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The Calibration Blindside
Why Top Performers Still Get “Meets Expectations”
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Chaitali Narla
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The Parenting-Prompting Perspective
How coaching techniques I mastered as a people manager also helped me with parenting and prompt-engineering
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Chaitali Narla
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Hands-On
Ways to stay tech-savvy while adding value as an engineering manager
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Chaitali Narla
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Work Life Tapestry
A post where I replace the word “Balance” with “Tapestry” because weaving in work and life together to create something beautiful resonates with me far…
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Chaitali Narla
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Keep your career sparkling
One principle that accelerated my career from internship to directorship with 5 promotions in 10 years!
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Chaitali Narla
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A Parental Leave Planning Framework from an Engineering Leader with an Accelerated Career
Parental Leave Stories and Wisdom from those who've been there...
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Sparking Intrapreneurship: Finding High-Impact Project Ideas
Guest post by Sidney Shek about where to find high-impact project ideas.
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The Eng Review Episode #3: Do Nothing?
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The Eng Review Episode #2: Can we stop running these tests?
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5 Powerful Persuasion Methods for Engineering Managers
Insider tips to drive results, accelerate decisions, and build consensus from a former Google Engineering Director
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The Eng Review Episode #1: Build, Buy or Away Team?
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