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Engineering managers: How to reduce drag on your team

2 years ago

On the Hypercontext engineering team, velocity is always top of mind. How many story points are being completed each sprint?…

  • Employee Motivation
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How to make accountability a core part of your workplace culture

2 years ago

It’s impossible to create a high-performing team when there’s a lack of accountability. Why? Put simply, when no one takes…

  • Goal Setting
  • Productive Meetings

A guide to quarterly planning (plus a template)

2 years ago

How you plan has a huge impact on the success of your organization. That’s why a lot of fast-paced, agile…

  • Communication
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  • Productive Meetings

10 Team meeting questions managers are asking in 2022

2 years ago

My team meetings are the second most important meeting in my calendar, following my 1:1s. They’re a dedicated time for…

  • Productive Meetings

7 Questions to ask in your first one-on-one with a new employee

3 years ago

The first days at a new company can be exhilarating and overwhelming at the same time. There are laptops to…

  • Productive Meetings

37 Tips to have more effective one-on-one meetings

3 years ago

Improve your one-on-one meetings with these 🔥 tips. Bonus! Scroll to the bottom for this article as an infographic.

  • Productive Meetings

The 60-minute mentor meeting: 4 items to cover each quarter

3 years ago

Study after study continue to tout the benefits of mentorship programs.  A  CNBC/SurveyMonkey Workplace Happiness Survey found that 90% of…

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4 Types of agile meetings and what’s on their agendas

3 years ago

Operating under the Agile methodology is second nature to many software developers. In fact, given the success it’s had over…