Take your first step to becoming a great engineering manager
What you will learn
What you need to focus on as a new manager
Learn to manage your team and what to ask in 1:1s
Get to know the business and your critical customers
How to define your role for yourself, your team, and organization
Understanding and setting expectations for your role
What is imposter syndrome and how to combat it
Description
So you got the job of a manager – what do you do and where do you start?
Most companies don’t have training programs for managers, or for people who want to move into management.
This course will help put you on the right path – we outline what to do for your first 90 days as an engineering manager. We will walk you through the most important parts of your role you should focus on, and how you should get started.
What we cover:
- Welcoming you to management
- How your role is different as a manager
- Setting broader context for management roles
- Where to start focusing
- Getting to know your team
- What to ask about in your 1:1’s
- Common 1:1 mistakes
- Digging into team conversations
- Dealing with team fears and apprehensions
- How to create a feeling of safety in your team
- Meeting the organization / business
- Meeting the customer
- Understanding expectations of a manager
- Defining your own role
- The imposter syndrome
- How to combat the imposter syndrome
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