Leadership & teams
Mastering the Hiring Process: Crafting the Dream Team
How we ran hiring interviews for a professional services team: a three-part structure, questions that reveal how candidates think, and feedback even for those we didn't hire.
Leadership & teams
القيادة والفرق
Onboarding, hiring, feedback and team health: field notes from building and leading software and professional-services teams.
Leadership & teams
For Startups: My Controversial Interview Process to Craft Your Dream Team
How I run hiring interviews: three parts covering soft skills, technical depth, and ramp-up, designed to understand how candidates think, not just what they answer.
Leadership & teams
Navigating the Fog: How to Cope with Uncertainty and Its Impact on Mental Health
What uncertainty does to your mind and the strategies that helped me cope: mindfulness, information gathering, preparation, and knowing when to ask for professional help.
Leadership & teams
Dealing with Toxic Management as an Employee: Shielding Your Sanity
Spotting toxic management early and coping until you can leave: practical mechanisms for staying sane, documenting everything, and knowing when it's time to go.
Leadership & teams
Balancing Leniency and Logistics: A Guide to Managing Team Vacations
A lenient but organized approach to team vacations: clear notice guidelines, shared calendars, and a contingency day in sprint planning.
Leadership & teams
This Is How I Do It: Performance Evaluation Processes
How I run performance evaluations: transparent criteria, 360-degree feedback, individual development plans, and continuous feedback instead of a yearly surprise.
Leadership & teams
Navigating Leadership: The Art of Supporting Managers at All Levels
You're responsible for the quality of your relationship with your manager. A practical take on Feiner's leadership laws, with my own experiences of bad and good bosses.
Leadership & teams
Leading Through Change: A Guide to Managing New Development Teams
My recipe for taking over a struggling development team: listen first, understand the clients, find quick wins, document everything, and build individual development plans.
Leadership & teams
From Experience: How to Manage a Remote Team Efficiently
Six years of managing remote teams: what worked on communication, trust, and goal-oriented work, and the clauses a remote work policy needs.
Leadership & teams
From Onboarding to Mastery: Elevating Team Talent Levels
How we turned onboarding into continuous growth: weekly knowledge sessions, mini courses, and a step-by-step plan to raise a team's talent level.
Leadership & teams
How to Retain Top Talent: Proven Strategies for Learning and Growth
The strategies that kept my teams from leaving: learning opportunities, clear growth paths, work-life balance, and genuinely personal management.
Leadership & teams
Welcome to the Team: My Onboarding Process
How I onboard new hires: an initial discussion that challenges preconceptions, a shadowing period, gradual task assignment, and knowledge sharing that continues after hiring.