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Why and how to manage your manager

Why and how to manage your manager

This talk will help you build a better partnership with your eng manager in 3 ways. First, you’ll understand what your manager does all day. Second, you’ll learn how to manage up. And third, you’ll see that there isn’t a single person that can manage you perfectly and what you can do about it.

Nikolay Stoitsev

March 22, 2022
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  1. Leadership Culture & Values Vision & Mission Conflict Resolution Making

    Decisions Hiring Team Structure Processes Diversity and Inclusion Risk Management Managing Teams
  2. Don’t have the knowledge or expertise We are stretched too

    thin We need feedback We need pushback
  3. Don’t have the knowledge or expertise We are stretched too

    thin We need feedback We need pushback We need someone else to do the work
  4. Don’t have the knowledge or expertise We are stretched too

    thin We need feedback We need pushback We need someone else to do the work Can’t solve a problem on our own
  5. “I need more time for a better fix… Here is

    the short term impact… Here is the long term impact…” Example #1
  6. “We need to adopt the new tools for testing… Here

    are the action items…. Here is how much time we need…” Example #2
  7. “I know that every company might define management differently. What

    do you think is the role of the manager at our company?”
  8. How to give effective feedback 1. Be specific 2. Talk

    about how the situation affected you 3. Offer solutions
  9. “I don’t feel like I’m growing and I don’t have

    a clear career path and this makes we less motivated at work” Example #1
  10. “I get too many competing priorities, and this is distracting

    me a lot, and I feel like I’m not making progress on any of these” Example #2
  11. People you may need • Has a skill set you

    want to learn • Has excellent communication skills • Is a great coach • Understands promotions at your company
  12. v Thank you! СЛЕДВАЩО СЪБИТИЕ Лектор Дата Език Следете актуалните

    обяви за FMI club Какво е да си младши QA специалист? Параграф 22 Дария Бояджиева 12.04.22 Български Contacts: www.linkedin.com/in/nikolaystoitsev/ Photos by Max Vakhtbovych, Christina Morillo, ThisIsEngineering, Nathan Cowley, olia danilevich, picjumbo.com, Bruno Bueno, Tirachard Kumtanom from Pexels