Team - Management

Great intro resources

https://themanagershandbook.com/

Last check : On being a manager vs IC

https://charity.wtf/2019/09/08/reasons-not-to-be-a-manager/

Advice on the transition from eng to management

https://www.benkuhn.net/newmgr/

• Common mistakes
• The trough of zero dopamine
• Staying on the critical path
• Managing the wrong amount
• Procrastinating on hard questions
• Indefinitely deferring maintenance
• Angsting instead of asking

https://terriblesoftware.org/2024/12/04/the-6-mistakes-youre-going-to-make-as-a-new-manager/

• Delegation
• Where’s my dopamine?
• Quality over quantity
• The level of engagement
• Managing perception
• Redefining success

Best advice from non-engineers

https://bellmar.medium.com/all-the-best-engineering-advice-i-stole-from-non-technical-people-eb7f90ca2f5f

• Build trust
• Advertise your team
• Keep bureaucracy at bay

Key : communication

https://jvns.ca/blog/things-your-manager-might-not-know/

• Things your manager might not know

Priorities

https://lethain.com/company-team-self/

• Company, team, individual
• but break.the rule to energize individuals

Communication and Dunbar’s number(s)

https://interconnected.org/home/2022/04/05/dunbar

• evolution,
• larger groups, from grooming to spoken communication
• 4, 10, 50, 150

Conflict resolution tecniques

https://untools.co/conflict-resolution-diagram

High-performance, self organizing teams

https://leaddev.com/culture-engagement-motivation/art-self-organizing-engineering-teams

Org design

https://link.medium.com/StUfC1pkrvb

One on ones

https://medium.dave-bailey.com/how-to-run-exceptional-one-on-ones-7cf9f22fce6e

• ideal outcome : employee ends meeting with higher motivation than at the start and has one / two small action items for growth

One-on-ones again

https://marcorogers.com/blog/my-approach-to-1-on-1s

• how are you doing?
• I’ve got some feedback for you, positive or negative
• let’s talk about what’s happening atound the org
• let’s talk about your career path
• my thoughts on the direction of the team

Being frank, showing human side

https://css-tricks.com/mistakes-ive-made-as-an-engineering-manager/

Great resources

Irrational Exuberance

https://lethain.com

Resilient Management

https://resilient-management.com/

The Manager’s Path

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-managers-path/9781491973882/