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A collection of awesome links on all topics related to engineering management
https://github.com/jamescarr/awesome-engineering-management

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Engineering Organization
Team Charters
New to This
1-1s
- Art of the Akward 1-1
- Teplate for Effective 1-1s for Leaders
- Lara Hogan: First 1-1 Questions
- 5 One-on-One Templates for Effective Managers
- The Art of the One-on-One Meeting
- 101 Questions to Ask in One on Ones
- Manager Handoffs
- Benefits of a 1-1 Meeting
- 24 great one-on-one meeting questions
- Three Random Questions - An interactive resource that plucks three random 1-1 questions from a list of 101.
- The Update, The Vent, and The Disaster - Rands discusses the three buckets of 1:1s he typically encounters
- Why 1-1 meetings are crucial to your team’s success
Blogs
- Rands In Repose
- Irrational Exuberance - Will Larson's writings on management.
- The Engineering Manager
Onboarding
- Executive Onboarding
  - 90 Day Plan (VP of Engineering - a template for a VP of Engineering
  - Shishar's Tips for Executive Onboarding
Podcasts
- Executive Onboarding
  - Level Up Engineering
  - Super Managers
  - Decisive Moments for Engineering Leaders
  - Manager Tools - Management in general, not just engineering.
  - The Manager's Handbook
  - Coching for Leaders
  - cto.coffee
  - CTO Connection
  - Scaling Software Teams
  - Reboot - highly recommended on the ups and downs of leadership. For me, I had a lot of struggles psychologically during the pandemic and this podcast had some great interviews and insights on handling it effectively.
  - Manager's Club
Books
- Executive Onboarding
  - Managing Humans
  - An Elegant Puzzle
  - Manager's Path - Camile does a really great job in this book helping chart a career path for managers and how to constantly improve.
  - Radical Candor - If you can get past the SV name dropping, there are some worthwhile strategies on having an honest relationship with direct reports and approaching difficult conversations effectively.
  - Turn the Ship Around
  - Accelerate
  - The First 90 Days - onboarding new engineers and engineering managers will set the stage for success. This book is essential reading for charting a good 90 day plan for new hires.
  - Rands Leadership Reading List - as I was typing this list, I realized the awesome community already had a great reading curated reading list, so sharing here.
  - Manager's Handbook
Carreer Growth
- Executive Onboarding
  - Staff Engineer - Guides for reaching and succeeding at Staff-plus roles. I find these useful when talking with senior engineers on their career growth plans.
  - 8th Light Career Grid
  - LeadDev: Designing a growth framework for your engineering team
  - Medium: Engineering growth: introduction
  - Engineering Ladder Link List - Learn from others by exploring the various career ladders used by other tech companies that are collected here.
Communication
- Executive Onboarding
  - The Importance of Written Communication for Engineering Teams
Conferences
- Executive Onboarding
  - The Lead Developer
Communities
- Executive Onboarding
  - Rands Leadership Slack
  - Engineering Managers
Other Lists
- Executive Onboarding
  - The Leadership Library for Engineers - a pretty incredible resource that I came across while researching for more content to put in this list.

Categories

Engineering Organization 108 1-1s 12 Podcasts 11 Books 9 Team Charters 7 New to This 5 Carreer Growth 5 Blogs 3 Onboarding 2 Communities 2 Other Lists 1 Communication 1 Conferences 1

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