Overcoming Leadership Burnout: A CTO's Journey to Transformation and Team Empowerment
Zach White
Helping Engineering Managers Get Promoted & Prevent Burnout with the Lifestyle Engineering Blueprint ?? Coach with me and join 250+ top professionals ?? Career questions? DM me and let's chat
“People don’t like working for you”
In this episode, we talk with Christopher Belcastro, SM-IEEE , a high performing and focused CTO with global leadership experience managing large, diverse engineering projects & teams.?
Christopher is one of us. He has over a dozen years of product development experience in power electronics for mission critical power protection applications.?
If you want to be known for your ability to transform organizational performance, driving revenue and operating results for your company, then stick around because that’s what Christopher is known for.
But it didn’t come easy. After being told by HR when he was a new engineering manager that, “people don’t like working for you,” he had to make major adjustments or go down in flames.
Spoiler alert, he’s a successful CTO now, and he shares those lessons learned with you today.
A coach at heart, Christopher loves to give back to the global engineering community.
So press play and let’s chat… it’s time to take the plunge over your growth edge!
领英推荐
The Top 3 Principles for Thriving as an Engineering Leader
1. Prioritizing Self-Care: Christopher’s experience highlights the dangers of overloading high performers with work, leading to burnout and dissatisfaction. Shifting from quantity to quality of work and prioritizing self-care and family is pivotal for sustainable success.
2. Embracing Open Communication: Christopher emphasizes the importance of group and 1-on-1 conversations to address frustration and pain points, encouraging open dialogue. It’s essential to tackle uncomfortable situations with curiosity and address underlying issues affecting team dynamics positively.
3. Focus on People Leadership: Christopher’s journey underscores the shift from being an individual contributor to a true leader, emphasizing the importance of focusing on the success of the team as a whole. Recognizing and investing in the growth of team members is crucial for the overall success of the organization.