Communication & Feedback
Practical communication and feedback guides for engineering leaders—clear conversations, empathy, and feedback that improves performance without damaging trust.
Prepare for the conversation you need to have with your team:
- A regular check-in: Plan one-on-one meetings and choose useful questions.
- Specific feedback: Use the SBI feedback model with engineering examples.
- Facts, impact, and expectations: Prepare a FUKO feedback conversation.
- Choosing a framework: Compare SBI with feedforward and FUKO.
How to Introduce Yourself as a New Engineering Manager: Examples
See how I introduced myself to an engineering team following a Personal Map structure, sharing my background and values without showing a graphic.
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.
FUKO Feedback Model: Examples for Engineering Managers
Use the FUKO feedback model for code review, delivery risks, and recognition. Practical examples of facts, feelings, consequences, and expectations.
SBI Feedback Model + Feedforward for Engineering Teams
Learn how to use the SBI feedback model with feedforward to give specific, actionable feedback to engineers, with examples and a simple template.
SBI vs FUKO: Which Feedback Model for Engineering Managers?
SBI vs FUKO for engineering managers: compare both feedback models through the same API review example, choose an approach and plan the next …
One-on-One Meetings for Engineering Managers: Frequency and Questions
Plan one-on-one meetings with practical questions, weekly or fortnightly scheduling, and examples of supporting trust and employee development.