These days, it’s crucial for businesses to be agile. But what about the people who make this agility possible? It can be hard to know how to give your engineering team the support they need without infringing on their autonomy. You can do this by holding regular...
1:1 Meetings
Top 3 Alternatives to Lattice One-on-One Meeting Software
Lattice is a popular performance management and employee engagement software. And many startups and fortune 500 companies use it to measure, understand their employees’ performance, and keep them engaged. Among its powerful features, Lattice also has a one-on-one...
5 One-on-One Meeting Tools Combinations for Engineering Managers
Engineers are intrinsically creative, inventive, and analytical. Engaging them in meetings, especially one-on-one meetings, is both challenging and vital. The ultimate goal of a one-on-one meeting is to get the best out of your engineer, give and get feedback to help...
3 Tips for Giving Negative Feedback During One-on-Ones
Giving feedback can be difficult. As an engineering manager, it can be tough to deliver negative feedback in a constructive way that will maintain the engineer’s motivation. Giving negative feedback is also an opportunity for the direct report to grow and...
How Often Should You Have 1:1 Meetings With Your Direct Report Developers?
1:1 meetings between an engineering manager and a developer is a well-established practice in software engineering. What we don't think of often, however, is the frequency of these meetings. It's widespread for engineering teams to select a meeting cycle that mirrors...
An Engineering Managers guide to doing 1:1 meetings
As with many things in engineering, 1:1's is an area up to interpretation, personal management style, and general company guidelines. While it's not easy to make a one-size-fits-all guide to 1:1 engineering meetings, there are certain things we've picked up after...