240 RR What Makes a Good Manager with Marcus Blankenship
Published: December 30, 2015
240 RR What Makes a Good Manager with Marcus Blankenship
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Show Notes
02:05 - Marcus Blankenship Introduction
02:52 - Pain and Difficulties of Moving From Programming to Management
- Identity
- Credibility
10:50 - Image and Identity (Cont’d)
- Expectations
- Role Models
19:16 - Management; Making the Move to Management
- Aikido
- “Everybody deserves a good manager.”
23:37 - How do you know if you have a bad manager?
27:13 - Feedback; Tone of Communication
33:54 - What should you do when you get promoted to a management position?
- Nix Production Code Tasks
- Meet with Your People (Give Feedback)
- One-on-one Meetings with Team Members
- Zero Surprises Evaluation Policy
- Evaluation Forms
- Goals and Incentives
- Reviews for Self-Reflection
- Get Your Own Feedback
48:25 - How do you know you are doing a good job?
- Skip-Level Reviews
- Growth of your team and members
- Signs of Loyalty
51:06 - What if you don’t want to move into a management role?
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