A FFP interview with the former VP of engineering and engineering leadership coach Laura Tacho.
Laura helps with building high-performing dev teams. Previously she was leading engineering teams at Codeship and CloudBees. She partners with software engineering managers and executives to level up their leadership skills through courses, coaching and her engineering management program. You can find more information about her services here: lauratacho.com
Hear Laura's perspective on:
Coaching developers
Managing teams
Automated data collection vs survey data
DX
Having a strictly neutral position
Localising leadership pressure
Dealing with non-technical leaders
"Elite" teams
Why coaching is important
Measuring Developer Productivity
Productivity Definitions
Automatically Generated Metrics
Productivity vs Effectiveness
Survey Metrics
"Elite Teams"
Telemetry Data
DORA Metrics
Assessing Engineering Orgs
Productivity Proxies
SPACE Framework
Developer Experience Focus
Executive Pressure
Providing Customer Value
Closing Loops
Owning Developer Experience
Autonomous Teams
Tips For ICs
Relevant Metrics
Applied FOMO
People-Process-Platform
Small Changes
What Is Coaching?
Coaching Stigma
"Next Level Of Greatness"
Outside Perspectives
Common Leadership Problems
"Coaching For Everyone "
Addressing Fears
Building Trust
Obvious Coaching Benefits
Coaching Misconceptions
Maintaining Excellence | Finding Coaches
"Chemistry Test"
Practice Space
Winging Leadership
Skiing Instructor Training
and much more…We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.