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The Retrospective

The Retrospective

Jeremy Brown & Péter Szász
Veröffentlicht: 2026-02-13
© Jeremy Brown & Péter Szász
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23 Folgen
Audio
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Veröffentlicht: 2026-02-13
© Jeremy Brown & Péter Szász
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S3:E04 - Letting Someone Go

S3:E04 - Letting Someone Go

In this episode of the ‘Retrospective’ podcast, we tackle one of the toughest challenges in engineering leadership: letting someone go. We begin by discussing the emotional weight and impact of termination, emphasizing that it’s one of the hardest
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In this episode of the ‘Retrospective’ podcast, we tackle one of the toughest challenges in engineering leadership: letting someone go. We begin by discussing the emotional weight and impact of termination, emphasizing that it’s one of the hardest tasks a manager faces. We outline a three-part structure: making the decision, having the conversation, and managing the aftermath. Key points include the importance of early feedback, structured performance improvement plans (PIPs), and maintaining empathy throughout the process. We also touch on the role of HR and the necessity of transparent communication with the remaining team. This episode aims to provide practical advice to help managers handle terminations effectively and humanely.
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Erscheinungs­datum: 13.2.2026, 12:46:49

Beschreibung

The Retrospective: A Podcast for Engineering Leaders
If you want to learn more about leading engineering teams, this podcast can help you improve your skills and grow in your role.
We are Péter Szász and Jeremy Brown, experienced technology leaders and your hosts.
We created this podcast to help people who manage tech teams or want to learn how to do so.
We cover principles and concepts, provide how-to guides and tools to help you meet common challenges, share stories from our experiences, and offer advice on how to be effective leaders in the tech world.
Each 20-30-minute episode discusses one topic.
We aim to cover all areas related to engineering leadership:
How to grow your career and become an engineering manager
Starting to manage a new team and helping new people join your team
Delivering results that align with the business goals
Working well with other teams in the company
Enabling team and individual success
Building and maintaining a strong organizational culture
Hiring practices and growing your team
Managing managers and scaling leadership
Team topologies and organizational structure
The podcast is helpful for:
Engineering managers and those who want to become engineering managers.
Those on the technical leadership track and who want to grow their leadership skills.
Senior managers who want to improve themselves and the managers they coach.

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