Tag: mentorship in engineering
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The Mentorship Multiplier: How Teaching Others Clarifies Your Own Thinking
How mentoring made me a better leader. I did not set out early in my career to become a mentor. Looking back, it started quietly while I was working in support at Apple, paired with new hires who were just trying to find their footing. At the time, I thought of it as onboarding or…
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The Manager’s Multiplier Effect: Coaching Instead of Controlling
What it means to transition from directing to mentoring with lessons from leading distributed teams. Engineering teams do their best work when they feel trusted. Yet many new managers, especially those who rose from individual contributor roles, struggle to let go of control. The instinct to oversee every detail comes from a good place, such…