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I've found that the best managers are the ones who are able to deflect those requests coming in using the techniques described. As a new manager on a new team,
by stuff4ben 4y ago
I've found that the best managers are the ones who are able to deflect those requests coming in using the techniques described. As a new manager on a new team, that's hard though since you still want to make good impressions and not get a reputation of a Debbie Downer. But if you hold to your guns, it's worth it for your teams' sake.
- gumby 4y agoGreat advice I got 30 years ago was “the job of the manger is to eliminate ambiguity”. This single sentence has really helped me figure out how to do my job. At first I though this meant make everything clear for your team and shield them from random crap (this twitter thread is a great example of this). But I eventually realized that this advice works both ways: done send ambiguous signals to other stakeholders either.
- GianFabien 4y agoBeing an engineering manager is to run interference for your team of engineers. Protecting your team like a mama bear from the various requests / demands from outsiders. Of course, to do that you need the attitude of a mamma bear. The end result: your staff will love you for it, the other managers will hate you for it -- and stuff gets done! And that is what counts.