It's remarkably easy. For some reason it's simply not taught at schools. 1. Psychological security. 2. Crystal Clear targets, planning, goals, written down.

It's remarkably easy. For some reason it's simply not taught at schools. 1. Psychological security. 2. Crystal Clear targets, planning, goals, written down. To paraphrase this, a top manager will write their ICs an 8-12 week JIRA backlog. Obviously, these goals will iterate. However, the ironclad clarity is essential. 3. Positive, effective, coaching and feedback at the principle skill the IC performs. Aka, coding. 4. Lead by example. Conspicuous, hard, effort, devoting majority of time and energy to managing down and shielding. The issue is simple. All of the above requires sweat from the manager. Manager's are lazy, and nobody is watching them manage their IC's.