Managing Humans: More Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager, 4th Edition
- Length: 377 pages
- Edition: 4
- Language: English
- Publisher: Apress
- Publication Date: 2021-12-12
- ISBN-10: 1484271157
- ISBN-13: 9781484271155
- Sales Rank: #20809 (See Top 100 Books)
In this fourth edition of the bestselling business book Managing Humans, author Michael Lopp continues to draw leadership advice from some of the most important software companies of our modern age. Educational stories from companies across Silicon Valley such as Apple, Slack, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, and Borland detail the experiences of bright software engineers in an ever-changing industry
This revised edition of Managing Humans expands on the previous editions’ explorations of management essentials including handling stress, building diverse teams, running inclusive meetings, and how to lead in times of crisis. The education of a great leader never stops, and Lopp applies crucial insights to help continue your never-ending leadership education. Whether it is approaching a myriad of engineering personalities or handling unexpected conflict, you will come away with wisdom to handle any team situation.
The engineering culture of a company can determine the difference between a product’s ultimate success or failure. Managing Humans is here to guide managers and aspiring managers into the intimidating world of people and their vastly different personalities. Handle conflict, infuse innovation into your approach, and be the most confident manager you can be after reading this book.
What You Will Learn
- Lead engineers
- Handle conflict
- Understand different engineering personalities
Who This Book Is For
Managers and would-be managers staring at the role of a manager wondering why they would ever leave the safe world of bits and bytes for the messy world of managing humans.
Cover Front Matter Part I. The Management Quiver 1. Don’t Be a Prick 2. Managers Are Not Evil 3. Stables and Volatiles 4. The Rands Test 5. How to Run a Meeting 6. The Twinge 7. The Update, the Vent, and the Disaster 8. Lost in Translation 9. Agenda Detection 10. Management via Worry and Crisis 11. Dissecting the Mandate 12. Information Starvation 13. Subtlety, Subterfuge, and Silence 14. Your Mid-Year Leadership Check-in 15. Managementese 16. You’re Not Listening 17. The Hotel Giraffe 18. Fred Hates the Off-Site 19. A Different Kind of DNA 20. An Engineering Mindset 21. Tear It Down 22. Titles Are Toxic 23. Saying No Part II. The Process Is the Product 24. 1.0 25. The Process Myth 26. How to Start 27. Taking Time to Think 28. Meetings Are Not for You 29. The Value of the Soak 30. Capturing Context 31. Trickle Theory 32. When the Sky Falls 33. Hacking Is Important 34. WFH 35. Entropy Crushers 36. Your Culture Is Rotting 37. The Metronome Part III. Versions of You 38. Bored People Quit 39. Bellwethers 40. The Ninety-Day Interview 41. Managing Nerds 42. Incrementalists and Completionists 43. NADD 44. A Nerd in a Cave 45. Meeting Creatures 46. Organics and Mechanics 47. Inwards, Outwards, and Holistics 48. The Wolf 49. Free Electrons 50. The Old Guard 51. Rules for the Reorg 52. An Unexpected Connection 53. You Are Going on a Quest 54. A Glimpse and a Hook 55. Nailing the Phone Screen 56. Your Resignation Checklist 57. Shields Down 58. Chaotic, Beautiful Snowflakes 59. Epilogue: Fear Is a Liar Back Matter
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