Lead Time Chats

Lara Hogan on leading effectively in a pandemic

Episode Summary

In this episode, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Lara Hogan, author of Resilient Management, about how engineering managers can lead effectively a year into a global pandemic, even when they may be struggling.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Lara Hogan, author of Resilient Management, about how engineering managers can lead effectively a year into a global pandemic, even when they may be struggling.

Jean and Lara chat about:

• Leaning into one-way asynchronous communication as much as possible — especially for announcements and status updates that don’t require a back-and-forth
• Using Red-Yellow-Green check-ins in 1:1s and other situations to make it as lightweight as humanly possible to check in on your coworkers
• Making sure your oxygen mask is on first so that you can help others
• Defragging your calendar!

You can access Lara's Defrag Your Calendar worksheet here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qOXEOOYvxiA4LDgmEqK0hCYuJ44nf0Z8UM-j48kK4gw/edit

You can also try out Range for asynchronous check-ins that include red-yellow-green mood indicators. https://www.range.co​