Effective Engineering Manager

Effective Engineering Manager

Slava Imeshev and Adam Axelrod

Episodes 47
Avg. Duration 27m
Activity Declining
Since Sep 2020
Latest Episode Sep 2025

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Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
Hosting
www.effectiveem.com

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About This Podcast

The Effective Engineering Manager podcast provides proven solutions and best practices to software engineering managers of all levels that allow them to effectively manage teams to deliver results on time and with high quality. This podcast is presented to you by Slava Imeshev and Adam Axelrod. Sharing our knowledge, we leverage 25+ years of our combined engineering management experience in getting stuff done. We share practical recommendations on getting stuff done, project and program management, engineering processes and tools, managing horizontally and vertically, establishing and running effective software development lifecycle, effective meetings and time management, building and managing teams, people management, growing engineering and management careers, and more. Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at [email protected] or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.

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S1E46 Micromanagement: The Silent Threat to Engineering Teams

Sep 04, 2025 38m Transcript

Micromanagement is one of the most damaging patterns in engineering leadership, yet it often goes unnoticed until morale, productivity, and innovation have already been compromised. In this episode,…

S1E44 Ani Mishra: Effective Cross-functional Collaboration

Aug 26, 2025 39m

Our guest, Ani Mishra – engineering manager at DoorDash – unpacks what it really means to drive cross-functional collaboration as an engineering manager. Ani’s core message: shipping products isn’t…

S1E43 Driving Lasting Change in Engineering Organizations with Manju Abraham

Aug 17, 2025 54m Transcript

In this episode, Manju Abraham – veteran engineering leader at NetApp, Delphix, and HPE – shares hard-earned lessons on driving real change in engineering organizations. Manju reminds us that 70% of…

S1E42 Jeremy Franzen: Operations and Engineering

Jun 09, 2025 1h 18m

We are featuring a guest, Jeremy Franzen, an Operations expert with over 30 years of experience running Ops at public companies and startups. Jeremy shares his expertise in building strong…

S1E43 Engineering Management and AI – Part 2/3 – Jobs

Apr 01, 2025 35m

In this second episode of three, we continue with a practical introduction to AI for engineering managers. We share possible impact of AI and Large Language Models, or LLM on the jobs. In the end we…

S1E40 Engineering Management and AI – Part 1/3 – Value

Dec 11, 2024 34m

In this first episode of three, we provide a practical introduction to AI for engineering managers. We share that value AI and Large Language Models, or LLM, offer to engineering managers and their…

S1E39 Maintaining Team Morale Through Tough Times

Jun 05, 2024 29m

In this episode, we talk about what causes tough times for companies and how being smart with money and saving up can help keep the business healthy during downturns. We focus on how leaders can…

S1E38 Managing Hyperperformers

Mar 12, 2024 31m

We dedicate this episode to managing hyper performers. We define who the hyperperformers are, what distinguishes them from the rest of the team and how to manage hyperperformers for the maximum…

S1E37 Building Effective Strategy

Dec 31, 2023 41m

We present the essential components of developing and communicating a strategy in engineering management, emphasize the need for strategies to be documented, measurable, and aligned with business…

S1E36 Tim Wenzel: Building Exceptional Teams

Aug 03, 2023 42m

We are featuring a guest, Tim Wenzel, who is a Silicon Valley native, an expert in startup recruiting, including building early teams at PayPal and Tesla, and a founder and an executive recruiter at…

S3E35 Cultivating Trust

Jun 27, 2023 30m

We dive deep into the importance of trust in engineering management, and how it impacts productivity. We share that trust is built and reinforced over time. We highlight the different layers of…

S1E34 Effective Dependency Management

May 18, 2023 17m

We share how to manage project dependencies in a way that brings results. We are going to define what a dependency is and how to manage your dependencies to ensure that the projects you are a part of…

S1E33 Managing Innovation

Jan 01, 2023 30m

We offer an effective way of introducing innovation to an engineering team and getting results regardless of the organization size. In the end we offer an actionable checklist that engineering…

S1E32 Managing Up: Complaining

Nov 06, 2022 16m

We are starting a series on managing up. In this episode we talk about how not to communicate work issues to your boss. We define what complaining is and why complaining is ineffective. We provide a…

S1E31 Effective Remote Work

Sep 21, 2022 39m

In this episode, Adam and Slava discuss the new normal of the remote workplace. We discuss the challenges in working remote, key benefits to being remote, and provide guidance for managers to…

S1E30 Escalating Work Issues Effectively

Jul 29, 2022 34m

We offer an approach to escalating work issues that brings results without destroying relationships. We share what the escalations are, the impact of escalating unskillfully, and how to escalate…

S1E29 Effective Goal Setting

Apr 28, 2022 34m

It’s that time of year again for managers and directs to start planning goals and executing on them for the new year. In this episode, we will discuss the challenges with goal setting and provide…

S1E28 Getting Things Done: Taking Time Off

Feb 14, 2022 26m

We share the effective way for taking time off. In the end we offer a check list that consists of Designate a substitute Prepare your substitute Set up the Out of The Office response in your email…

S1E27 Getting Things Done: Staff Meetings

Jan 14, 2022 19m

We share what staff meetings are, why they are important for keeping your team accountable for their deliverables and how they help you to stay on top of everything the team is doing. We provide…

S1E26 Building Managers: Now That You Are A Manager

Nov 03, 2021 37m

Wrapping up the ‘becoming a manger series’ with guidance and steps on what new engineering managers can do once their training completes and they are now officially a manager. Guidance…

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