Instead of asking a coworker the ol' usual "What can we improve on?" try one of these questions: - When have you felt bored in the past quarter? - Is there any red tape you’d like to cut at the company? - What’s a recent situation you wish we'd handled differently? Why?
https://twitter.com/clairejlew/status/1058365172241260544
https://marcorogers.com/blog/my-approach-to-1-on-1s
https://medium.com/@skamille/delegation-and-time-management-6cb326a880d3
https://larahogan.me/blog/manager-energy-drain/#delegate-messy-and-unscoped-projects
"If you're a manager, and you're perpetually struggling to come up with constructive feedback for a direct report (they're just always excelling), you probably aren't giving them enough challenges for their own growth."
https://twitter.com/lara_hogan/status/1007739842996948992
https://larahogan.me/blog/feedback-equation/
How to discuss poor performance with an employee https://knowyourteam.com/blog/2019/01/31/how-to-discuss-poor-performance-with-an-employee/
"there is one characteristic that is not optional or debatable, which is that a great engineering manager is capable of creating a highly productive engineering team."
good managers have teams that are constantly shipping
https://medium.com/@skamille/engineering-productivity-b1ea12db02e4
Getting to Senior