How Much of This Is Nature for Us?

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For a long time, i just wanted to work with great people. And in going to an environment like that, where you could work with people that e challenge youand honestly, it's uncomfortable to do it right. But once you get comfortable with that, and see the challengers and try to live live through every day and do your absolute best, it becomes a really amazing environment to be in. I don't think we're lad swear, but thete's a great canyo quo that involves us a swear about his life that i always think about.And wetoo vry joke about this at plants girl.

On this episode of Developing Leadership, Sam Lambert, CEO of PlanetScale and previously VP of Engineering at GitHub, joins us to talk about building high-performance teams. We chatted about leading with influence, advocating for your team, creating delightful hiring experiences, knowing when to fire people and how to keep your software engineers close to your end-users to build great products.

One of the biggest takeaways from this episode is that you have to start with yourself if you want to build a high-performance team. So if you're looking for pointers on how to be a better leader for your team and for your company, this episode is for you!

Learn more about some of the topics discussed on this episode at go.developingleadership.co/ep9

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.co