27 stories tagged management, newest first.
19 points by mooreds | 5 comments
Focused, a Chicago software consultancy, lists its company operating principles defining how it works with clients, such as being focused, exothermic, unintimidating, and radically candid.
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722 points by sam_bristow | 243 comments
A 2001 California Management Review paper by Nelson Repenning and John Sterman on why process improvement programs often fail and how to create and sustain them.
760 points by speckx | 277 comments
Techdirt opinion piece by Mike Masnick arguing that CEOs who mandate AI use or see it as replacing employees are bad leaders.
489 points by ibobev | 221 comments
Blog post on Entropic Thoughts arguing that transparent leadership, which teaches reports to solve problems themselves, beats servant leadership.
343 points by _tk_ | 134 comments
Landing page for "AI CEO," a site pitched with the tagline "Replace your boss before they replace you," about using AI in place of executives.
322 points by mooreds | 163 comments
A blog post on the Chaotic Good Engineering Management newsletter about how to lead a team when morale and the general mood are low.
503 points by frays | 235 comments
CNBC article reporting that Google has cut 35% of managers overseeing small teams over the past year, per a company executive.
489 points by ZeroTalent | 228 comments
A Substack essay from The Orthagonist arguing that popular business books are cheap entertainment built on simplified stories rather than useful strategic tools.
448 points by rbanffy | 308 comments
Dan North's blog post about colleague Tim Mackinnon, who scored zero on individual productivity metrics because he spent his time helping teammates, and why North defended him.
502 points by AnhTho_FR | 227 comments
A 2015 Kellblog post by Dave Kellogg explaining what it really means to be a manager, director, or VP, and critiquing job leveling practices.
623 points by mooreds | 261 comments
Blog post by Dan Moore advising workers to inform their boss of planned actions with a deadline to object, rather than asking for permission.
441 points by l0b0 | 255 comments
A blog reading note by Mandy Brown on Dan Davies' concept of "accountability sinks" from The Unaccountability Machine, structures that obscure who is responsible for decisions.
361 points by kiyanwang | 185 comments
Blog post by Péter Szász on how engineering managers can lead their teams during crisis or 'wartime' periods at a company.
1162 points by bifftastic | 662 comments
Paul Graham essay from September 2024 arguing founders should run growing companies differently from conventional manager-style advice, inspired by Brian Chesky's talk.
451 points by zdw | 216 comments
A July 2024 blog essay by Yossi Kreinin arguing that competent management makes some desirable outcomes, like efficiency, harder to achieve than incompetent management does.
422 points by mundanerality | 310 comments
A personal blog post on GrumpyOldDev recounting a story of lying to a company's CTO and how it saved the day.
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881 points by Jtsummers | 390 comments
PDF of Repenning and Sterman's 2001 California Management Review paper on why organizations underinvest in process improvement and capability building.
418 points by zdw | 250 comments
A Stay SaaSy blog post arguing that vague, imprecise requests from managers and executives cause teams to waste large amounts of time.
326 points by putzdown | 155 comments
A blog post by Jeff Wofford on how leaders can direct people and give commands without coming across as bossy.
354 points by mooreds | 306 comments
Blog post arguing that the product manager role, as popularly modeled in software companies, is a mistake.
1417 points by zdw | 571 comments
Dan North blog post about Tim Mackinnon, a colleague who scored zero on individual productivity metrics because he spent his time helping teammates.
505 points by vikrum | 310 comments
Julia Evans blog post arguing you should tell a coworker's manager when they do great work, summarizing advice gathered from Twitter replies.
458 points by atorok | 409 comments
A Medium blog post from Promaton offering a practical guide to building a measurement culture where KPIs don't override common sense.
548 points by zdw | 211 comments
Blog post by Charity Majors on careful communication when rebuilding trust, drawn from her experience repairing her cofounder relationship.
536 points by pg_1234 | 441 comments
CNBC Make It article reporting a survey finding 80% of executives regret their earlier return-to-office plans.
524 points by pretext | 726 comments
New York Times article on how mass layoffs and absent leadership have created a morale crisis among Meta employees; the capture shows a Google sign-in page.
344 points by rustoo | 183 comments
Harvard Business Review article by Nir Eyal urging managers to stop distracting their employees, published January 12, 2023.