Managing, leading, mentoring, & advocating for people from underrepresented or marginalized groups

Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

Apr 18

Advice for managing a new team, day 0

Setting up healthy, ethical, & productive relationships with a new team requires introspection. This is the guidance I wish I had.

Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

Jan 19

Team Composition Tetris

People leadership is an inventory management survival horror game

Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

Dec 14, 2023

Astronaut EVA above Earth. The astronaut appears to be alone in the deep black of space, and only the implicit existence of the photographer suggests otherwise.

Managing while being affected by trauma

What helped me navigate being a people manager while being…

Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

Nov 24, 2023

Trauma is not a growth experience

Trauma doesn’t make people grow or make people more resilient…

Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

Jun 28, 2023

Train wreck at Montparnasse station: train extends through wrecked upper floor wall, awkwardly angled downward towards the street exactly as a train shouldn’t

Zero is a Bad Target: Diverse Teams Experience Friction

Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

May 16, 2023

Uplifting Lightweight & Inclusive Team Rituals

Team rituals are one of the essential tools for building a culture. Rituals…

Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

May 1, 2023

What is “Managing in the Margins”?

There’s something missing from our most highly recommended…

Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

Apr 5, 2023

Letter to an Insecurity Engineer

“Be the vulnerability you want to see in the world”

As one insecurity professional to another, I want to share some vulnerabilities with you. No, not the insecure posture of our applications and infrastructure…

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Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

Sep 23, 2021

Growth and Power

There’s something missing from the many blog posts about engineering growth: power.

Sarai Rosenberg in Managing in the Margins

Aug 13, 2020

A blue fractal spirals outwards in two directions. Each arm reaches out to a sequence of scaled versions of the spiral.

Supporting Reports through Trauma

A second-aid guide for how managers and leaders can support…

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