Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

Week In, Week Out

One-to-one meetings form the core of the relationship you have with your staff. They are the point during each week in which you both give up your time to be together. High-quality one-to-one meetings build high-quality relationships. They allow you to engage with your staff on a deep, personal level. By performing them mindfully and to a high standard, you can have a tremendous impact on the performance of your staff, and even on their lives. If you manage people for long enough, your one-to-ones will cover pretty much everything, from good times to bad, to conversations with highly performing staff to those who need to leave the company, to news of births and deaths, both of real people and of JavaScript frameworks. They ...