EPISODE · Sep 20, 2022 · 1H 30M
Celebrating 100 episodes - our favorite moments from the Engineering Leadership Podcast so far
from The Engineering Leadership Podcast · host ELC
Today’s episode marks a special occasion – 100 episodes of The Engineering Leadership Podcast! To celebrate, we’ve compiled some of our favorite moments from the past hundred episodes, featuring a wide range of high-energy guests and compelling topics. We cover tension points while scaling eng & product orgs, why you should seek existential issues, how to get unstuck in your career, helping engineers outgrow their positions, hyper-growing your eng org/career, identifying burnout, understanding workplace injustice, confronting your fear of failure, and much more!Our in-person conference ELC Annual returns 10/27-28!Learn from 60+ of the best engineering leaders in the industry / Critical insights on leadership, career and technology / Plus tons of experiences optimized for deep conversations & meaningful connections - all to help you build your support network!Don't miss out on being part of the biggest celebration of engineering leadership of the year!Grab your ticket HERE: sfelc.com/annual2022SHOW NOTES:How to focus on what really matters... seek the "existential issues" & find where there's "Room AND Attention" - Will Larson (3:23)The Portfolio of Time Management - Jean-Denis Greze (8:50)How to get unstuck in your career - Wade Chambers (13:04)“Crashing” your way to a seat at the table - Melody Hildebrandt (15:51)The fundamentals of managing up - Jan Chong (17:12)Common tension points while scaling engineering and product organizations - Jeremy Henrickson (19:31)The story of Amazon Apollo, solving the right problem & pitching the right stakeholders - Melissa Binde (24:43)"Hero Developers don't scale" - Andrew Lau & Eli Daniel (30:09)How to increase your pool of potential candidates - Farhan Thawar (34:48)Why you should help engineers outgrow their positions & how to discuss career growth with your team members - Tara Ellis (39:45)How eng orgs (and careers) evolve through hyper-growth - Samir Naik (43:32)Move as fast as long as - Richard Wong (47:41)Lessons from leading large-scale, complex, strategic projects - Wendy Sheppard (49:38)How to operationalize your approach to leadership - Sri Viswanath (52:55)How to detect & identify the early signs of burnout in your engineering team - Erica Lockheimer, Sabry Tozin & Lori Allen (55:50)The root causes of workplace injustice & the roles we can play to prevent it - Kim Scott & Trier Bryan (59:29)Conflict optimizations vs. conflict resolution & why eng leaders need to embrace conflict - Jordan Adler (1:04:14)How to get over the fear of silence - Alexis Rask (1:07:22)Leading through uncertainty - David Silverman (1:13:50)"Rage-fixing" & Eddie's breakthrough moment confronting fear of failure at Gusto - Eddie Kim (1:20:05)LINKS AND RESOURCESEpisode 30 - Spend Time On What Matter w/ Will LarsonEpisode 18 - Building a Successfully "Spiky" Org (Part 2) w/ Jean-Denis GrezeEpisode 21 - Conscious Career Growth (part 2) w/ Wade ChambersEpisode 72 - Why Engineering Needs a Seat at the Negotiating Table w/ Melody HildebrandtEpisode 43 - Managing Up w/ Jan ChongEpisode 38 - Align & Scale Engineering AND Product w/ Jeremy HenricksonEpisode 47 - Building Technology That Endures w/ Melissa BindeEpisode 79 - Translating engineering to the CEO w/ Andrew Lau and Eli DanielEpisode 10 - Speed & Creativity in Recruiting w/ Farhan ThawarEpisode 75 - A Counter-Intuitive Approach to Career Growth & Internal Mobility w/ Tara EllisEpisode 77 - How eng orgs (and careers) evolve through hyper-growth w/ Samir NaikEpisode 63 - Speed vs. Quality w/ Richard WongEpisode 31 - How to Lead Large Scale Projects w/ Wendy ShepperdEpisode 65 - Building Autonomous Teams & Engineering Career Ladders w/ Sri ViswanathEpisode 66 - Addressing Burnout in Your Engineering Org w/ Erica Lockheimer, Sabry Tozin & Lori AllenEpisode 44 - “Just Work” w/ Kim Scott & Trier BryantEpisode 74 - Conflict Optimization w/ Jordan AdlerEpisode 32 - Ask Powerful Questions w/ Alexis RaskEpisode 12 - Leading Through Uncertainty w/ David SilvermanEpisode 29 - Remove Fear of Failure From Your Org w/ Edward KimSPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PRODUCTION TEAMNoah Olberding, ProducerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-olberding-49138a19b/Have strong movie opinions? Send Noah a message with your hot cinema takes!Dan Overheim, Audio EngineerIG: @doverheimAre you also an avid 3D printer? Check out Dan’s 3D printing work here: bnd3d.comEllie Coggins Angus, CopywriterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliecoggins/Love books? Check out Ellie’s bookstagram: @ellieturnsthepage Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Today’s episode marks a special occasion – 100 episodes of The Engineering Leadership Podcast! To celebrate, we’ve compiled some of our favorite moments from the past hundred episodes, featuring a wide range of high-energy guests and compelling topics. We cover tension points while scaling eng & product orgs, why you should seek existential issues, how to get unstuck in your career, helping engineers outgrow their positions, hyper-growing your eng org/career, identifying burnout, understanding workplace injustice, confronting your fear of failure, and much more!
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