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10 engineering leadership newsletters you need to know about
In an age where information is all too abundant, newsletters are a nice way to get the right insights for you and your leadership journey.
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Why AI is creating more demand for managers
New research suggests that the adoption of AI is adding layers to organizational hierarchies.
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4 ways to technically upskill engineers
Helping your mid-level reports achieve technical fluency will allow them to thrive.
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Strategies to hone commercial awareness and drive business outcomes
Learn effective strategies for enhancing commercial awareness in tech teams, turning engineering into a business driver through alignment, impactful initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.
Editor’s picks
How to find and become a great engineering mentor
Mentoring is a great way to boost your career. Here’s everything you need to know about getting a mentor, and becoming one yourself.
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
A festival of engineering leadership
Essential reading
Learning to enjoy the career progression journey
Reaching a management position in the tech industry is hard work. It’s important to remember to enjoy the journey and celebrate victories big and small along the way.
On our Career development playlist
There and back again – A cautionary tale about entering middle management
Explore the realities of middle management through a journey of promotion, stress, and self-reflection, offering guidance on finding the right leadership path.
Unconventional paths in tech: Leveraging your strengths to find your place
n this talk, Mitra Raman will take a look at the many paths that engineers can take on their leadership journey.
Career vectors for technical leaders
Mix and match skills to become the best technical leader that you can be.
The path from Director to CTO: How to follow it, or how to mentor it
This talk is aimed at both aspiring Chief Technology Officers and those who are in a position to mentor future CTOs. Explore the journey from a Director of Engineering role to a CTO, focusing on the skills and experiences needed for this transition and how experienced leaders can guide others on this path.
Essential soft skills you need to succeed as an engineer
There is a big focus on technical expertise in software engineering – but soft skills are equally as important. Which ones are crucial to master and how can you do this?
A festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
More about Career development
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Bolstering your toolbox as an engineering manager
Whether you’re a new or experienced engineering manager, here are some essential practical, technical, and interpersonal tools to have in your arsenal.
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The 4 steps to leading through a downturn
A downturn can ramp up the pressure on managers to balance the needs of their team and the business. Here are four steps to take back control when external factors get in your way.
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What is developer experience? Your route to better productivity
Good DevEx can raise the bar for your entire engineering organization, but what makes a good developer experience, and why is it still so hard to come by?
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How to determine if a company is right for you
Asking the right questions to your interviewer can help assess if the company aligns with your values, career goals, and personal growth.
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Why being laid off can help you be a better manager
After a heavy year with multiple waves of layoffs across the tech industry, Chris Jimenez talks about how engineers can learn from their personal experience and better navigate the current landscape.
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Ask Mathias: How do I delegate my work when I don’t have enough time?
I just can’t seem to stop completing tasks I should be handing off to my team. Can you help?
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Mastering large-scale migrations
Large technical migrations can be fraught with danger, here are some techniques to master these important projects.
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Building engineering teams that can withstand any shock
Ahead of her talk at LeadingEng Berlin, the author of Dynamic Reteaming, Heidi Helfand, talks about building and rebuilding teams to deal with periods of change.
Top Career development videos
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Building effective relationships
Mike McQuaid discusses the three types of relationships critical to cultivate: mentor, mentee and peer, how to decide which relationships to invest in vs move on from, how to use these relationships to improve your career, your success and work and build up everyone surrounding you and how to still do this when remote or timezone separated from your coworkers.
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Effective engineering leadership growth
In this talk Bruno will share tactics on getting constructive feedback from peers, learning from new mentors and the strategies you can use use to keep growing your skills and expertise as an engineering leader.
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How to keep learning in leadership
This talk will dive into strategies you can use for staying technical while being a leader of the organization and as well give you tools to identify the areas that you need to be up to date on and what can you manage without knowledge.
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It’s lonely at the top – How do you build your support network from there?
In this talk, we’ll cover how your networking approach needs to evolve to create the support system you need as a senior leader.
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Stop! Strategy time!
You’ll walk away with practical tips that you can start implementing tomorrow to help you become a more strategic leader and, consequently, more effective and successful in your role.
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The making of a manager’s manager
You will leave this talk with an increased understanding of what managing managers entails and tools to help you navigate such a transition successfully.
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Fight back against imposter syndrome
f you’ve ever had a little voice telling you “no, let it go, the others know more” or “you won’t be able to do that, don’t even try”, this talk is for you.
