In this episode, I explore actionable allyship strategies with Leo, an experienced staff engineer. Learn how senior technical contributors can support colleagues from underrepresented groups through meeting techniques, documentation, and intentional advocacy — all without direct management responsibilities.

In this candid conversation, we explore the challenges neurodivergent professionals face in technology workplaces and how engineering leaders can better support them. Adya shares her personal experiences as an autistic person with ADHD, highlighting how common management practices and performance feedback often unknowingly target neurodivergent traits rather than actual performance issues.

This article 3-step guide will help you support your teams in recovering from difficult organizational changes. It shows how to shift from control to empowerment, involve your leadership teams, and how to show up as a leader for your teams. This guide will help you foster a culture of empowerment to drive innovation and success during difficult transitions.

Strategies for leaders guiding teams after tough changes like layoffs and reorganizations. We contrast high-control and high-empowerment approaches, and why you should resist the temptation of focusing on motivating your employees to process the change as quickly as possible, and what to do instead.

Performance reviews are one of the most stressful times in any company, especially for leaders in middle management roles. In this article, we’ll help you align the contexts and motivations of all the people involved in this process, so you get the most out of performance reviews.

Are your engineering metrics doing more harm than good? Metrics aren't just numbers; they shape behavior and define culture. Choosing the right metrics can empower your team and drive performance. Learn how to set balanced, effective metrics that don't just measure, but also matter.

Leading during an economic downturn means adapting our thinking, shifting from high-growth and scalability to efficiency. In this article, I lay out concrete steps you can take to prepare for and lead in an economic downturn.

Why all these tech lay-offs, why now, and at once? As tech leaders, we’re getting these questions, and it’s been hard to keep up with the news. In this article, I put my finance background to use and explain in human-comprehensive terms what’s happening and why.

As leaders, we cannot be everywhere, all the time. As more and more companies move to hybrid working models, new leadership challenges are brought to the table. Understanding the nuances of remote work and what it means for different groups of people can increase empathy and form a solid basis for a more effective, and more equal, hybrid working environments. 

Hybrid working contains multitudes, it’s not a singular experience. Here are practical steps you should take to create a highly effective hybrid working environment for your teams.

Employees may question or outright be against organizational changes. Many startups and scale-ups handle a lot of change, often complicated by initially puzzling employee reactions. Here are concrete steps you can take to address this.