The New Manager's Toolkit
summary
A practical playbook: roughly 20 tools collected through real failures and wins, including weekly one-on-ones, a revamped interview process (first run tanks, next iteration improves hires), an engineering ladder that clarifies promotion criteria, Trello for manager work, and a documented performance improvement plan that leads to attempted turnarounds and eventual termination when necessary. The talk also traces measurable culture work with OKRs, admits burnout, and shows therapy and delegation actually restore capacity so the changes stick.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:30THE NEW MANAGER'S TOOLKIT
- 6:47GETTING YOUR BEARINGS
- 9:24LET'S BUILD AN INTERVIEW!
- 13:20HELP DEFINE & DEFEND TEAM VALUES
- 13:35ENGINEERING TURNAROUND Tool 7: Performance Improvement Plans
- 17:26A MANAGER'S JOB IS TO BE AVAILABLE
- 18:23THE CHAOS MONKEY: INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT
- 20:50NEUTRALIZING THE VORTEX
- 21:48FIX THE PROBLEM, LEAVE THE FRAMEWORK
- 23:07YOU START TO NOTICE SIGNS OF LARGER ISSUES
- 24:14YOU GO FOR THE ROOT: CULTURAL ISSUES
- 27:19YOU MAKE A PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD
- 28:31Victory Royale! FORTNITE WHILE DRUNK!
- 36:12BAD MANAGEMENT IS POISONING OUR INDUSTRY
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