The Dao of Tech Leadership
summary
Cites hard numbers: a study of 27 million people across 2.5 million teams in ~200 countries shows 50% leave to escape managers; U.S. projections show 70,000 entry hires vs 700,000 openings (10x); turnover costs ~$11B yearly and 75% is preventable. Presents concrete practices: short surveys on motivational styles and social styles (driver, analytical, amiable, expressive), an engagement survey of 200k, one‑word purpose exercises, one‑on‑ones and a public manager readme to track preferences, and recommends shifting metrics from lines/commits to mentorship, alignment, and blocker removal.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction to tech leadership
- 1:46Why leadership matters
- 4:58Unpacking leadership problems
- 7:48Mindset shift to management
- 8:09Motivational styles overview
- 14:25Motivating engineering teams
- 17:36Purposeful leadership
- 23:52Understanding team emotions
- 24:13Social styles assessment
- 36:06Adapting communication styles
- 37:31Manager README concept
- 38:56Developer-first leadership
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