The Engineering Leader Steve Westgarth

In this episode I'm joined by Jen Walton, a Senior Product Manager currently working at Haleon having previously worked in product focussed roles at both Boots and Microlise.

We chat about the difference between project and product and the role that product management plays in driving forward digital transformation.

In this episode I am joined by Pat Kua an experienced technical leader who chats to me about developing a great engineering culture. 

We talk about roles within the team and the importance of providing the team with strong architectural foundations using concepts such as Domain Driven Design.

Pat is the creator of the levelup newletter, is ex CTO at N26 and a thought works alumnus. Pat is a published author and can regularly be found speaking at conferences or talking with technical leads.

Salaries of engineers are growing exponentially, it is therefore critical for organisations to ensure that the engineers working with us have the skills that we really need. 

In this episode I explore my top 5 tips for how you can drive engineers skills within your organisation:

Number 1: Create a Skills Matrix
Number 2: Limit the number of programming languages that the organisation makes use of.
Number 3: Define clear patterns principles principles and standards that form building blocks which can be re-used within multiple applications.
Number 4: Think Enterprise Wide and don’t focus on individual silos.
Number 5: Make sure your engineers have the right technical leadership who can show engineers what good looks like.

Today on the Engineering Leader I’m joined by Usman Hamid – Vice President of Enterprise Architecture and Engineering at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare – my own company which is due to become separate and become a standalone Consumer Healthcare company called Haleon later this month.

In this episode we chat about the role of Enterprise Architecture in driving organisational capability and explore enterprise IT from a senior leadership perspective including the importance of the team and the art of leading through others.

Marcos Placona is Director of Developer Relations at Sourcegraph and in this episode will chat about the importance of developer relations within modern software houses. We also explore how to build great teams and the importance of valuing engineers as skilled professionals who have the power to unlock superpowers for your organisation.

In this episode we explore leadership through the lens of Neuroscience and Ayurveda. Reena Dayal is an executive Mentor, Team Coach and Leadership Accelerator with the Collaborators UK where she focusses on helping leaders to unleash their superpowers in order to make a real difference while refining their leadership legacy.

If you've feel the need to unlock your leadership potential and accelerate your own journey towards self actualisation this episode is not to be missed!