Stefano Bellasio

Hiring a product manager is usually a lot more difficult than other roles because of the nature of their job. Product managers possess a mix of soft and hard skills that they usually need to match with their domain expertise (or the industry they know better). They need to be creative but able to negotiate ...

Since COVID I've seen businesses investing and learning a lot more about their people: some of that was most likely due to the great resignation (I know it sounds like it happened years ago now!) but a lot of that was forced by a big change in the way businesses need to work with their ...

Probably the worst part of being an entrepreneur is having to let your people go. It's been almost 15 years since I've done it for the first time and it never gets easier. The first time I had to do it, I failed in a way you can't even imagine: I ended up changing my ...

Competency mapping is a powerful tool for modern organizations to effectively manage their human resources and optimize performance. In the last few years companies have spent more and more time not only thinking about their competencies but also mapping them to quickly start using skills inside the business. In our experience there are not good ...

In today's ever-evolving business landscape, organizations are constantly seeking new ways to optimize their talent management strategies. One approach that has gained significant traction, focused on identifying and harnessing the unique skills and abilities of employees to drive success and unlock their full potential, is skills-based talent management. Skills are becoming a critical factor in ...

Managing software engineers is not as easy as you might think, mostly because in my experience some of the learnings you might have from managing other team members don’t really apply to these professionals. I’ve seen several leaders failing at managing software engineers and this is ultimately leading to turnover in that team most of ...

Whenever you start looking at your ability to retain software developers, you should keep in mind that numbers might be considered high or low due to a variety of factors. Personally, I’ve seen companies in different industries perform a lot differently and whenever our HR leadership would report data on our retention, I would ask ...

In this article, we are going to see what you can do to retain your software engineers while motivating them and creating a great culture. I've done all these things at my previous company, Cloud Academy, where I was CEO and founder, and I will share what I've learned and how we improved our retention. ...