Managing Managers

Episode 7: Role models, restructuring and living in the future with Danielle Leong

Oct 28, 2023

Danielle Leong discusses the importance of role modeling, impact of restructuring, and living in the future as a manager of managers. Exploring her journey, supportive networks, team restructuring at GitHub, cultural mergers, leadership traits, and navigating complexities of managing managers.

46:35

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Danielle Leong

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Quick takeaways

Role modeling leadership style for personal growth and relationship nurturing.

Restructuring teams to manage managers necessitates cohesive organizational culture and shared goals.

Deep dives

Leadership Inspiration from Mentor at GitHub

Danielle Leong recounts her journey into management, inspired by a mentor, Helen, at GitHub, who demonstrated a supportive leadership style by guiding individuals to problem-solving rather than issuing instructions. This experience motivated Leong to transition into a management role to emulate her mentor's approach, emphasizing personal growth and nurturing relationships.

Identifying Root Causes of Concerns

00:50

Introduction

3min

Navigating Leadership Transition with a Supportive Network

4min

Managing Managers and Team Restructuring at GitHub

5min

Navigating Cultural Mergers in Managing Managers

29min

Leadership, Empathy, and Introspection in Management

2min

Navigating the Complexities of Managing Managers

3min

Danielle Leong, a tremendous VP of Engineering and impressive portrait photographer, chats with me about what the importance of role modelling, the impact of restructuring and how managers of managers need to live further into the future.

Guest Biography:

Danielle is a seasoned engineering leader who is passionate about creating healthy, inclusive, productive engineering teams and helping them do their best work. She has a wealth of experience ranging from building teams at pre-seed startups to Director of Identity at GitHub to being an early engineer at Twilio. Danielle is also the creator and founder of Feerless, an app that provided crowd-sourced, preemptive notifications for Netflix users with PTSD. In her spare time, she runs a photography studio that specialises in colourful, fun, and inclusive headshots.

Transcript and show notes available here: ⁠https://managingmanagers.tech/episodes/episode-007-danielle-leong/