Effective Engineering Manager
Episodes
Micromanagement: The Silent Threat to Engineering Teams
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Micromanagement is a hidden but damaging force in engineering teams, eroding trust, autonomy, and innovation. In this episode of the Effective Enginee...
Ani Mishra: Effective Cross-functional Collaboration
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest, Ani Mishra, engineering manager at DoorDash, shares how engineering managers can become true force multipliers by orchestrating cross-funct...
Driving Lasting Change in Engineering Organizations with Manju Abraham
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Engineering leader Manju Abraham shares proven lessons from NetApp, Delphix, and HPE on how to lead organizational change that sticks. Discover why mo...
Jeremy Franzen: Operations and Engineering
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are featuring a guest Jeremy Franzen, an Operations expert with over 30 years of experience running Ops at public companies and startups. Jeremy s...
Engineering Management and AI – Part 2/3 – Jobs
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of three, we continue with a practical introduction to AI for engineering managers. We share possible impact of AI and Large La...
Engineering Management and AI – Part 1/3 – Value
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of three, we provide a practical introduction to AI for engineering managers. We share that value AI and Large Language Models, ...
Maintaining Team Morale Through Tough Times
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about what causes tough times for companies and how being smart with money and saving up can help keep the business healthy d...
Managing Hyperperformers
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We dedicate this episode to managing hyper performers. We define who the hyperperformers are, what distinguishes them from the rest of the team and ho...
Building Effective Strategy
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We present the essential components of developing and communicating a strategy in engineering management, emphasize the need for strategies to be docu...
Tim Wenzel: Building Exceptional Teams
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are featuring a guest, Tim Wenzel, who is a Silicon Valley native, expert in recruiting, including building early teams and PayPal and Tesla, and a...