15 pages tagged with "management"
Dunbar number
April 02, 2022Dunbar’s number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships, in which an individual knows who each person is and how each person relates to every other person.
Team Topologies
March 31, 2022The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
December 07, 2021
This book is a leadership fable about a tech company that is struggling to get more customers. The C level is not working as a team, and they have a hard time coming to any agreements which result in negative morale. Until the new CEO, Catherine Petersen, joins the team, and she is able to recognize the problems and help the team overcome them by understanding the situation.
Turn the Ship Around!
September 12, 2021
The book is about his leadership theories to how he implemented a fresh leadership model. Including the limitations of a hierarchical top-down model, why/how he failed to empower his team earlier in his career, and how the circumstances for Santa Fe were ideal for him to experiment with the new leader-leader approach.
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
June 27, 2021
A great compilation of all topics that are important for management: 1:1s, performance reviews, hiring and laying off, workplace politics, remote work, and others.
The book is divided into 3 parts: the first part covers things a new manager should know, the second and third parts go into topics that all managers should master.
Peopleware
May 28, 2021Embrace the change
March 01, 2021The book Who moved my cheese? presents a tale inside the main story that consists of 4 characters: two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two little persons, Hem and Haw.