This New Way

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/lena-reinhard-hypergrowth-in-engineering-organizations-how-to-hire-grow-and-support-the-atomic-unit-of-a-team/ Maintaining a high performance culture during a period of hypergrowth is hard. Performance management is neglected, hiring standards decrease… In episode #129, Lena Reinhard shares her tactical approach to building the habit of strategic thinking and maintaining a high standard. Lena has over 13 years of experience supporting engineering leaders and building high-performing, globally distributed engineering organizations in hypergrowth. She was the former VP of Engineering at CircleCI and Travis CI. Lena shares her playbook for growth, what being a strategic leader means, and the STABB framework. Tune in to hear all about Lena’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/hillery-hunter-ibm-strategic-thinking-fire-fighting-and-balcony-moments-how-to-make-time-for-it-all/ When was the last time you had a ‘balcony moment’? A balcony moment is when you take a step back, go up to the balcony, look down and observe what you and everyone else are doing. In episode #128, Hillery Hunter shares exactly how she is purposeful with her time, her process of prioritization, and all the lessons learned throughout her 17 years at IBM. Hillery Hunter, GM, Industry Clouds & Solutions; CTO, IBM Cloud, began her career with IBM in 2005 and was appointed an IBM Fellow in 2017. Tune in to hear all about Hillery’s leadership journey, experience with mentorship and tactical management advice! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/mike-adams-grain-leading-with-authenticity-acting-with-vulnerability-how-to-navigate-different-wants-with-your-team/ What should you do if what you want is completely different than what your team wants? In episode #127, Mike Adams shares how he deals with managing a fully remote team while hating remote work. Mike Adams is the Co-founder and CEO of Grain, a communication platform for teams that helps capture video snippets with ease. Mike shares stories of how he showed vulnerability and chose to lead with authenticity and the impact it had on his team. He also explains the importance of knowing your audience as a leader. Tune in to hear all about Mike’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/ben-eubanks-lighthouse-the-real-definition-of-workplace-flexibility-and-how-to-achieve-it/ Workplace flexibility has a broader definition than you think. As leaders, we often assume we know what flexibility means to people, but flexibility is more than where you work. In episode 126, Ben Eubanks shares insights from his research to break down the true meaning of flexibility, work democracy and workplace autonomy. Ben Eubanks is the Chief Research Officer at Lighthouse, which has been serving HR, talent, and learning professionals with practical research and advice for over the last 10+ years. Tune in to hear all about Ben’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/tony-jamous-oyster-building-a-human-centric-organization-emotional-safety-location-freedom-and-massive-diversity/ If you want to build a company, how would you build it? What would the conditions be for building that company? In episode #125, Tony said he wanted emotional safety, flexibility, and massive diversity. Tony Jamous is the CEO and Founder of Oyster HR, an employment platform that helps you hire, pay, and care for a truly global team. Tony wanted to be open about human needs and designed a workplace that emphasized trust, transparency, and engagement. He took his past experiences and strategically built Oyster with purpose. Tony shares the behind-the-scenes of scaling Oyster, how they use asynchronous communication to truly allow flexibility, and how he pictures the future of work. Tune in to hear all about Tony’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/alexandra-sunderland-fellow-retrospectives-public-channels-and-asynchronous-meetings/ Why does everyone need to have retrospective meetings? There needs to be space to talk about long-standing issues that don’t come up day to day in the workplace. In episode #124, Alexandra shares the power of async meetings and exactly how she runs her not-so-typical engineering retros. Alexandra Sunderland is a Senior Engineering Manager at Fellow and author of Remote Engineering Management. Alexandra has worked for over a decade in both hybrid and remote roles, ranging from startups to public corporations. Alexandra also shares why communication should be default to open and how she manages a culturally diverse team. Tune in to hear all about Alexandra’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/rob-zuber-cto-circleci-how-to-retain-talent-and-run-skip-levels/ How often do you ask your team what’s on their mind? Asking what matters to them can tell you a lot about the organization, and if everyone is working toward the same mission. If everyone has a different answer, then something may be off. In episode #123, Rob Zuber explains why having skip-level conversations is so powerful in ensuring there is team alignment and mutual understanding. Rob is a three-time founder and five-time CTO. Today, he is the CTO of CircleCI, a continuous integration and continuous delivery platform that can be used to implement DevOps practices. Rob goes on to explain his process with skip-level meetings, his role of being a CTO, and what failing gracefully means to him. Tune in to hear all about Rob’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/jackye-clayton-textio-raising-the-bar-from-day-1-why-talent-acquisition-and-dei-go-hand-in-hand/ Have you ever had such a great interview experience that you’ve wanted to tell your friends to apply, just so they can experience it? That’s the goal at Textio. In episode #122, Jackye explains how she sets the bar from the very first interview with candidates. Jackye Clayton is the VP of Talent Acquisition and DEIB at Textio and was named one of the top recruitment thought leaders that you must follow by iMocha. She’s also the co-host on The Inclusive AF Podcast. Jackye explains the beauty of having diverse thoughts and how to know whose voice is missing from the table. Tune in to hear all about Jackye’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/john-gleeson-motive-a-compass-is-better-than-a-roadmap-becoming-a-manager-of-managers/ When an organization is experiencing hyper growth, it can be difficult to remain aligned. That’s why having a north star is crucial in guiding the team in the right direction. John Gleeson is the Vice President of Customer Success at Motive (formerly KeepTruckin). John joined Motive when there was only 50 employees. Today, there are over 3,000 people. In episode #121, John shared his insights on leveraging data to ask better questions, his philosophy of understanding the why behind decisions, and the importance of building context org-wide. Tune in to hear all about John’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.

https://fellow.app/supermanagers/brian-elliott-how-slack-svp-approaches-culture-and-provides-flexibility/ Middle managers don’t have it easy. They actually have worse stress levels than anybody else, including individual contributors and executives. In episode #120, Brian shares many results and interesting statistics done from pulse surveys at Future Forum on the way people are working. Brian Elliott is the Executive Leader of the Future Forum, a consortium launched by Slack to enable leaders to redesign work to be better for people and organizations. Prior to Slack, Brian was General Manager of Google Express, Google’s full stack commerce platform. Brian shares how managers are coping and what kind of strategies are actually working, what is workplace culture and how to offer real flexibility. Tune in to hear all about Brian’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way! . . . Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the podcast with your colleagues.