I am an EM that manages several senior engineers currently. I find it super common for senior engineers to get promoted mostly on technical merit, we end up thinking the rest "can be coached". Or it's coaching to the next level. Here are some areas I coach them on:
- influencing without authority. Managing up. Leadership.
- influencing without authority. Managing up. Leadership.
- getting work prioritized
- providing useful performance feedback (promos etc)
- coaching and giving feedback to early career engineers
- communicating ideas effectively
- developing 1YP+ plans for their areas.
- idk, there are a lot, senior engineers are rarely "complete"