Geeks Who Lead Podcast
Hear the inside stories of the "geeks who lead at scale" - Directors, VPs and CTOs running software engineering orgs at larger companies with 100+ engineers, and interviews with domain experts who can help those leaders to manage their engineering orgs more effectively.
I'm your host - Peter Bell, I've been helping senior engineering leaders to connect with and learn from their peers since 2010!
This podcast is designed for engineering leaders who want to learn the latest good practices from their peers who are way too busy operating to write an article or publish a book!
Running a software engineering org at scale is hard! You need to manage stakeholder expectations, attract and retain top talent, align and structure your org effectively and keep up with the latest processes and tooling. And that's before we even try to make sense of the potential impact of LLMs and GenAI on managing technical teams.
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Geeks Who Lead Podcast
Building and Managing Fully Remote Teams with David Blair
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Before Covid-19, many companies had work from home policies in place, but the vast majority still expected employees to mostly work in an office. Now that everyone is being forced to work from home, many companies and managers are scrambling to figure out how to make it work.
David Blair, CTO of Andela, has years of experience managing distributed teams. Today he offers his best tips and advice on best practices for fully remote teams and also shares ideas to help keep boost employee morale.
- [00:20] - How David became a product guy
- [03:47] - Finding talent in new places
- [09:38] - The relationship between product and technology at Andela
- [11:49] - Building trust with non-technical stakeholders
- [16:14] - How, when, and in what form to communicate
- [22:10] - Keeping social bonds in remote-first teams
- [24:55] - Adjusting to working at home
- [26:42] - Sustaining a remote team
CTO Connection is where you can learn from the experiences of successful engineering leaders at fast-growth tech startups. Whether you want to learn more about hiring, motivating or managing an engineering team, if you're technical and manage engineers, the CTO Connection podcast is a great resource for learning from your peers!
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