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Leadership

How to lead people and teams well, especially if you were promoted for the work and never trained to manage.

  1. The Making of a Manager

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    Julie Zhuo · book

    the book to read the week you become someone's boss; honest, practical, and written for people who never planned to manage.

  2. Radical Candor

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    Kim Scott · book

    how to give feedback that is both kind and clear, so you can challenge people without wrecking the relationship.

  3. Multipliers

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    Liz Wiseman · book

    why the best leaders make everyone around them smarter, and how well-meaning ones accidentally shrink their teams.

  4. How Great Leaders Inspire Action

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    Simon Sinek, TED · video

    the 'start with why' talk; a short, sticky reminder that people follow purpose, not tasks, which is your whole advantage in this work.

  5. Manager Tools

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    Manager Tools · site

    unglamorous, specific drills for the actual mechanics of managing: one-on-ones, feedback, delegation; do the basics well and most problems shrink.

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