#36 Claus Höfele: Engineering Success - Aligning Goals, Embracing Positivity, and Mastering Stakeholder Collaboration

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In this episode, host Matt Warcholinski, co-founder of software development agency @Brainhub, talks with Claus Höfele, Director of Engineering at On about:

- Evolving Roles: Changing responsibilities of engineering managers, stressing the necessity to understand business challenges, collaborate across departments, and the alignment between varied titles like head of engineering and director of engineering.

- Collaborative Partnerships: The importance of working closely with product managers, design teams for consumer-focused products, and business units for internal offerings is highlighted.

- Positive Leadership: The concept of positive leadership, concentrating on enhancing strengths and fostering an environment of positivity, engagement, and accomplishment, with measurable success indicators.

- Team Dynamics: Goal alignment, motivation, effective delegation, the significance of transparent communication, and the sensitive topic of when to let someone go from a team.

- Continuous Learning & Frameworks: The pioneer-settler-town planner framework

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