https://github.com/gdiggs/engineering-manager-curriculum

New Engineering Manager Curriculum
https://github.com/gdiggs/engineering-manager-curriculum

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New Engineering Manager Curriculum

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gdiggs/engineering-manager-curriculum
• Owner: gdiggs
• Created: 2020-04-06T13:51:57.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-04-09T18:37:11.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-11T17:22:27.565Z (about 2 months ago)
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• Forks: 2
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# New Engineering Manager Curriculum

## Supplies needed

- 1 copy per person of [The Manager's Path](https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth/dp/1491973897)

- 1 copy per person of [New Manager Care Package](https://larahogan.me/blog/new-manager-care-package/)

- 1 copy per person of [How F\*cked Up Is Your Management](https://www.amazon.com/How-cked-Your-Management-uncomfortable/dp/0995964300)

- 1 set per person of [1:1 Starter Pack](https://shop.beplucky.com/products/the-plucky-1-1-starter-pack)

- At least 1 set of [1:1 Manager Pack](https://shop.beplucky.com/products/1-1-manager-pack)

## Possible further reading

- High Output Management by Andrew Grove

- Peopleware by Timothy Lister and Tom DeMarco

- Accelerate by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, and Nicole Forsgren

- Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Jean Greaves and Travis Bradberry

- Leading Snowflakes by Oren Ellenbogen

## Slack groups to join

- [Engineering Managers](https://engmanagers.github.io)

- Software Lead Weekly Slack group (join newsletter first)

## Newsletters to join

- [Software Lead Weekly](https://softwareleadweekly.com)

- [CTO Connection](https://www.ctoconnection.com/register)

## Plan

- Meet weekly as a group for 1.5 hours (could be split up into 2 sessions)

- At each meeting:

	- Discuss the latest reading

	- Have an open forum about issues currently facing the teams (what's been a leadership challenge over the past week?)

	- Pull a card from the 1:1 Manager Pack and dicusss each person's answer

- Between each meeting:

	- Ask at least one question per week in a Slack group to get advice from others

## Reading schedule

- Start with The Manager's Path. Read 1 chapter per week

- Move on to Resilient Management. Read 1 chapter per week

- Read a few essays per week from HFUIYM

- Pick further books as a group