Coaching, Influencing, Motivating & Managing Up - Tackling the Top 10 Engineering Leadership Challenges! #185
Jul 2, 2024
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Explore top challenges faced by engineering leaders such as coaching team members, motivating others, creating organizational buy-in, and managing up. Hear insights from industry experts like Netflix, Atlassian, and more on best practices and strategies to overcome these obstacles.
Supporting employee growth drives team dynamics and continuous improvement.
Empowering high performers enhances team efficiency and organizational success.
Deep dives
Empowering Team Growth and Development
Fostering team growth and development is pivotal for impactful leadership. Initiating proactive conversations with team members regarding their growth aspirations is essential. By acknowledging that team members will outgrow their current roles, leaders can strategize skill-acquisition opportunities. Supporting employees in acquiring new skills or pursuing leadership roles enhances team dynamics and fosters continuous growth.
Focus on Amplifying High Performers
To achieve autonomous and proficient teams, prioritize amplifying high performers. Investing time and resources in supporting top achievers boosts overall team efficiency. By identifying and removing impediments, facilitating problem-solving, and providing necessary tools, leaders can empower high performers to excel and drive organizational success.
Optimizing Influence and Buy-In
Influencing peers and gaining buy-in for ideas requires showcasing success and generating quick wins. Collaboration and finding common goals among team members foster collective vision and enhance productivity. By aligning strategies with organizational objectives and highlighting achievements, leaders can gain support, foster collaboration, and drive innovative solutions.
Effective Management Upwards and Across Functions
Managing relationships beyond one's expertise involves enhancing visibility, understanding evaluation criteria, and aligning tasks with higher management objectives. Engaging in open communication, highlighting solutions to superiors, and offering supportive tools facilitate effective management upwards. By grasping superior evaluation methods and addressing their challenges, leaders can establish impactful relationships and drive strategic outcomes.
In today’s episode, we’re kicking off a four-part series on the Top 10 challenges eng leaders face based on feedback from hundreds of eng leaders. In Part 1 of this mini-series, we’re tackling the first four issues: developing & coaching team members, strategies for motivating & inspiring others, influencing / creating organizational buy-in, and managing up & sideways. This episode compiles some of the best insight we’ve gained on these issues from a collection of past ELC episodes, ELC Annual sessions, events, and more, with insight from Tara Ellis @ Netflix, Elaine Zhou @ SageCXO, Pete Peterson @ Riviera Partners, Johnny Ray Austin @ Best Egg, Jan Chong @ Tally, Matt Spitz, Laura Tacho @ DX, and Preeti Kota @ Atlassian, and Dan Kador @ Abridge.
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