Logbot (Mar 26 2025 at 18:15): Logbot (Mar 26 2025 at 18:15):This week we're bringing you a remaster of our epic 2021interview with Lara Hogan -- author of Resilient Management and management coach / trainer for the tech industry.
The majority of our conversation focuses on the four primary hats leaders and managers end up wearing; mentoring, coaching, sponsoring, and delivering feedback. We also talk about knowing when you're ready to lead, empathy and compassion, and learning to lead. :link: https://changelog.fm/634
| Ch | Start | Title | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 00:00 | Welcome to The Changelog | 01:12 |
| 02 | 01:12 | Sponsor: Heroku | 02:43 |
| 03 | 03:55 | Start the show! | 01:22 |
| 04 | 05:17 | Mentoring vs sponsoring | 02:56 |
| 05 | 08:14 | 100% sponsorship | 02:20 |
| 06 | 10:33 | Receiving sponsorship | 01:28 |
| 07 | 12:01 | More connection | 01:04 |
| 08 | 13:04 | How Lara learned this stuff | 02:36 |
| 09 | 15:40 | Lending support | 02:03 |
| 10 | 17:43 | Shadowing | 02:34 |
| 11 | 20:18 | Our default approach | 00:29 |
| 12 | 20:47 | Managing vs leading | 05:56 |
| 13 | 26:43 | Sponsor: Depot | 02:20 |
| 14 | 29:03 | The four hats | 02:55 |
| 15 | 31:58 | Camping out in coaching | 02:18 |
| 16 | 34:16 | What are you optimizing for? | 01:24 |
| 17 | 35:40 | What does success look like? | 00:42 |
| 18 | 36:22 | What's the worst that could happen? | 00:33 |
| 19 | 36:55 | On coaching athletes | 01:39 |
| 20 | 38:34 | Giving good feedback | 05:16 |
| 21 | 43:50 | How Lara learned this stuff (remastered) | 02:22 |
| 22 | 46:12 | Book recommendations | 03:15 |
| 23 | 49:28 | Sponsor: Retool | 02:57 |
| 24 | 52:25 | Engineer to manager | 03:17 |
| 25 | 55:42 | Try it on | 02:38 |
| 26 | 58:21 | Do engineers make good managers? | 01:17 |
| 27 | 59:38 | Celebrate the wins | 02:03 |
| 28 | 1:01:41 | Lara stories | 02:41 |
| 29 | 1:04:22 | Manager Voltron | 01:38 |
| 30 | 1:06:00 | Manager framework | 02:15 |
| 31 | 1:08:15 | Cogs vs lynch pins | 03:25 |
| 32 | 1:11:40 | Wrapping up | 00:49 |
| 33 | 1:12:29 | Closing thoughts | 01:50 |
Joe (Mar 27 2025 at 01:55):Looks like a fun one! Never heard the original episode. Was just talking with s a buddy who’s trying to move into a team lead/manager position. Excited to see what Lara has to say.
Jerod Santo (Mar 27 2025 at 13:07):Same awesome episode new awesome chapters for easy access :sunglasses:
valon-loshaj (Mar 27 2025 at 14:00):awesome episode, definitely should have Lara back on!
reflection…half way through the episode i flashed back to the time i listened to this episode for the first time and realized how much things have changed since that time…almost feels like a parallel universe :grimacing:
Don MacKinnon (Mar 27 2025 at 17:41):Listened to this one last night. Good episode!
Lars Ellingsen (Mar 28 2025 at 00:03):The book is good too! I actually read it before the original episode
Joe (Mar 28 2025 at 00:42):Jerod Santo said:
Same awesome episode new awesome chapters for easy access :sunglasses:
I just wrapped listening to the episode where yall did a deep dive on the making of the podcast. Now I’ll pay closer attention to the chapter titles :smile:
Joe (Apr 01 2025 at 17:12):Loved this quote from Adam on what are you optimizing for:
You have to whittle down to the things that really matter, and you can’t get to the vital few unless you get away with the trivial many… And you can’t do that unless you know what you’re optimizing for.
valon-loshaj (Apr 02 2025 at 11:06):Joe said:
Loved this quote from Adam on what are you optimizing for:
You have to whittle down to the things that really matter, and you can’t get to the vital few unless you get away with the trivial many… And you can’t do that unless you know what you’re optimizing for.
Great perspective. Reminds me of the classic Steve Jobs quote:
“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are…”
Last updated: Apr 04 2025 at 01:15 UTC