mentoring

Engineers grow when managers widen the decision space — not when they hand out harder tickets while still making every important call.

A 1:1 is working when it creates information a dashboard cannot, and both people leave with a next move that is actually owned.

Delegation is transferring a decision space with context and checkpoints — not moving a task off your plate while keeping the real call.

Skip-levels are for texture the management chain filters out. Treat patterns, not gossip, and do not turn them into a shadow review.