Team Management Questions

management_questions.md

Be a good manager

Know your team

• Do you feel like you’re part of a team?
• Are you comfortable expressing your opinions?
• When you speak up, are your opinions valued?
• Do you feel confident you can be your authentic self at work?
• What, if anything, would make you feel more comfortable?

Feedback

• Do you prefer public or private feedback/praise?
• Continuous
• Constructive/negative feedback in private unless there is a danger to the team
• Praise/positive feedback in public unless you prefer private

1:1s

• Weekly, very rarely cancelled, even if nothing specific to discuss
  • Keep an agenda, but light
• "is there anything you want to talk about, and is there anything I can do for you?"
• Running document of things we have discussed/want to discuss
• Your meeting, but i will help drive
• Private conversation unless necessary to share something with another manager
• Will start at 30m and adjust to longer or shorter as needed.
• Check in is for the person, not the work.
  • coaching, unblocking, helping you grow
  • providing feedback, discussing plans and doubts, etc.

Growth

• You will drive it, but I am here to help if you want it
• I will always be clear in my expectations

Communication

• All communications, tech discussions, etc should be in a channel
  • Public unless personal matters
  • More accessible, better for async
• Documentation is communication

Notes

• Watch for overworking, easy to do when remote
• Encourage time off and breaks
• Be available
• Feedback first, then strategic, then tactical.