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Great Managers Empower Through Intrinsic Motivation – A Conversation With the Founder of CTO Connection
Peter Bell has been building engineering teams for nearly two decades. Here are his insights on empowering teams by focusing on intrinsic motivations (not external rewards).
Stripe’s Will Larson on Designing a Performance Management System from Scratch
Stripe’s Head of Foundation Engineering outlines the three core elements in a performance management system, and explains how to build them in your organization.
How Drift Gets Engineers up to Speed by Day 3
Drift’s Pete Karl II details the company’s fast-paced ramp-up plan, and shares his well-honed advice on what the onboarding process looks like at its best.
7 Code Review Best Practices and Dynamics You Can Identify and Act On: Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we covered the four process-based dynamics of code reviews. Here, we explore the people-based dynamics to look for in your code review process.
7 Code Review Best Practices and Dynamics You Can Identify and Act On: Part 1
Recognizing patterns in your organization’s code review process can provide a path to turbocharging the team’s effectiveness. Here’s how.
The Mentor/Manager Distinction at Asana
Here’s how to wield mentorship as a tool to accelerate onboarding, boost engagement, and bake growth into your company culture.
8 Takeaways from the “Working with Technical Debt” Webinar
Our most recent webinar featured founders and CTOs from Meetup, CircleCI, and Corgibytes. Here are the key takeaways and highlights from the discussion.
5 Powerful Features in the All New Work Log
Now with robust ticketing integrations (Jira, GitHub Issues, etc.) and support for Pull Requests, it’s a powerful new way to lead engineering at scale.
The 5 Levers to Address “Org Smells” and Ship Higher Quality Software (Faster!)
In an interview with GitPrime’s CEO for SE-Radio, Lara Hogan and Deepa Subramaniam share 5 powerful tools leaders can use to revitalize their organizations.
Introducing Code Review and Collaboration – A Better Way to Manage Pull Requests at Scale
GitPrime’s new Code Review and Collaboration insights provide visibility into the end-to-end pull request workflow. Bottlenecks, struggling PRs, and patterns in team collaboration are now all visible in GitPrime.
Why Creative Market Values “Cross-Functional Partnerships”
Chris Winn, CTO at Creative Market, expects his engineering managers to build partnerships with their peers. Here’s how fostering a “first team mindset” increases the company’s performance as a whole.
The Fundamentals of Building and Managing a Distributed Engineering Team
In this interview, Maria Gutierrez, VPE at FreeAgent, covers the challenges that come with building a distributed team – and offers best practices for effectively building and managing yours.
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