We did away with a sort of the matric structure that we'd had before, where engineers worked on all kinds of different projects. And then we got managers to really help on teams. You know, you were managing everybody who, you know, obviously reported to you, but you were also managing the team and the outcomes of the team. We actually tried to make it very, very focused on, how is this management thing good for you personally to day? I would say that it went quite well.
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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