diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index af0d85e..a188b04 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ You can find a short summary in video [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psA - 📖 Patrick Lencioni, [The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable](https://www.amazon.com/Five-Dysfunctions-Team-Leadership-Fable/dp/0787960756/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1500281191&sr=1-1&keywords=dysfunctions). - 📖 Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead, Laszlo Bock. A pretty interesting description of Google's processes. A bit long at times. - 📖 [The Manager's Path](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-managers-path/9781491973882/) , Camille Fournier. A very practical book with lots of down-to-earth advices. +- 📖 [Team Topologies](https://itrevolution.com/product/team-topologies/), from ITRevolution Press. Discusses the intricacies of managing Engineering Departments, and especially patterns for improving team interactions. +- 📖 [The Effective Executive](https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Executive-Definitive-Harperbusiness-Essentials/dp/0060833459) by Peter Drucker, Seminal Work in Management. Discusses challenges of management, especially managing Knowledge Workers. Proposes principles for effective decision-making and continued improvement of one's organization + - May also serve as grounding for growing beyond Engineering Management, as well as working with other departments. There are some other more specific books quoted below. @@ -640,6 +643,7 @@ Hiring: - [The One Key to Dealing with Senior Executives: Answer the Question!](https://kellblog.com/2012/01/17/the-one-key-to-dealing-with-senior-executives-answer-the-question/) + ### FinOps (cost) - [Efficiency: Managing Infrastructure Costs](https://infraeng.dev/efficiency/) @@ -991,7 +995,8 @@ Quote: - ["My new favorite team ritual: A weekly meeting called "Fight Club" where you meet with your leadership team with the intention of having a conflict.](https://twitter.com/lennysan/status/1754554023318106596) - [Meetings *are* the work.](https://medium.com/@ElizAyer/meetings-are-the-work-9e429dde6aa3) - [Embrace Silence](https://tech.forter.com/embrace-silence.html) - +- [Simple Sabotage](https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Sabotage-Detecting-Behaviors-Undermine/dp/0062371606) "A Modern Field Manual for Detecting and Rooting Out Everyday Behaviors That Undermine Your Workplace". Covers anti-patterns of collaborative behavior, and provides specific recommendations for fixing these when they occur in meetings. + ### Mentoring - [The Conjoined Triangles of Senior-Level Development](http://frontside.io/blog/2016/07/07/the-conjoined-triangles-of-senior-level-development.html) looks into how to define a senior engineer.