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.

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1. Why and how to manage
   our manager
   Nikolay Stoitsev
   Engineering Manager @ Halo DX
   

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2. What is a manager?
   Sr. Software
   Engineer
   

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3. What is a manager?
   Sr. Software
   Engineer
   Expert
   

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4. What is a manager?
   Sr. Software
   Engineer
   Tech Lead
   Expert
   

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5. What is a manager?
   Sr. Software
   Engineer
   Tech Lead
   EM
   Expert
   

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6. Onboarding
   Giving effective feedback
   Mentoring
   Coaching
   1:1s
   Delegation
   Motivation
   Performance management
   Managing People
   

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7. Leadership
   Culture & Values
   Vision & Mission
   Conflict Resolution
   Making Decisions
   Hiring
   Team Structure
   Processes
   Diversity and Inclusion
   Risk Management
   Managing Teams
   

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8. Budgets
   PTOs
   Preparing offers
   Promotions
   Admin Work
   

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10. Don’t have the
    knowledge or
    expertise
    

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11. Don’t have the
    knowledge or
    expertise
    We are stretched
    too thin
    

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

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

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14. 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
    

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15. 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
    

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16. Managing up
    

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17. “I need more time for a
    better fix…
    Here is the short term
    impact…
    Here is the long term
    impact…”
    Example #1
    

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18. “We need to adopt the
    new tools for testing…
    Here are the action
    items….
    Here is how much time
    we need…”
    Example #2
    

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19. “We need more front-end
    engineers…”
    Example #3
    

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20. First step is to
    gather data
    

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21. What is their role?
    

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22. “I know that every
    company might define
    management differently.
    

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23. “I know that every
    company might define
    management differently.
    What do you think is the
    role of the manager at
    our company?”
    

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24. What are their priorities?
    

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25. Build Trust
    

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26. Share bad news honestly
    and own the follow-up
    

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27. Don’t just point at
    problems
    

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28. Get super clear on
    expectations
    

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29. Speak Your Manager’s
    Language
    

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30. Ask questions to
    understand and
    challenge decisions
    

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31. Giving feedback is super
    important
    

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32. How to give effective feedback
    1. Be specific
    2. Talk about how the situation affected you
    3. Offer solutions
    

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33. “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
    

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34. “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
    

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36. There isn’t a single
    person that can manage
    you the way you want
    

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39. Manager voltron
    https://larahogan.me/blog/manager-
    voltron/
    

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40. Manager voltron
    https://larahogan.me/blog/manager-
    voltron/
    Personal Board of Directors
    https://sfelc.com/podcasts/build-you
    r-personal-board-of-directors-harpaul
    -sambhi
    

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41. 1. Identify your gaps
    

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42. 2. Find a person that
    can support you there
    

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43. 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
    

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44. Mentor
    Coach
    Sponsor
    

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45. “People that are aware
    of opportunities and
    can grant them to you”
    

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46. Don’t rely only on your
    manager for
    sponsorship
    

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47. Better
    relationship
    

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48. More
    Opportunities
    Better
    relationship
    

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49. Improve skills
    More
    Opportunities
    Better
    relationship
    

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50. Improve skills
    More
    Opportunities
    Better
    relationship
    Better visibility
    

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51. v
    Thank you!
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    Дария Бояджиева 12.04.22 Български
    Contacts:
    www.linkedin.com/in/nikolaystoitsev/
    Photos by Max Vakhtbovych, Christina Morillo, ThisIsEngineering, Nathan Cowley, olia
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