The Tech Trek Empowering Autonomous Teams with Cory Thomas
Today’s guest, Cory Thomas, is a VP of Engineering at Secureframe. A highly effective Leader with the ability to engage and inspire Software Development Teams to achieve the best results in the least amount of time.
In this episode, Amir & Cory talks about how to help teams become more autonomous and the key metrics and guardrails that are must-haves. Click play, take good notes, and enjoy this episode of the Tech Trek.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- How can teamwork affect decision-making?
- Ways to improve your Decision‐Making skills.
- The best way to set team goals for success
- Effective metrics for measuring team member performance and why it's so Important.
- The importance of providing the right tools for your team
- DACI - driver approver contributor informed
- How codifying your decision works effectively.
- Managing your autonomous team when something goes wrong.
- Things to consider for your workplace guardrails.
About today’s guest:
As a 3-time VP of Engineering, Cory has spent nearly 20 years building SaaS applications and engineering teams, well before “SaaS” was a well-known term. He’s worked across many verticals, including enterprise information management, custom web applications, HealthTech, EdTech, and design tools. As well as various sized organizations ranging from scrappy startups to large-scale multinationals.
Connect with Cory Thomas at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corythomas
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