he doesn't communicate. If you could go back to the moment in your career right before you became a parent what do you wish you had done and is it I
Allison McMillan, VP of Engineering at Quota Path, joins us to talk about the transformation engineering leaders go through when they become parents and the lessons we can take parenting to our day-to-day as managers. From communication to rewards vs. consequences to dealing with other humans and their unique challenges.
Deep dive into the topics discussed in this episode at go.developingleadership.co/ep35
Join the discussion and follow us on twitter @ devleadership_
Developing Leadership is a podcast presented by Athenian. We are introducing the world of engineering to metrics and data that improve processes and help teams. If you want to learn more about data-enabled engineering, go to athenian.com