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Management Skills
An incomplete list of soft skills a team lead / manager should have, including links to articles explaining the topic.
- Communicating
- Writing
- Presenting
- Meeting management
- Delegation
- Accountability
- Feedback
- Coaching
- 1o1s
- Conflict resolution
- Hiring
- Firing
- Change management
Communicating
- Ask vs. Guess Culture: youtube.com/watch?v=FxTXf6qyaGk
- blog.codinghorror.com/how-to-talk-to-human-beings
- Business topics to tech audience and vice versa
- inc.com/rhett-power/9-ways-to-make-people-feel-empowered-with-intent-based-leadership
- skillsyouneed.com/ips/active-listening
- Brainstorm Communication Expectations Worksheet
Writing
- Book: On Writing Well
- Amazon writing principles: twitter.com/david_perell/status/1208930197702995968/photo/1
- medium.com/swlh/write-to-express-not-to-impress-465d628f39fe
- heavybit.com/library/video/executive-communication
- paulgraham.com/simply.html
- LEADERSHIP LAB: The Craft of Writing Effectively - YouTube
- npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/02/03/270680304/this-could-have-been-shorter
Presenting
- Think Fast. Talk Smart | Matt Abrahams | TEDxMontaVistaHighSchool
- speaking.io
- lethain.com/present-to-executives/
Meeting management
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Delegation
- infoq.com/podcasts/ownership-mistakes-discoveries-netflix/
- jrothman.com/mpd/2020/06/delegate-problems-and-outcomes-not-tasks/
Accountability
- goodreads.com/book/show/17118702-crucial-accountability
- medium.dave-bailey.com/how-to-hold-your-team-accountable-9fa57bfb315d
Feedback
- Non Violent Communication: medium.dave-bailey.com/the-essential-guide-to-difficult-conversations-41f736e63ccf
- Situation Behavior Impact: radicalcandor.com/give-feedback-playbook
- Feedback models summary: jacobian.org/2021/apr/22/three-feedback-models
Coaching
- rework.withgoogle.com/guides/managers-coach-managers-to-coach/steps/coach-with-the-grow-model
- theengineeringmanager.com/growth/coaching
1 on 1s
- github.com/VGraupera/1on1-questions
- Linkedin Learning: Effective listening
Conflict Resolution
- WIP
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Hiring
Firing
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Change Management
- WIP
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