In the early days, as you don't really have a built-out platform, you just have a concept that you'd love to have one. You actually want a lot of collaboration because the customer, who is the product engineer, if we can call them that, needs stuff now. And the platform team can't be saying, well, we just, we have our own priorities. We're going to go work on that stuff, right? Like you want them to be served as the customer.
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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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