Performance & Growth
Performance & Growth
Growing your people is the work that compounds. This section covers the craft of developing engineers: running 1:1s that matter, coaching, giving feedback that lands, fair performance reviews and calibration, handling underperformance with care, and helping people navigate promotions and career ladders.
In this section
Running Great 1:1s 🚧 ExpandingHow to make the 1:1 the most useful half-hour on both your calendars — their meeting, not your status update.
Coaching SkillsWhat coaching actually is, how it differs from training and mentoring, and the GROW model for running a conversation that ends in the other person's plan.
Giving Feedback 🚧 ExpandingHow to give feedback that actually lands — specific, timely, and kind enough to be heard, direct enough to matter.
Performance Reviews & Calibration 🚧 ExpandingWriting reviews that say something true, and surviving calibration with your ratings — and your integrity — intact.
Handling Underperformance 🚧 ExpandingNaming a performance problem early, with clarity and care — diagnosing the real cause before you reach for a PIP.
Promotions & Career Ladders 🚧 ExpandingUsing the ladder as a development tool, sponsoring people fairly, and building a promotion case that survives the committee.