Archive - LIDR Pills for Engineering Leaders 💊

The importance of mental well-being awareness in tech teams 💊

How would you say your wellness level is right now, from 1 to 10? If I let you 5 minutes to answer this question, what dimensions or areas of your life…

Nov 11, 2022 •

October 2022

Entrepreneurial mindset: A top demand skill for engineering leaders 💊

The entrepreneurial mindset is a set of skills and attitudes that make all the difference. Develop it will help you become a unicorn in the tech…

Oct 28, 2022 •

Key elements of Tech Management 💊

Between passion and obligation, I developed a very early 360-degrees vision of the many technologies and processes involved in creating a digital…

Oct 14, 2022 •

September 2022

Are you a servant leader? 💊

As a leader, you must light the way for your team, so they can move forward, overcoming the obstacles they find along the path. That's what I call: A…

Sep 30, 2022 •

Best practices to build an engineering culture where everyone can thrive 💊

Culture is the “why” behind every action taken by anyone. Those infinite, small actions are what ultimately determine success

Sep 16, 2022 •

August 2022

Using assertiveness when leading tech teams

Jose Arcos, Lead WordPress Developer at Ekkiden, shares from his experience leading Dev teams how assertiveness is the key ingredient in his daily…

Aug 26, 2022 •

A framework to give constructive feedback to your tech team. 💊

Feedback is the breakfast of champions — Ken Blanchard In 2017, I was working in i-surance as CTO and had a project to work on with my tech team: the…

Aug 5, 2022 •

July 2022

Best practices to get the most out of learning time 💊

In the tech lead role, the learning format also changes compared to the developer stage. Change the content to learn (code and best practices…

Jul 22, 2022 •

4 pillars I follow for effective time management + 6 exercises 💊

My situation back in 2014: I was CTO and I worked around 11hrs a day. Basically, two shifts in just one. Every day I had an average of 8 to 10 things to…

Jul 8, 2022 •

June 2022

The mindset of high-performance Devs. 💊

The concept of “high-performance” is widely used in sports, and it is common for elite athletes to use high-performance centers to compete at their best…

Jun 24, 2022 •

Imposter Syndrome: The most frequent visitor when you become manager 💊

You may have felt that you are not up to your job more than once. You know you have a good job, but you don't really think you have the skills needed to…

Jun 10, 2022 •

April 2022

3 different perspectives on Engineering Culture 💊

Culture is what everyone does at work, every day. It's that air we breathe in the company. Let's start with what really means Engineering Culture…

Apr 1, 2022 •

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