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Awesome Engineering Leadership

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What is Awesome Developer Advocacy?

This project continues a trend started by Sindre Sorhus where he created a project to list useful resources for various topics: NodeJS, JVM, Networking, etc.

Awesome Engineering Leadership is a list of great resources for those searching to become a better leader in Tech.

Table of Contents

• Books
• Conferences
• Blogs
  • Blogging Series
  • Individual Posts
• Videos
  • Video Channels
  • Individual Videos
• Newsletters
• Podcasts
  • Podcasting Series
  • Individual Episodes
• Community Reports
• Communities
• Consultancy/Training
• Related

Books

• "How to be a Manager: The step-by-step guide for leading a new team"
  • Author: Greg Skloot
  • Focus Area: Engineering Management
  • eBook

Conferences

These conferences are great resources for both in-person learning and as a place to watch videos from the events' past editions.

Blogs

Blogging Series

These are the blogs that have been publishing Engineering Leadership content continuously rather than as a single post.

Individual Posts

These are one-off blog posts on topics related to the Engineering Leadership.

• The Art of the Awkward 1:1

  • Author: Mark Rabkin

• Managers Can’t Be Great Coaches All by Themselves

  • Author: Harvard Business Review

• Say the Hard Thing

  • Author: Michael Lopp

• Reaching Peak Meeting Efficiency

  • Author: Steven Sinofsky

• Research: To Be a Good Leader, Start By Being a Good Follower

  • Author: Harvard Business Review

• Research: To Be a Good Leader, Start By Being a Good Follower

  • Author: Tim Urban

• How to Give Feedback to People Who Cry, Yell, or Get Defensive

  • Author: Amy Jen Su

• The 5 Whys of Organizational Design

  • Author: Kellan Elliott-McCrea

• How To Ensure A New Manager Succeeds

  • Author: Lighthouse Blog

• How to fail as a new engineering manager

  • Author: Brad Armstrong

• Overnight Managers (or, The Art Of Not Destroying Your Company

  • Authors: Nir Cohen and Daniel Maher

• Year End Review Tips For Employees and Managers

  • Author: Kate Dagher

• How to Get Your Silent 1-on-1s Back on Track

  • Author: Emmanuel Goossaert

Videos

Video Channels

Video channels dedicated to different areas of Engineering Leadership:

Individual Videos

Individual videos about Engineering Leadership:

• Patty McCord: 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for

  • Author: Patty Mccord

• #201: From Individual Contributor to First-Time Manager | Part I

  • Author: Kevin Kruse

Newsletters

Podcasts

Podcasting Series

Individual Episodes

Engineering Leadership Reports

Leadership reports help understand the state of the Engineering Leadership in different areas.

Communities

Consultancy/Training

Related