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Coaching IT pros for leadership roles

CIO

When you’ve spent your career mastering complex technologies, stepping into a leadership role might not be the first item on your wish list. I spoke to IT executives and leadership coaches for tips on how to develop the leaders on your team. Why does this person want to go into management?” Here is their advice. Stop teaching.

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Two Key Focuses (And a Checklist) For New Engineering Managers

Dzone - DevOps

There is very little formal guidance for new engineering managers. When I first moved from an individual contributor (IC) to an engineering manager (EM), I found myself struggling to find training resources. I want to change that - and I hope this article will serve as a small start in that direction.

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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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How To Master Market Segmentation

Crunchbase News

By Tracy Young In go-to-market organizations, segmentation underpins strategic decision-making, influencing how markets are approached, internal organization, product development and resource allocation. Tracy Young, co-founder and CEO of TigerEye For leadership, crafting a robust segmentation model is crucial.

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

Honeycomb

Or, the small crisis with engineering management. In 2018, Honeycomb co-founder & CTO Charity Majors wrote a blog post titled, “An Engineer’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities).” These constraints incentivized managers to think hard about how to retain and grow their best senior engineers. This is good.

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#ClouderaLife Allyship April Q&A with Antoine Burrell

Cloudera

As part of this goal, we caught up with Antoine Burrell, a senior engineering manager here at Cloudera and leader of our Cloudera Black Employee Network (CBEN+) Employee Resource Group, and explored what it means for him to be an ally. I also make a conscious effort to put the needs of others before my own agenda.

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Habits of Highly Effective Engineering Managers

Federico Cargnelutti

I finished reading the books “ The Making of a Manager ” by Juklie Zhuo, “ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ” by Stephen Covey, and “ The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership ” by John Maxwell. They need resources and enough authority, not micro-managing. Outcomes over Output.