Why You Need to Take Risks as an Engineering Leader | GitHub’s VPE Neha Batra

This week, I sat down with Neha Batra, VP of Engineering for Core Productivity at GitHub. Our conversation is about the value of taking calculated risks in engineering leadership, using a “risk budget," and how you can leverage your social capital to take risks that help your career. Neha also shares her insights on senior engineering leaders" challenges when aligning business needs with talent and product execution. She discusses her framework for strengthening company alignment and engineering efficiency using established communication paths. Episode Highlights: 00:26 Frameworks that strengthen company alignment 03:11 How should you channel frustration into creation? 05:58 Conceptualizing your risk budget 12:53 Strategies for building communication pathways 16:04 Conducting AMA"s with your team 21:47 How do you get team members to take accountability? 25:27 How do you gather signals from your team? 29:13 Mistakes leaders make you can learn from 36:32 Building curiosity into mundane experiences like dating Show Notes:Starting Your Engineering Metrics Program nerdneha (Neha Batra) · GitHubNeha BatraNeha (@nerdneha) / XGitHub: Let’s build from here · GitHub  Support the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever