The Engineering Manager

This article is part of a series on managing managers. How many of your one-to-ones with your team end up being status updates? How about your one-to-ones with your own manager? And just how boring are they? I know, right? Snore. Although this article is focused on correcting a common pattern of behavior that you can fall into when managing managers, it’s really applicable to all managers at any level of an organization. However, when […]

This article is part of a series on managing managers. There are two universal truths that you simply cannot fight: As a manager of managers, there will always be more to do than you have the time to do yourself. Your direct reports, if they are talented, will always be looking for career progression. If you only consider these truths individually, then it can cause difficult problems to emerge: Just how are you meant to […]