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Strategies for frontline managers

The Tech Trek
The Tech Trek
Episode • Dec 8, 2022 • 32m

In this podcast, Eddie Flaisler, Head of Products Engineering at Lob, talks about managerial strategies for frontline managers.

  • What frontline managers do
  • Making sure the team is delivering high business value
  • Conveying the problem statement, not the strategy
  • Balancing constraints and business priorities
  • Delegation Strategies for Leaders and Managers
  • Importance of asking the right questions
  • A key to delegation is people that can resolve dependencies and break down tasks

About today’s guest: Eddie Flaisler heads Products Engineering at Lob - A YC-backed API company. Lob revolutionizes direct mail by introducing intelligence and sustainability to one of the traditional industries. Eddie has had a longstanding diverse career in engineering. He served as Box's head of Enterprise Engineering, was a leader in Security and Compliance Engineering at Uber, spearheaded the development of Video Network Management and Transcoding products at Harmonic, and even dabbled in money transfers to federal prison facilities. Eddie led teams in Israel, the US, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, and Ukraine. He is an avid cook and a new paw-rent to a 4-month-old pug.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddie-flaisler-660a9039/

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