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The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as manager)
avg rating 4.20 — 21,268 ratings — published 2019
The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as manager)
avg rating 4.25 — 10,216 ratings — published 2017
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as manager)
avg rating 4.11 — 135,969 ratings — published 2002
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as manager)
avg rating 3.94 — 41,530 ratings — published 1998
High Output Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as manager)
avg rating 4.30 — 21,146 ratings — published 1983
The One Minute Manager (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as manager)
avg rating 3.95 — 146,800 ratings — published 1981
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as manager)
avg rating 3.85 — 36,974 ratings — published 2003
Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as manager)
avg rating 4.05 — 55,939 ratings — published 2017
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as manager)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,136,290 ratings — published 1936
An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as manager)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,784 ratings — published 2019
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as manager)
avg rating 4.26 — 49,675 ratings — published 2013
Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as manager)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,280 ratings — published 2007
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as manager)
avg rating 4.23 — 21,091 ratings — published 2013
Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as manager)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,899 ratings — published 1987
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as manager)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,019 ratings — published
The Effective Manager (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as manager)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,191 ratings — published 2016
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as manager)
avg rating 4.07 — 81,395 ratings — published 2002
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as manager)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,111 ratings — published 2022
Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as manager)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,429 ratings — published 2019
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as manager)
avg rating 4.25 — 34,971 ratings — published 2017
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as manager)
avg rating 4.10 — 265,381 ratings — published 2009
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as manager)
avg rating 4.20 — 108,267 ratings — published 2014
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as manager)
avg rating 4.07 — 19,578 ratings — published 1999
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as manager)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,013 ratings — published 1975
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as manager)
avg rating 4.12 — 288,787 ratings — published 2001
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
by (shelved 6 times as manager)
avg rating 4.08 — 37,578 ratings — published 1966
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as manager)
avg rating 4.36 — 582 ratings — published 2020
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as manager)
avg rating 4.25 — 98,971 ratings — published 2015
Measure What Matters (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as manager)
avg rating 3.98 — 37,099 ratings — published 2017
Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as manager)
avg rating 4.19 — 21,826 ratings — published 2008
Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as manager)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,135 ratings — published 2018
Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as manager)
avg rating 3.74 — 365 ratings — published 2012
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as manager)
avg rating 4.16 — 814,791 ratings — published 1989
The First-time Manager (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 3.82 — 2,882 ratings — published 1978
Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,983 ratings — published
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,756 ratings — published 2014
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 4.07 — 82,709 ratings — published
HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 4.04 — 824 ratings — published
Resilient Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 4.35 — 831 ratings — published
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 4.01 — 28,684 ratings — published 2016
The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,847 ratings — published 2015
Who: The A Method for Hiring (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 3.96 — 7,462 ratings — published 2008
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 3.99 — 15,942 ratings — published 2010
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 4.17 — 580,703 ratings — published 2011
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 3.95 — 124,970 ratings — published 2009
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as manager)
avg rating 3.91 — 11,462 ratings — published 2002
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators (J-B Lencioni Series)
by (shelved 3 times as manager)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,390 ratings — published 2002
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as manager)
avg rating 4.13 — 142,644 ratings — published 2021
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as manager)
avg rating 3.84 — 94,184 ratings — published 2008
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as manager)
avg rating 4.21 — 175,177 ratings — published 1984
“A true leader is still a leader even when he takes up servants' duty, provided he maintains a human face and added integrity to his self-retained qualities.”
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“the Keeper."
"He didn’t like loud and brash women. He didn’t like people looking him straight in the eyes. He didn’t like women who were too shy, too delicate, too strong, or too strong-smelling. He didn’t like to be touched or spoken to. He liked to look, to have his questions answered simply and quickly. He didn’t like his time wasted. He sounded like an asshole. No wonder Vidrol had appointed him.”
― A Dream of Embers
"He didn’t like loud and brash women. He didn’t like people looking him straight in the eyes. He didn’t like women who were too shy, too delicate, too strong, or too strong-smelling. He didn’t like to be touched or spoken to. He liked to look, to have his questions answered simply and quickly. He didn’t like his time wasted. He sounded like an asshole. No wonder Vidrol had appointed him.”
― A Dream of Embers
