I recently found out about https://blog.sbensu.com/posts/lieutenants/ & was curious what are your favorite articles on management or generally managing people?
Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
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Re: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
#215 years ago, RandsInRepose.com wrote a lot of interesting blog posts on management, and then turned them into books: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/
Re: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
#3Not an article, but I do frequently recommend the following:
Multipliers - an excellent book on how to avoid becoming a stereotypical bad boss. Chapters are easy to read independently and have great summaries at the end.
Crucial Conversations - good for both professional and personal conversations. Learn how to have a difficult conversation without burning down the relationship.
Finally, look up SOON (acronym) for when someone you manage comes to you seeking guidance.
Re: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
#4Shameless plug: https://leadership.garden/
Re: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
#5Not an article, but I do frequently recommend the following: Multipliers - an excellent book on how to avoid becoming a stereotypical bad boss. Chapters are easy to read independently and have great summaries at the end. Crucial Conversations - good for both professional and personal conversations. Learn how to have a difficult conversation without burning down the relationship. Finally, look up SOON (acronym) for wh…
Difficult to find anything meaningful for "SOON" in G. Can you elaborate?
Re: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
#6https://review.firstround.com/ is great, too (not 100% leadership/management)
Re: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
#7Just a meta-comment - if you're new to all this, it's good to know that management != leadership. If you're starting out, you'll want to learn both, and you'll need both.
More practically, here's a fun blog where you can ask specific questions: https://www.askamanager.org/
Re: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
#8People in general dislike being managed. Don’t do that. Lead instead.
Re: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
#9People in general dislike being managed. Don’t do that. Lead instead.
People in general dislike being lead. Support them with management practices that allow them to lead while offloading ancillary burdens.
Re: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?
#10Not an article, but I do frequently recommend the following: Multipliers - an excellent book on how to avoid becoming a stereotypical bad boss. Chapters are easy to read independently and have great summaries at the end. Crucial Conversations - good for both professional and personal conversations. Learn how to have a difficult conversation without burning down the relationship. Finally, look up SOON (acronym) for wh…
Difficult to find anything meaningful for "SOON" in G. Can you elaborate?
SOON is new to me. I think it stands for “Success, Obstacles, Options, and Next steps”. Which is a decent list of things to zoom in on when people are working on things for you.
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