EM.md

Engineering Management

People

understanding self/team

• Myers-Briggs
• https://www.jocrf.org/
• StrengthsFinder
• DISC assessment
• Adjective Check List
• Enneagram
• Standout

career convo

• https://www.radicalcandor.com/blog/problem-career-conversations/
• https://firstround.com/review/three-powerful-conversations-managers-must-have-to-develop-their-people/
• https://www.cultureamp.com/blog/letting-go-of-our-best-employees/
• ikigai

retention

• stay interview

mentors on-call

• https://app.workbravely.com/
• https://www.platohq.com/
• https://www.codementor.io/

hiring

• https://stripe.com/atlas/guides/scaling-eng
• [CloserIQ] Sales Interview Grading Template : Sample
• Google’s sample structured interview grading rubric
• https://medium.engineering/engineering-interviews-grading-rubric-8b409bec021f
• https://hbr.org/2016/02/a-scorecard-for-making-better-hiring-decisions

hiring distributed teams

• https://remotive.io/remote-companies
• https://terminal.io/
• https://arc.dev/
• https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job

hiring/interviewing-as-a-service

• https://karat.com/
• https://hired.com/
• https://interviewing.io/

hiring from referrals

• https://www.teamable.com/

recruiting

• https://www.bincsearch.com/

executive recruiting

• https://rivierapartners.com/
• https://www.daversapartners.com/

contract eng

• https://www.10xmanagement.com/
• https://www.facetdev.com/

Process

1:1s

• https://medium.com/@mrabkin/the-art-of-the-awkward-1-1-f4e1dcbd1c5c
• https://medium.com/@mrabkin/awkward-1-1s-the-art-of-getting-honest-feedback-2843078b2880

meetings / facilitation

• http://www.debonogroup.com/six_thinking_hats.php
• gCal speedy meetings setting
• https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/opinion/sunday/sheryl-sandberg-and-adam-grant-on-women-doing-office-housework.html
• https://courses.lumenlearning.com/introductiontocommunication/chapter/groups-roles/

frameworks

• situational leadership (kenblanchard)
• https://firstround.com/review/Keith-Rabois-on-the-role-of-a-COO-how-to-hire-and-why-transparency-matters/

Resources

Books

• first 90 days
• managing humans
• high output management
• hard thing about hard things
• measure what matters (aka the okr book)
• sapien
• an elegant puzzle
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
• the phoenix project
• radical candor
• High Growth Handbook
• The Manager's Path
• Dare to Lead
• The Messy Middle
• https://medium.com/range/leadership-reading-list-951c5ccb4370

Reading

• http://randsinrepose.com/
• https://lethain.com
• https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass
• https://rework.withgoogle.com/
• https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/managers-identify-what-makes-a-great-manager/steps/learn-about-googles-manager-research/
• https://rework.withgoogle.com/print/guides/5721312655835136/
• High Output Management TLDR and Forward by Horowitz
• RACI and this
• Manager READMEs
• https://www.manager-tools.com/
• 6 Must Reads for Managers Giving Feedback