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Article

Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Motivation

Understanding hygiene factors vs. motivators in the workplace

en.wikipedia.org
Burnout & moraleTeam performance
Community

At The Table with Patrick Lencioni

Podcast on organizational health and team dynamics

atthetable-patricklencioni.libsyn.com
Team performanceCommunicationConflict resolution
Blog Post

First Round Review

In-depth interviews and advice from startup leaders

firstround.com
Team performanceHiringScaling
Blog Post

Rands in Repose

Michael Lopp's insights on engineering management and leadership

randsinrepose.com
Career developmentMeeting effectivenessBurnout & morale
Article

It's Never Too Early to Fire

Why waiting too long to fire underperformers hurts everyone

a16z.com
Decision-makingTeam performance
Article

Firing People: A Necessary Evil

Zach Holman's comprehensive guide to handling terminations

zachholman.com
CommunicationBurnout & morale
Video

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Dan Pink's animated explanation of intrinsic motivation

youtube.com
10 min
Team performanceBurnout & moraleCareer development
Article

Bored People Quit

Understanding and preventing talent loss due to lack of engagement

randsinrepose.com
Burnout & moraleCareer development
Article

Seven Deadly Diseases of Management

Dr. Deming's antipatterns that destroy organizational effectiveness

deming.org
Team performanceBurnout & moraleDecision-making
Guide

The Cognitive Bias Codex

Visual representation of all known cognitive biases

upload.wikimedia.org
Decision-makingCommunication
Framework

Delegation Poker: Clarifying Delegation Levels

Management 3.0 tool for clarifying delegation and decision authority

management30.com
Decision-makingCommunication
Guide

Building Inclusive Engineering Teams

Practices for creating inclusive and diverse engineering teams

projectinclude.org
HiringConflict resolutionFeedback
Guide

Continuous Delivery: Principles and Practices

Implementing continuous delivery for faster, safer releases

continuousdelivery.com
Process inefficienciesTeam performanceBurnout & morale
Article

Writing an Engineering Strategy

How to create and communicate technical strategy

lethain.com
Decision-makingCommunicationCross-functional alignment
Article

Staff Engineer Archetypes

Understanding different types of staff+ engineering roles

staffeng.com
Career developmentScaling
Template

Manager README Template

Template for creating a manager README to share your leadership style

managerreadme.com
OnboardingCommunication
Guide

Blameless Postmortems Guide

How to run effective blameless postmortems to learn from incidents

sre.google
Process inefficienciesBurnout & morale
Framework

Incident Command System for Software Teams

Framework for managing production incidents effectively

increment.com
Process inefficienciesCommunication
Article

Measuring Engineering Organizations

How to measure and improve engineering team performance

lethain.com
Team performanceDecision-makingCross-functional alignment
Book

The GitLab Remote Playbook

Comprehensive guide to building and managing remote teams

about.gitlab.com
Remote workOnboardingCommunication
Guide

Mental Models for Decision Making

Collection of mental models to improve decision-making and problem-solving

fs.blog
Decision-making
Community

Engineering Management Resources Repository

GitHub repository with hundreds of curated engineering management resources organized by topic

github.com
Knowledge sharingOnboardingHiring
Framework

OKR Framework: Objectives and Key Results

Complete guide to implementing OKRs for goal setting and alignment

whatmatters.com
Team performanceCross-functional alignment
Framework

Situational Leadership Model

Adapting leadership style based on team member's development level

situational.com
Team performanceCareer development
Framework

Engineering Career Ladders Collection

Collection of career ladder frameworks from leading tech companies

career-ladders.dev
Career development
Framework

Radical Candor: The Framework for Giving Feedback

Kim Scott's framework for caring personally while challenging directly

radicalcandor.com
FeedbackCommunication
Article

Conway's Law and System Design

Understanding how organizational structure influences system architecture

martinfowler.com
CommunicationCross-functional alignment
Article

The Ultimate Guide to One-on-One Meetings

Comprehensive guide to conducting effective 1:1 meetings with your team

getlighthouse.com
Meeting effectivenessCareer development
Book

Give and Take

Why helping others drives our success by Adam Grant

amazon.com
Team performanceBurnout & morale
Book

Leading Snowflakes

Practical handbook for new engineering managers transitioning from technical to leadership roles

leadingsnowflakes.com
OnboardingTeam performanceScaling
Book

Work Rules!

Data-driven insights from Google's people practices for hiring, culture, and performance management

amazon.com
HiringTeam performanceFeedback
Book

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni's fable about team dynamics and building cohesive teams

amazon.com
Team performanceConflict resolution
Book

Managing Humans

Biting and humorous tales of a software engineering manager by Michael Lopp

amazon.com
Meeting effectivenessHiringConflict resolution
Book

The Effective Executive

Peter Drucker's timeless principles for executive effectiveness

amazon.com
Decision-makingProcess inefficiencies
Book

Turn the Ship Around!

A true story of turning followers into leaders by L. David Marquet

amazon.com
Team performanceDecision-making
Community

LeadDev Community

The home of engineering leadership

leaddev.com
Team performanceScalingCareer development
Community

r/ExperiencedDevs

Reddit community for senior developers and engineering managers

reddit.com
Career developmentTeam performanceHiring
Community

Rands Leadership Slack

30,000+ member Slack community for tech leaders

randsinrepose.com
Knowledge sharingCareer development
Blog

Harvard Business Review - Management

Evidence-based management content from global experts

hbr.org
Team performanceDecision-makingInnovation
Podcast

The Leadership Podcast

Weekly interviews with influential leaders and authors

podcasts.apple.com
Team performanceCommunicationCareer development
Podcast

Effective Engineering Manager

Proven solutions for software engineering managers

effectiveem.com
Team performanceProcess inefficienciesCareer development
Podcast

Manager Tools

Award-winning weekly podcast with actionable management advice

podcasts.apple.com
Team performanceFeedbackCareer development
Book

Inspired

Marty Cagan's guide to creating tech products customers love

amazon.com
InnovationDecision-makingCross-functional alignment
Book

Radical Candor

Kim Scott's framework for caring personally while challenging directly

amazon.com
FeedbackCommunication
Book

Crucial Conversations

Practical guide for high-stakes, emotionally charged conversations

amazon.com
CommunicationConflict resolution
Newsletter

High Growth Engineering

Practical insights from scaling tech companies by Stephen Whitworth

highgrowthengineering.substack.com
ScalingCommunication
Newsletter

The Engineering Manager

Tools, tips and discussions for current and aspiring engineering leaders

theengineeringmanager.substack.com
Team performanceRemote workCareer development
Tool

Levels.fyi

Get Paid, Not Played - comprehensive career and compensation insights platform

levels.fyi
Career developmentHiring
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The stdlib collection is a community-curated library of practical, immediately useful, battle-tested resources for technical leadership. Each resource is designed to be immediately applicable to your role. New resources are added based on community feedback and emerging best practices.