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This is where we share our thoughts on Strateamic, building high performing teams, and tech leadership.

well-being

How checking your team’s morale regularly improves your 1:1s

Nicolas Deverge
Nicolas Deverge
Published April 19, 2023

This is a guest post by Nicolas Deverge, founder of TeamMood. TeamMood is a tool that helps you track your team's mood and collect anonymous feedback.

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meetings

15 engaging questions for your next 1:1 meeting

Jeroen Fiege
Jeroen Fiege
Published April 12, 2023

In this article we list 15 one-on-one questions that you can use in your next one-on-one meetings.

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meetings

A tale on 1:1s for tech teams

Jeroen Fiege
Jeroen Fiege
Published March 29, 2023

Once upon a time, in a bustling tech company, there was a team of brilliant developers who were tasked with creating cutting-edge software applications...

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meetings

It’s not a status update

Jeroen Fiege
Jeroen Fiege
Published March 22, 2023

A common problem that we often see is that engineering managers are using their one-on-one meetings for status updates. In this article, we explore what the purpose of 1:1’s is, why it is a problem to use them for status updates, and what alternative options you have to get a status update

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meetings

How to run successful and effective 1:1's

Jeroen Fiege
Jeroen Fiege
Published January 12, 2023

One of the keys to success in your role as a Founder, Tech Lead, Team Lead, or Engineering Manager is having regular 1:1 meetings with your team members

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books

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

Jeroen Fiege
Jeroen Fiege
Published September 26, 2022

In the book Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) by Tom DeMarco and Timothy R. Lister the authors share their experiences from their consulting work at various software companies.

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career

What it takes to be an Engineering Manager

Jeroen Fiege
Jeroen Fiege
Published September 14, 2022

Being an Engineering Manager is very different from being a Software Engineer. Let's dive into the responsibilities, skills, and daily tasks of an Engineering Manager.

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community

Top Influencers Engineering Manager & Tech Leadership

Jeroen Fiege
Jeroen Fiege
Published September 5, 2022

At Strateamic we want to be on top of the news in the tech leadership community. Therefore we created a list of the top influencers in the Engineering Manager & Tech Lead space.

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Product

Revealing Strateamic

Jeroen Fiege
Jeroen Fiege
Published July 19, 2022

May 2022 I announced that I had quit my job as a software engineer to pursue my dream of bootstrapping my own SaaS business. Since then I have been working hard on the foundations, and now it is time to share more about the product.

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