Tips for managing technical people – Blog Post wrap up

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14 October 2016, by Zoe Cunningham

Over the past few months, we’ve been posting excerpts from my new book, “Galvanizing the Geeks – Tips for Managing Technical People”. You can buy the full book on my website, here.

This post serves as a reference to all the snippets that are freely available here.

It starts with you

• People management takes the most time
• Respect Your Team
• Don’t Get Caught Up In The Detail

Leadership

• Lead from the Front
• Be Inclusive
• Take Pride in Technical Excellence

Tips for Techies

• Productive Time is Money
• Do the Hard Things First
• Beware large numbers

If you’re not technical

• There is never a substitute for using your brain
• Who’s the Expert?
• Insist on an explanation

It’s all about people

• Be nice to the customer
• How to make people happy

Management

• Set Goals
• Set a vision
• Is burnout a management problem?

Developing your people

• Embrace Failure
• Rules for accepting feedback
• How to both learn and deliver

Empowerment

• Talk to the Duck
• Let your managees lead meetings

Looking to the future

• Train technical leadership

Tags: galvanizing the geeks, index, links, reference, summary

Categories: Management, Technical