Scaling engineering teams

Unlock team performance

You have found a good product with strong market fit, so how do you scale from an early stage startup to be the next unicorn? Even though you're a startup where there is so much to do and never enough time, you can build and grow a high performing team with forethought and intention. You can address the diversity debt from the start.

Diverse inclusive teams matter. Maintaining and growing your team is a key challenge. But in a highly competitive landscape, where top talent is seemingly a scarce resource, how do you attract, but also keep hold of and develop great team members?

This workship will help you address the challenges of growing and scaling an engineering function. It will teach you how to build an incluive culture as and maintain it as you grow. It will provide you with a comprehensive guide to hiring best practices. And once you hire those amazing people, it will help you to onboard them properly, and support them to do great work.

Workshop structure

The workshop will have no more than ten people so we can really explore the material. Through a series of presentations, group discussions, and scenario-based role-plays, you will work with others, share experiences, and learn together.

Like all our events, this workshop is covered by our code of conduct and joining us assumes your agreement to be bound by the code.

Getting to know you

Before the workshop, we will schedule 30 minutes to learn more about you, your goals, your organisation, and your team.

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Elle and Lachlan have a knack for creating a safe learning environment and helping participants of all levels get involved. I left their workshop inspired, with a few new tools under my belt and the confidence to put them in practice.

They know the web community inside-out so speakers they bring in are top notch. Would highly recommend them to any development team looking to level up.

Steve Gilles , Founder at Lookahead

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Would you like to improve team effectiveness and productivity? Got a project you think we can help with? Interested in leadership coaching or engineering training? Basically, want to work with us? Get in touch: gday@blackmill.co and we will be in touch in a jiffy.

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