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LeadingIn Tech #5: Managing your upstream communication
Photo by Brandon on Unsplash Hi there! Welcome to the new edition of the LeadingIn.Tech newsletter. As an Engineering Manager one of my biggest challenges as a technology leader is when I need to communicate upwards in the command chain. It is a lot easier for me to communicate with technical peers than to stakeholders up in the management chain.
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LeadingIn.Tech #2: What does an Engineering Manager do anyway?
Hi there! Welcome to the second edition of the LeadingIn.Tech newsletter. On this edition I'll give a step back and share to you as part of the toolkit For Engineering Managers my current understanding of what do they generally do. When learning about The role.
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Article | Going direct - by James Stanier - The Engineering Manager | theengineeringmanager.substack.com |
Notion Template | 1:1 Meeting | robansuini.gumroad.com |
Article | PM & EM: Rules of Engagement | Twilio Segment Blog | segment.com |
Newsletter | The Engineering Manager | James Stanier | Substack | theengineeringmanager.substack.com |
Podcast | Developing Leadership - The Podcast for Engineering Leaders | www.developingleadership.co |
Article | Don't make yourself redundant - The Engineering Manager | www.theengineeringmanager.com |
Article | This 90-Day Plan Turns Engineers into Remarkable Managers | First Round Review | review.firstround.com |
Article | How Data Can Make Better Managers | hbr.org |
Podcast | Interview with David Cancel, CEO of Drift | Supermanagers Podcast | fellow.app |
Podcast | The Art of Leadership - Interview with Michael Lopp | Supermanagers | fellow.app |
Book | The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well by Michael Lopp | www.goodreads.com |
Article | Google Tried to Prove Managers Don't Matter. Instead, It Discovered 10 Traits of the Very Best Ones | Inc.com | www.inc.com |
Article | What does my engineering manager do all day? | by Joon Park | parkjoon.medium.com |
Article | How Many People Can Someone Lead? | www.patkua.com |
Podcast | Scaling Your Team and Product: Leadership Stories from Product Hunt | codingsans.com |
Article | Stop Fearing Critical Feedback — Fear Not Getting It Instead | blog.doist.com |
Article | The 25 Micro-Habits of High-Impact Managers | review.firstround.com |
Article | An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding | by Camille Fournier | skamille.medium.com |
Video | How to estimate as as an engineering leader | LeadDev | leaddev.com |
Article | TBM 20/52: A Product Super-Skill (Balancing Divergence and Convergence) | cutlefish.substack.com |
Video | Creating and sustaining motivation in engineering teams | LeadDev | leaddev.com |
Article | The eight flavors of engineering management | LeadDev | leaddev.com |
Article | The Role of Tech Leads and Engineering Managers 👑 - Refactoring | refactoring.fm |
Article | The Role of a Manager Has to Change in 5 Key Ways | hbr.org |
Article | Managing up - HBR | hbr.org |
Article | The science of managing up | Slack | slack.com |
Article | A Tactical Guide to Managing Up: 30 Tips from the Smartest People We Know | First Round Review | review.firstround.com |
Article | 9 Expert Tips for Managing Up at Work from Real Leaders | getlighthouse.com |
Article | Is managing up a bad thing? | Lara Hogan | larahogan.me |
Article | Why Managing Up Is A Skill Set You Need | www.forbes.com |
Article | Managing up is something all managers need to master | Officevibe | officevibe.com |
Article | 3 problems with managing up | www.fastcompany.com |
Article | Making the case to decision makers: the presentation format to follow | www.mynameisjehad.com |
Book | Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track by Will Larson | www.goodreads.com |
Book | The Tech Resume Inside Out by Gergely Orosz | www.goodreads.com |
Article | When to Take a Chance on an Imperfect Job Candidate | hbr.org |
Article | Polishing Product Management Skills | www.patkua.com |
Article | Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’ | leaddev.com |
Article | Resilient Management, An Excerpt – A List Apart | alistapart.com |
Article | Book Summary: 'Resilient Management' by Lara Hogan | Pat Hermens | hermens.com.au |
Book | Resilient Management by Lara Hogan | www.goodreads.com |
Article | Creating Connections. The subtle leadership skill that makes… | by Scott Mabry | Nov, 2020 | Medium | scottamabry.medium.com |
Podcast | Aaron Blohowiak from Netflix on Mistakes and Discoveries While Cultivating Ownership | www.infoq.com |
Article | 12 “Manager READMEs” from Silicon Valley’s Top Tech Companies | Hacker Noon | hackernoon.com |
Toolkit | The Manager's Handbook | themanagershandbook.com |
Book | Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager by James Stanier | www.goodreads.com |
Blog | Management 101 - The Engineering Manager | www.theengineeringmanager.com |
Article | A step-by-step guide to becoming a better engineering manager | thenextweb.com |
Article | How to Become a Great Engineering Manager - DevOps.com | devops.com |
Article | Engineering Manager vs Tech Lead - The Imperfect Manager | xala3pa.github.io |
Article | What is an Engineering Manager? – Amy Phillips | amyjph.com |
Article | 5 Engineering Manager Archetypes | www.patkua.com |
Book | El Manual del Manager | www.goodreads.com |
Podcast | 94. Engineering Management - Podcasts | Heroku | www.heroku.com |
Podcast | NoSoloTech - Podcast: "Engineering management" | twitter.com |
Article | The Engineer/Manager Pendulum | charity.wtf |
Article | Engineering Management: The Pendulum Or The Ladder | charity.wtf |
Article | Being an Engineering Manager | medium.com |
Article | “Software Roles and Titles” by Eric Elliott | link.medium.com |
Video | On Managing Technical Teams as a First-Time Manager: CTO, Engineering, Management | Y Combinator | www.ycombinator.com |
Book | Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek | Goodreads | www.goodreads.com |
Book | The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier | www.goodreads.com |
Question | If you’re saying yes to this, what are you saying no to? (Strategic Question) | |
Question | How can I help? (Lazy Question) | |
Question | What was most useful for you? (Learning Question) | |
Question | What’s the real challenge here for you? (Focus Question) | |
Question | What do you want? (Foundation Question) | |
Question | And what else? (A.W.E. Question) | |
Question | What’s on your mind? (The Kick Start Question) | |
Article | Empathy-Driven Development: How Engineers Can Tap into This Critical Skill | First Round Review | firstround.com |
Book | Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet | Goodreads | www.goodreads.com |
Book | The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo | Goodreads | www.goodreads.com |
Book | The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier | www.goodreads.com |
Book | The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael D. Watkins | www.goodreads.com |
Article | Nailing your first months as a new Engineering Manager | Hacker Noon | hackernoon.com |
Article | Should You Choose a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager Role? | medium.com |
Article | How to Become a Great Engineering Manager - DevOps.com | devops.com |
Article | What is an Engineering Manager? by Michelle Kung | aws.amazon.com |
Article | Should Engineering Managers Write Code? | Inside Intercom | www.intercom.com |
Tool | One-on-one question generator | one-on-ones.app |
Tool | Fellow.app - Great Meetings Start Here: Collaborative Agendas, Action Items and more... | fellow.app |