Resources

Going direct - by James Stanier - The Engineering Manager

Responsibility, Accountability, Ownership: Definitions, Distinctions, and How They Add Up to a Healthy Team — Signal Key

Kind Engineering: How To Engineer Kindness

PM & EM: Rules of Engagement | Twilio Segment Blog

A Deep Dive into Developer Experience Surveys — Laura Tacho

Always be leaving by Ángel Cereijo

Why our engineering leaders focus on product over process

Don't make yourself redundant - The Engineering Manager

This 90-Day Plan Turns Engineers into Remarkable Managers | First Round Review

Say the Hard Thing – Rands in Repose

How Data Can Make Better Managers

Google Tried to Prove Managers Don't Matter. Instead, It Discovered 10 Traits of the Very Best Ones | Inc.com

[comic] The Planning Fallacy: Why We're Terrible at Setting Realistic Deadlines

Hiring (and Retaining) a Diverse Engineering Team

Top 10 causes of employee turnover in 2021 (& how to stop it) - Officevibe

Principles behind the Agile Manifesto

Why it’s difficult to build teams in high growth organisations | by Jason Yip

What does my engineering manager do all day? | by Joon Park

How Many People Can Someone Lead?

How deadline-driven behavior sends your Scrum Teams spinning out of control | by Todd Lankford

Experimentation principles. Empower employees to rapidly test… | by Nis Frome

Stop Fearing Critical Feedback — Fear Not Getting It Instead

The 25 Micro-Habits of High-Impact Managers

Managing meetings without succumbing to Zoom fatigue

The Engineering Leader’s Guide to Crafting a Personal Brand that Stands Out From the Crowd

An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding | by Camille Fournier

Agile Estimation: Why The Fibonacci Sequence Works

The Art of ETA. How to give precise development time… | by Dana Yudelevich | Level Up Coding

TBM 20/52: A Product Super-Skill (Balancing Divergence and Convergence)

Ten things you need to know before making a build vs. buy decision

Debugging engineering teams: Groundhog Day | LeadDev

The eight flavors of engineering management | LeadDev

How you're causing low employee morale at your company

The Role of Tech Leads and Engineering Managers 👑 - Refactoring

The Role of a Manager Has to Change in 5 Key Ways

The importance of effective status reports | LeadDev

Managing up - HBR

What Everyone Should Know About Managing Up

How to Manage Up at Work - WSJ

The science of managing up | Slack

A Tactical Guide to Managing Up: 30 Tips from the Smartest People We Know | First Round Review

9 Expert Tips for Managing Up at Work from Real Leaders

Is managing up a bad thing? | Lara Hogan

7 Steps to Manage Up Effectively at Work | Fellow.app

Why Managing Up Is A Skill Set You Need

Managing up is something all managers need to master | Officevibe

3 problems with managing up

Making the case to decision makers: the presentation format to follow

The Art of Async: The Remote Guide to Team Communication

Leading Distributed: The Remote Guide to Management

After Hiring: The Remote Guide to Onboarding

Scaling Your Remote Team: The Remote Guide to Hiring

Dealing with the problems of scaleups

Reengineering the Recruitment Process

When to Take a Chance on an Imperfect Job Candidate

Polishing Product Management Skills

Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’

Resilient Management, An Excerpt – A List Apart

Book Summary: 'Resilient Management' by Lara Hogan | Pat Hermens

Tips for engineering managers learning to lead remotely | GitLab

Common Performance Review Biases: How to Spot and Counter Them - The Pragmatic Engineer

Why this manager put workers in charge of their own raises, career development, and reviews

2020 remote working learnings. My summary of learnings about Remote… | by Txesk Planells Ceró | Dec, 2020 | Medium

Creating Connections. The subtle leadership skill that makes… | by Scott Mabry | Nov, 2020 | Medium

How we doubled the representation of women in Engineering at Clio | by Ainsley Robertson | Clio Labs

Leveraging a Manager Weekly Newsletter for Team Communication | SoundCloud Backstage Blog

Giving feedback remotely - Know Your Team | Blog

How to build team morale remotely - Know Your Team | Blog

How 2020 has shaped you as an engineering leader | LeadDev

Management Debt - Andreessen Horowitz

Compassionate Leadership Is Necessary — but Not Sufficient

Common Performance Review Biases: How to Spot and Counter Them - The Pragmatic Engineer

12 “Manager READMEs” from Silicon Valley’s Top Tech Companies | Hacker Noon

A step-by-step guide to becoming a better engineering manager

How to Become a Great Engineering Manager - DevOps.com

Engineering Manager vs Tech Lead - The Imperfect Manager

What is an Engineering Manager? – Amy Phillips

5 Engineering Manager Archetypes

The Engineer/Manager Pendulum

Engineering Management: The Pendulum Or The Ladder

Being an Engineering Manager

“Software Roles and Titles” by Eric Elliott

Maker vs manager: How to connect your schedule to your goals

This Email From Elon Musk to Tesla Employees Describes What Great Communication Looks Like | Inc.com

Our Work-from-Anywhere Future

Trabajar en tiempos remotos - Ángel Cereijo - Medium

Sprint Retrospectives: Solutions to 4 Common Problems

How to build social connections on a remote team - Signal v. Noise

Group Chat, Group Stress | Basecamp

Guide to Internal Communication, the Basecamp Way

Empathy-Driven Development: How Engineers Can Tap into This Critical Skill | First Round Review

The Pyramid of Remote Team Communication Tools

Why We're Betting Against Real-Time Team Messaging Apps Like Slack

Asynchronous Communication: What It Is & Why You Should Care About It

Nailing your first months as a new Engineering Manager | Hacker Noon

Should You Choose a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager Role?

How to Become a Great Engineering Manager - DevOps.com

What is an Engineering Manager? by Michelle Kung

Should Engineering Managers Write Code? | Inside Intercom

Want Better 1:1s? Start With These 100 Questions — LEADR

Questions for our first 1:1 | Lara Hogan

My Approach to 1-on-1s — Marco Rogers

The Only One On One Meeting Checklist You Will Ever Need

Mega list of 1 on 1 Meeting Questions - Managers Club

Management 101 - The Engineering Manager

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings | Goodreads

The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth by Amy C. Edmondson

The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well by Michael Lopp

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek | Simon Sinek

Books On Recruitment To Read - Emma Salamanca

Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent by Joel Spolsky

Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track by Will Larson

The Tech Resume Inside Out by Gergely Orosz

Scaling Teams: Strategies for Building Successful Teams and Organizations by David Loftesness

Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart

An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management by Will Larson

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

Resilient Management by Lara Hogan

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager by James Stanier

El Manual del Manager

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek | Goodreads

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek | Goodreads

Distributed Work Playbooks

Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet | Goodreads

The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo | Goodreads

The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael D. Watkins

How to master 1:1 meetings - online course

How to Manage a Remote Team | Coursera

The Engineering Manager | James Stanier | Substack

Developing Leadership - The Podcast for Engineering Leaders

Interview with David Cancel, CEO of Drift | Supermanagers Podcast

The Art of Leadership - Interview with Michael Lopp | Supermanagers

Scaling Your Team and Product: Leadership Stories from Product Hunt

Interview with Cate Huston: Engineering Director at DuckDuckGo

Supermanagers Podcast by Fellow.app

Aaron Blohowiak from Netflix on Mistakes and Discoveries While Cultivating Ownership

94. Engineering Management - Podcasts | Heroku

NoSoloTech - Podcast: "Engineering management"

Are you learning new things?

If you’re saying yes to this, what are you saying no to? (Strategic Question)

How can I help? (Lazy Question)

What was most useful for you? (Learning Question)

What’s the real challenge here for you? (Focus Question)

What do you want? (Foundation Question)

And what else? (A.W.E. Question)

What’s on your mind? (The Kick Start Question)

What additional training or education would you like?

What skills would you like to develop right now?

From 1-10, how do you feel on Sunday evening, thinking about Monday morning coming up?

Do you feel over-worked, under-worked, or just the right workload?

Are there any aspects of our culture/process you think need to change?

What worries you? What’s on your mind?

What could I do as a manager to make your work easier?

How can I better support you?

What aspect of your job you would like more help or coaching?

What are your top priorities this week? + What can I do to help?

How's your project going?

What are your long-term professional goals?

One-on-one question generator

Fellow.app - Great Meetings Start Here: Collaborative Agendas, Action Items and more...

Staying Connected – Resilience at Work | Microsoft

The Manager's Handbook

1:1 Meeting

How to run a better retro

How to estimate as as an engineering leader | LeadDev

Creating and sustaining motivation in engineering teams | LeadDev

On Managing Technical Teams as a First-Time Manager: CTO, Engineering, Management | Y Combinator

5 Things: How to Rock Remote Work | svenpet.com