How to invest in relationships, nurture trust, and build the foundations of a high-performing team. — Your first meetings with new team members are critical. They’re a platform to invest in relationships, nurture trust, and build the foundations of a high-performing team. Too often, engineering leaders fail to use this platform. First meetings skew too technical or focus on outputs and metrics. …

Five ways to automate your everyday tasks in Slack At Slack, our focus is to make work simpler, more pleasant, and more productive. And a key way we’re bringing that vision to life is with Workflow Builder. …

How trust helped me retain my high-performing team for 8 years across 2 companies — Having a great manager is the difference between a team that soars and a team that flounders. In fact, a study by Harvard Business Review showed that 77% of respondents said that frontline managers were important in helping a business reach its goals. Yet the same report shows that 12%…

A One-on-One Framework to combat bias and build deep relationships with remote teams — As I’ve been sharing my philosophy on leadership, people have started asking me how I build trust with my teams — especially as a remote leader. My secret is consistent, one-on-one meetings with every single person that I manage. I use a template for everyone. I manage the invitation. I…

Women of Color: We Need You In Leadership. Here’s How to Get There. This post first appeared on Elpha. If you’re a woman (particularly a woman of color) in tech, you’ve probably felt it. That feeling that you’re the “only one” in the room. The feeling that you don’t belong…

Yes, I said bad-ass. I went from being just another Indian school girl being taught in a convent, to being a VP of Engineering for three incredible companies in Silicon Valley. While having twin boys who are now 5. So, yeah. …