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Mentorship, Coaching, and Sponsorship — A Powerful Framework for Building Resilient Teams

Gitprime

Hogan spent more than a decade leveling up engineering organizations and growing leaders at companies like Etsy (as an Engineering Director) and Kickstarter (as VP of Engineering). She wasn’t born a manager, though—like many engineering leaders, she started out doing multiple front-end development jobs.

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

She is responsible for R&D (both product management & engineering) for GemFire and associated Pivotal Cloud Cache product. She is the author of the book “ Explore It!: A sought after speaker and coach, Mala Gupta’s Java books with Manning Publications, USA, are top-rated for Oracle Certification around the globe.

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An Engineering Manager’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities)

Honeycomb

Riding the pendulum from manager back to IC is common, and there are even high-quality books , websites , and conferences about navigating the upper echelons of the IC ladder. My current role as VP of Engineering has me managing a few senior ICs, but I am mostly managing other managers and directors now.

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Rise of the Resilient Manager with Lara Hogan

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

Manager dens- where you can experience coaching, mentoring, and a safe space, Vegas rules session. @23:57. Mentoring is sharing advice and perspective; coaching is helping someone come to their own conclusions. @25:56. Coaching is what helps people grow. @26:26. So on the tools front, there is the book Resilient Management.

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Introducing Engineering Management to a Growing Organization

Gitprime

Before transitioning into coaching and consulting, he was the VP of Firefox for Mozilla through a period of intense turmoil (during which he helped build and launch the first Firefox offerings on Android and iPhone). Nightingale recently sat down with GitPrime’s CEO, Travis Kimmel , for an episode on Software Engineering Radio.

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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

Provide training, coaching, and other ways for people to get help without feeling judged. If you’re using this book as the basis for your change, provide copies, and tell people which parts you’re using. If not, you can hire consultants. Ensure each team has a coach who can help them learn to be an effective, jelled team.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

It’s easy because, in most cases, they can start with one of the many off-the-shelf Agile methods, like the one in this book. So, although it’s tempting to customize your Agile method from the beginning, it’s best to start out with a by-the-book approach. Parts II-IV of this book describe the practices for each zone.

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