Articles

2026

RACI Matrix for Engineering Teams: Clear Ownership

Learn how to use a RACI matrix in engineering teams to clarify responsibility, accountability, consultation, and communication.

#Delegation and Ownership#Team Design and Development

Delegate Ownership, Not Tasks

Learn how engineering managers delegate ownership, not tasks, by setting clear outcomes, decision authority, boundaries, and accountability.

#Delegation and Ownership

Empathy for Engineering Leaders: Building Trust and Performance

Empathy for engineering leaders is not softness. Learn how empathy builds trust, psychological safety, and sustainable team performance.

#Communication and Feedback#Trust and Team Culture

Disney Problem-Solving Method for Engineering Teams

How to use the Disney problem-solving method (Dreamer-Realist-Critic) with engineering teams - and why changing music and lights helps …

#Decisions and Prioritization#Team Design and Development

2025

Tuckman Model for Engineering Teams

How the Tuckman model (Forming–Storming–Norming–Performing) really shows up in engineering teams – and what good leaders do differently at …

#Trust and Team Culture#Team Design and Development

Team and Project Organisation

How different models of organising teams and projects shape performance, stability, and motivation – and why focusing on stable …

#Team Design and Development

The Biggest Challenges as an Engineering Leader

The people side is the biggest challenge for engineering leaders - from celebrating great exits to handling performance issues and …

#Leadership Foundations

Building Trust in Engineering Leadership

Practical ways engineering leaders build durable trust - be human, be clear, empower, and deliver.

#Trust and Team Culture

Mental Models for Engineering Leadership

A practical set of engineering leadership mental models to choose the right leadership style for each team situation and use it well.

#Leadership Foundations#Decisions and Prioritization

How New Engineering Managers Should Introduce Themselves (with a Personal Map)

The first move for any new engineering leader: introduce yourself with a simple personal map that blends your human side with your …

#Communication and Feedback#Leadership Foundations

Effective delegation framework

Discover a practical framework for effective delegation that helps leaders build trust, empower their teams, and achieve better results.

#Delegation and Ownership

First 90 Days as an Engineering Manager

A practical 30-60-90 day plan for new engineering managers: listen first, build trust, map the team, create rituals, and lead with intent.

#Leadership Foundations

From Individual Contributor to Engineering Leader: Navigating the Mental Shift

Learn how to move from individual contributor to engineering leader by shifting from personal output to team impact, coaching, trust, and …

#Leadership Foundations

What does engagement really mean?

Engagement means different things to different people—before measuring it, leaders must align on whether it’s about task-following or …

#Trust and Team Culture

The Truth About Prioritization in Engineering Leadership

Learn how engineering leaders can prioritize effectively in a world of endless tasks. Use the Eisenhower Matrix, align with your supervisor, …

#Decisions and Prioritization

What Is Engineering Leadership?

Discover what is engineering leadership — a dynamic blend of Product, Process, and People — and learn how balancing these "3Ps" …

#Leadership Foundations

Giving Feedback: The Power of the FUKO Method

Learn how to give clear, constructive feedback with the FUKO method - a simple feedback framework for managers, leaders, and engineering …

#Communication and Feedback