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Re: A Leadership Library for Engineers

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Post by chingv » Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 9:44 PM UTC

cnj wrote: post #9

Cool, this looks nice! I'm currently mentoring new tech leads, and I'm using books heavily as a tool. I usually break a book into two or three parts which we discuss and try to apply to our every-day problems. It works quite well. However the biggest challenge I had wasn't finding good leadership books, but narrowing my list of books down. I currently read with my mentees: - The Managers Path - Elastic Leadership - S…

So glad to hear you’re finding Simply Said helpful!

That’s our company’s book, written by our managing partner, Jay Sullivan. I was pleasantly surprised to see it pop up while browsing HN.

What’s one thing you learned from the book that’s been helpful for you?

(Nonviolent Communication is also a good one that’s on my reading list)

Re: A Leadership Library for Engineers

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Post by realgabriel » Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 9:54 PM UTC

wjossey wrote: post #6

This is a wonderfully curated resource! Thank’s for putting it together. As you look to put things into practice from the resources you find here, I’d love to offer myself up to help in your learning journey. I run a 100% free mentoring service for live 1:1 conversations with managers and leaders. In the past 12 months, I’ve met with over 100 managers, and I’ve held over 150 sessions. I do sessions 5 days a week, and…

I would love to know more about this project of yours. Do you have something written about how did you got it started, what lessons have you learned, or plans for the future?

Re: A Leadership Library for Engineers

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Post by cnj » Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 8:32 AM UTC

chingv wrote: post #11

cnj wrote: post #9

Cool, this looks nice! I'm currently mentoring new tech leads, and I'm using books heavily as a tool. I usually break a book into two or three parts which we discuss and try to apply to our every-day problems. It works quite well. However the biggest challenge I had wasn't finding good leadership books, but narrowing my list of books down. I currently read with my mentees: - The Managers Path - Elastic Leadership - S…

So glad to hear you’re finding Simply Said helpful! That’s our company’s book, written by our managing partner, Jay Sullivan. I was pleasantly surprised to see it pop up while browsing HN. What’s one thing you learned from the book that’s been helpful for you? (Nonviolent Communication is also a good one that’s on my reading list)

The advice on trying to pick one person per sentence and to keep eye contact with that person was most helpful for me. I either tended to flick between people quickly, or look at one person for a longer period of time.