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Greeks to Geeks: What Plato Says About Bettering Your Team Culture

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Two and a half millennia later, we were now using the ancient basis for illness to describe employee personalities, and what we could do to better team culture in the workplace. Also, read: Keeping Culture Alive: What Recruiters Can Do While Hiring Remotely. Hippocrates, who? The Greek physician Hippocrates (ca. Interesting, hmmm….

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How engineering managers can effectively support engineers, teams, and organizations

CircleCI

The typical job description for many engineering manager roles is action-packed. It is a mix of hands-on coding, technical leadership and decision making, process and project management, product oversight, people management, finding and hiring talent … the list goes on. What do engineers need to thrive at work?

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Introducing Engineering Management to a Growing Organization

Gitprime

Having someone dedicated to management, Nightingale says, is the difference between a group of individuals and a team that’s unified in their efforts. Good engineering managers are also connecting individuals with new challenges,” he says. Culture is set at the line manager level. Hiring for culture fit.

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High-Touch Leadership in Buffer’s Fully Remote Culture

Gitprime

Managers can hold space and build a culture where mental health is prioritized, and being frank about promoting it sure helps. But managers are also not mental health professionals, which is why Buffer offers employees other avenues for seeking professional assistance and guidance. Womersley relies heavily on transparency.

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

This book is ideal whether you’re a new manager, a mentor, or a more experienced leader looking for fresh advice. Pick up this book and learn how to become a better manager and leader in your organization. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp.

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How Do CIOs Have To Change To Be Successful In The Future?

The Accidental Successful CIO

This, of course, means that we have to change. In order to architect modular platforms a CIO needs revamped approaches to hiring in order to get top-flight engineers. Managing The Transformation In order to be successful, a CIO has to first come to terms with the scope of the transformation itself.

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Wilco gamifies your path through your software engineering career

TechCrunch

That’s why we immediately started pitching Wilco to every engineer and engineering manager we could talk to. Additionally, I’m honestly just really excited about the team we’ve brought in and the culture we’ve all built together. What are you hoping to accomplish over the next 18 or so months?