In this blog, I want to highlight my life lessons so I will start with that first. Though this trek was very draining and challenging, every moment of it was worth it for me — I have added a little bit about the trek itself but take it with a…

I wrote a little bit already about types of goals and SMART goals in this blog. Below I am answering some of the basic questions about goal-setting and how to go about it. This write-up will summarise my ways of approaching goal setting and career development. So let’s begin- What is a goal? A…

As engineers, and it is applicable to knowledge workers and creators as well, we work with ideas. The idea is the currency and ensuring that ideas survive, thrive and grow is the differentiator between successful and not. And when there are many ideas, we would also see conflicts. Here, we…

While being an engineering manager for some time and talking to other leaders I have seen that performance management is a mystery for most people. This includes both sides — leaders and engineers. In this write-up, I will stick to the performance management of the individual contributors. …

A million-dollar question — As a leader how do you empower your team? I was recently asked this question. The person asked this question with genuine curiosity. In this write-up, I want to put down my thoughts about empowering the team. Before we start, please understand that it is not…

This is the third post in the series of creating high performing teams [HPTs]. Just to recap a little bit, in the first post I wrote about the most important 3Ps ( people, process and product) and prioritisation for engineering managers. The second post was about people. I wrote about…

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” “Kind”, Said the boy What a profound statement made in the book “The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse”!! I recently read the book and like many other great statements, the above line made a deep impression on…

“We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.” -John Dewey This blog is an attempt to reflect on my time in the team Advanced (the last 8 months or so). I hope and wish this reflection might help a few. I have added tips for the folks who can relate and can benefit (take it with a grain of salt). …

In this post, I am going to unfold what I have learnt in the last few years about the role of an engineering manager in creating and nurturing a high performing team [HPT]. Actually, this is the first time I am writing about high performing teams, leadership and the role…