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Why You Need to Take Risks as an Engineering Leader | GitHub’s VPE Neha Batra

Apr 30, 2024
Neha Batra, VP of Engineering at GitHub, discusses the importance of taking risks in leadership, establishing communication pathways, and conducting AMAs with your team. She also shares insights on building trust, accountability, and gathering signals from team members. Neha highlights the pitfalls leaders should avoid and the value of curiosity in navigating experiences like dating.
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  • Establishing effective communication paths is crucial for enhancing engineering performance.
  • Developing a framework involves creating consistent conversation patterns to drive team alignment more effectively.

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Building a Metrics Program for Engineering Performance Improvement

Building a metrics program that enhances engineering performance involves establishing effective communication paths, forward planning, and driving accountability in teams. By identifying consistent conversation patterns and streamlining translation processes between team members and leadership, ownership of the process can lead to increased transparency, easier communication, and improved team performance.

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