Why your manager manages¶
Develop people¶
- clarify career aspirations
- 🫥 ask for help creating a plan (talent plan)
- show up for team
- work at desk
- 🫥 greet team in Slack
- engage during meetings
- attend outside work events (or plan them!)
- 🫥 recognize other team members for their work
- 🫥 invest in personal relationship?
Deliver outcomes¶
- get work done
- 🫥 ensure outcomes are measurable
- 🫥 regular and consistent progress updates
- describe blockers and plan for movement
- 🫥 describe context for each choice (from [[#Craft]]])
- 🫥 share ideas on how to make outcomes even better, faster, more impactful
What brings manager pride¶
Craft¶
obsess over details, innovation (usually devs -> management)
- 🫥 share what "great work" is for you and them
- 🫥 describe context for each choice
- ❌ eye on what competitors do
- 🫥 share inspiration to share what you're striving for
- ❌ "user" feedback from org stakeholders and knowledgeable people outside of company
Machinery how things get done is as important and what gets done (usually non technical management)
- plug into all processes they've setup
- leading a project?
- agree on project management practices
- get a regular pulse on stakeholder satisfaction
How manager plugs into the broader org¶
- does whatever the org does
- show how you're working lock step with the org's way of doing things
- lean on documented norms
- careful with improvement suggestions
- challenger
- 🫥 proactively suggest examples of where things could be better¶
Last update:
2023-04-24