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Building inclusive orgs
Put the work in to make our industry diverse and welcoming to all
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Building inclusive orgs
Building inclusive orgs
Managing distributed teams
Running remote teams
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Running remote teams
Running remote teams
Ask Maria: How do we gel after getting acquired?
9 mins
20 Dec 2023
Article
Ask Maria: How do we gel after getting acquired?
![Maria Ntalla](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-11/Maria Ntalla.png)
Maria
Ntalla
How feature measurement promotes productivity and happiness
7 mins
22 Nov 2023
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by SPLIT
How feature measurement promotes productivity and happiness
![PA Masse](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-11/PA Masse.png)
P.A.
Masse
Performance management: strategies, practices, and key insights
15 mins
23 Aug 2023
Article
Performance management: strategies, practices, and key insights
![Asier Marqués](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-08/Asier Marqués.png)
Asier
Marqués
Managing challenging people
5 mins
17 Aug 2023
Article
Managing challenging people
![Pat Kua](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-08/PAT_KUA_400 (1).jpg)
Pat
Kua
Using leave to cultivate autonomy in your team
5 mins
25 Jul 2023
Article
Using leave to cultivate autonomy in your team
![Malek KAZDAGHLI](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-07/Malek Kazdaghli.png)
Malek
Kazdaghli
How to mix junior and senior engineers on a team
5 mins
19 Jul 2023
Article
How to mix junior and senior engineers on a team
![Jakub Svoboda](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-04/Jakub Svoboda.png)
Jakub
Svoboda
Being an empathetic leader during organizational change
4 mins
26 Apr 2023
Article
Being an empathetic leader during organizational change
![Jiovanni Rosario](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-04/Jiovanni Rosario.png)
Jiovanni
Rosario
How team agreements promote high performance
8 mins
23 Mar 2023
Article
How team agreements promote high performance
![Sarah Milstein](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-10/Sarah Milstein circle.png)
Sarah
Milstein
Improving your team satisfaction survey results
3 mins
27 Feb 2023
Article
Improving your team satisfaction survey results
![Rahul Verma](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-02/Rahul Verma.png)
Rahul
Verma
Embedding on a team as a Staff+ engineer
10 mins
12 Dec 2022
Article
Embedding on a team as a Staff+ engineer
![Shweta Bhandare](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-12/Shweta Bhandare.png)
Shweta
Bhandare
Encouraging autonomy within engineering teams
6 mins
06 Dec 2022
Article
Encouraging autonomy within engineering teams
![James Stanier (1)](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2024-01/James Stanier (1).png)
James
Stanier
Six things to consider when structuring engineering teams
8 mins
29 Nov 2022
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by HASHICORP
Six things to consider when structuring engineering teams
![Jess Ingrassellino](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-11/Jess Ingrassellino.png)
Jess
Ingrassellino
![Tapan Divekar](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-11/Tapan Divekar.png)
Tapan
Divekar
Great engineers are made by great engineering teams
01 Apr 2022
Video
Great engineers are made by great engineering teams
![Charity Majors](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-11/Charity Majors (1).png)
Charity
Majors
How to lead your junior engineers to success
6 mins
09 Mar 2022
Article
How to lead your junior engineers to success
![Ceora Ford](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-03/Ceora Ford.png)
Ceora
Ford
Running your first internal hackathon
11 mins
17 Feb 2022
Article
Running your first internal hackathon
![Anthony Mayer](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-01/Anthony Mayer.png)
Anthony
Mayer
Using coaching skills to grow compassion, empathy, and kindness
12 mins
16 Feb 2022
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by AUTOMATTIC
Using coaching skills to grow compassion, empathy, and kindness
![Nik Knight](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-04/nik-knight.png)
Nik
Knight
The importance of small, positive interactions
7 mins
30 Dec 2021
Article
The importance of small, positive interactions
![Camille Fournier](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2024-01/Camille Fournier.png)
Camille
Fournier
How to build an effective working group
8 mins
20 Dec 2021
Article
How to build an effective working group
![Jason Wong](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-10/Jason Wong.png)
Jason
Wong
The journey to becoming a team
14 mins
07 Dec 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by HONEYCOMB
The journey to becoming a team
![Makedonka Stamatova](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-11/ Makedonka Stamatova.png)
Makedonka
Stamatova
A shared platform: how marketing and engineering teams can effectively collaborate
11 mins
19 Aug 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by PELOTON
A shared platform: how marketing and engineering teams can effectively collaborate
![Bethan Vincent](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-08/Bethan (1).png)
Bethan
Vincent
26 Jul 2021
Video
Sturgeon’s Biases: how communities of practice lie to themselves & everybody else
![Adrian Howard](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-01/Adrian Howard.png)
Adrian
Howard
26 Jul 2021
Video
Holding effective coaching conversations
![Nik Knight](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-04/nik-knight.png)
Nik
Knight
![phillipa-rodney](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-08/Phillipa Rodney.png)
Phillipa
Rodney
Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’
7 mins
10 Feb 2021
Article
Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’
![Cate Huston](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-01/Cate Huston_0.png)
Cate
Huston
How to write communication guidelines – and live by them
8 mins
02 Feb 2021
Article
How to write communication guidelines – and live by them
![Antonia Landi](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-01/Article contributors (5).png)
Antonia
Landi
11 Sep 2015
Video
Cloning yourself isn't an option
![Camille Fournier](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2024-01/Camille Fournier.png)
Camille
Fournier
21 Feb 2017
Video
Finding the right ingredients for the perfect engineering team
![Kevin Goldsmith](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2024-02/Kevin Goldsmith_0.png)
Kevin
Goldsmith
Managing conflict in engineering teams
7 mins
27 Jan 2021
Article
Managing conflict in engineering teams
![Keanan Koppenhaver](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-01/Article contributors (3).png)
Keanan
Koppenhaver
27 Jun 2018
Video
Teaching New Tricks – How to enhance the skills of experienced developers
![Clare Sudbery](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-01/Clare Sudbery.png)
Clare
Sudbery
Building a vernacular with your engineering team
4 mins
08 Jan 2021
Article
Building a vernacular with your engineering team
![Kevin Goldsmith](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2024-02/Kevin Goldsmith_0.png)
Kevin
Goldsmith
Learnings from 'Assessing the health of your engineering orgs'
4 mins
05 Jan 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by CODE CLIMATE
Learnings from 'Assessing the health of your engineering orgs'
![Ellie Spencer-Failes](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-10/3_0.png)
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Gaining insight and preventing misalignment without micromanaging
5 mins
09 Dec 2020
Article
Gaining insight and preventing misalignment without micromanaging
![Camille Fournier](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2024-01/Camille Fournier.png)
Camille
Fournier
The health of your business depends on the health of your engineering team
3 mins
09 Nov 2020
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by CODE CLIMATE
The health of your business depends on the health of your engineering team
![Hillary Nussbaum](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-10/Hillary Nussbaum.png)
Hillary
Nussbaum
Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products
7 mins
15 Oct 2020
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by PEPSICO
Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products
![Raphaela Wrede](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-10/Raphaela Wrede.png)
Raphaela
Wrede
Building bridges between Design and Development
8 mins
14 Oct 2020
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by GITLAB
Building bridges between Design and Development
![Virginie Caplet](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-10/Virginie Caplet.png)
Virginie
Caplet
Not all engineering leaders are engineering managers
8 mins
07 Sep 2020
Article
Not all engineering leaders are engineering managers
![Tany Reilly](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2024-02/Tanya Reilly.png)
Tanya
Reilly
In it for the long haul: long-term team building
11 mins
01 Sep 2020
Article
In it for the long haul: long-term team building
![Neha Batra](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2024-02/Neha Batra.png)
Neha
Batra
Ask Maria: How can I fix a team that's broken?
5 mins
24 Jan 2024
Article
Ask Maria: How can I fix a team that's broken?
![Maria Ntalla](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-11/Maria Ntalla.png)
Maria
Ntalla
How to design (and listen to) a developer survey
6 mins
10 Oct 2023
Article
How to design (and listen to) a developer survey
![Harry Guinness _0](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-03/Harry Guinness _0.png)
Harry
Guinness
Being an effective remote employee
6 mins
31 Jul 2023
Article
Being an effective remote employee
![Laurie Barth](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-10/Laurie.png)
Laurie
Barth
How to spot and close capability gaps
8 mins
19 Jun 2023
Article
How to spot and close capability gaps
![Joe Fay](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2023-02/Joe Fay.png)
Joe
Fay
Using workshops to align technical vision and team principles
5 mins
17 Mar 2023
Article
Using workshops to align technical vision and team principles
![Anthony Mayer](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-01/Anthony Mayer.png)
Anthony
Mayer
Three ways to reduce the cost of DevOps
3 mins
05 Dec 2022
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by PLATFORM.SH
Three ways to reduce the cost of DevOps
![chad-carlson](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-04/Chad Carlson.png)
Chad
Carlson
Examples are hard: Prioritizing developer experience
01 Apr 2022
Video
Examples are hard: Prioritizing developer experience
![chad-carlson](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-04/Chad Carlson.png)
Chad
Carlson
How Twitter grew a single team into a thriving distributed community
14 mins
01 Mar 2022
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by TWITTER
How Twitter grew a single team into a thriving distributed community
![Marina Zhao](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-01/Marina Zhao.png)
Marina
Zhao
![Charlie Croom](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-02/Charlie Croom.png)
Charlie
Croom
Are we punishing our top performers?
12 mins
17 Jan 2022
Article
Are we punishing our top performers?
![Jason Lengstorf](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-01/Jason Lengstorf_0.png)
Jason
Lengstorf
Using deadlines effectively to build happy and creative teams
12 mins
22 Oct 2021
Article
Using deadlines effectively to build happy and creative teams
![Jason Wong](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-10/Jason Wong.png)
Jason
Wong
26 Jul 2021
Video
Cultivating effective cross-functional relationships
![Anjuan Simmons](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-08/Anjuan_400x400.png)
Anjuan
Simmons
![Charles Garrett](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2024-02/Chales Garrett.png)
Charles
Garrett
Shaping engineering leadership through letting go
7 mins
01 Jun 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by EXPEDIA
Shaping engineering leadership through letting go
![Sook Meng Muk](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2021-06/Webinar treated images (4).png)
Sook
Meng Muk
11 Sep 2015
Video
Building happier engineering teams
![Oren Ellenbogen](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-08/Oren_400x400.png)
Oren
Ellenbogen
21 Feb 2017
Video
Making developers on support work for everyone
![Camille](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-04/Camille Update.png)
Camille
Acey
How to make reorgs less terrible
11 mins
25 Jan 2021
Article
How to make reorgs less terrible
![Katie Wilde](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2022-08/Katie Wilde.png)
Katie
Wilde
The geometry of software teams
5 mins
14 Dec 2020
Article
The geometry of software teams
![Rod Begbie](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-08/Rod Begbie cutout_0.png)
Rod
Begbie
Want to gauge the wellbeing of your team? All you have to do is ask
6 mins
26 Oct 2020
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by CODE CLIMATE
Want to gauge the wellbeing of your team? All you have to do is ask
![Jemma Bolland](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-10/Jemma Bolland.png)
Jemma
Bolland
Creating an inclusive team culture in times of change
7 mins
08 Sep 2020
Article
Creating an inclusive team culture in times of change
![Yenny Cheung](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-08/yennycheung400x400 (1).jpg)
Yenny
Cheung
30 Apr 2019
Video
How to create a career ladder for your software engineering teams
![Marco Rogers](https://res.cloudinary.com/leaddev/image/upload/q_100,c_fill,g_auto:classic,e_sharpen,h_100,w_100/staging/sites/default/files/contributors/2020-08/Marco rogers cutout (1).png)
Marco
Rogers
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