================================================================================ 97 THINGS EVERY ENGINEERING MANAGER SHOULD KNOW ================================================================================ Date: 2021-04-05 Tags: leadership, team-management, communication, mentoring URL: https://chemaclass.com/readings/97-things-every-em-should-know/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As a manager your work is to create clarity, clarity, and more clarity. The main takeaway | As a manager (/readings/the-manager-path/) your work is to create clarity, clarity, and more clarity. Key Insights - As a manager, you need to fix your personal quirks. - Consider doing experiments instead of making decisions. - “Bad news test” - Given two tasks, which one would you rather be sharing bad news about? Delegate that task. - On a struggling team, start by answering two questions: - How do I create clarity? - How do I create capacity? - Ask for clarification. - To give constructive feedback (/blog/ship-show-ask/), pay attention (/readings/digital-minimalism/) to how the person gets stuck, sidetracked or sloppy. - Management is not a promotion. It is a career change. - Most of the dysfunctions come from some lack of clarity goal. - For a fixed deadline, scope and quality are always negotiable. - Emotional contagion is real. - As a new manager, listen and understand before you try to change something. - Good interview questions: - What have you learned in the past six months? - Tell me about the time when you failed and what you learned from that? - Do you have the skills, expertise and experience to perform the job? - Complains are good: they show that you are trusted. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another blog post with way more detailed key insights: Danlebrero Blog (https://danlebrero.com/2021/03/24/97-things-every-engineering-manager-should- know-summary/) ;) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {{ youtube(id="oxgfehnJ7GE") }} ================================================================================