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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop?

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Transitioning from Software Engineer to Engineering Manager

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Becoming an engineering manager is the first step into the big world of management for many software engineers. Engineering managers are tech experts and great leaders. That is why we wrote this article to give you an overview of the transition from software engineer to engineering manager.

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The Disproportionate Impact of Coaching on Startup Survival

Bain Public

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal.

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33 Amazing Articles Every Product Manager Must Read

Hutwork

Magazine reports that most CEOs read at least a book a week, and this doesn’t include blogs, articles, podcasts, and videos they devour, too. Regardless, the following articles are a must-read for anyone concerned with rolling out the best product in each iteration. Agile Died While You Were Doing Your Standup. 4 One Door at a Time.

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Product Managers: Learn How To Manage Your Product Leadership Team

Bain Public

Over the last decade, there has been advancements in the product world where the CEO is no longer the only one who calls the shots; now, there is a Product Leadership Team (PLT) who is supposed to work collaboratively with the product manager on defining the next set of features of a product.

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4 Keys to Empowering Your Product Team

Mind the Product

When leadership asked them to make a decision they got stuck in spin cycles because they didn’t know what they were trying to achieve. Eventually leadership would lose patience and make the decision, perpetually continuing the empowerment disillusionment cycle. They are easy to remember and guide engineers to make good decisions.

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Insights from the CDH Benchmark Survey: How Are Teams Adopting Discovery Habits?

Product Talk

I asked who was involved in choosing outcomes and was surprised to see that such a large percentage of teams said both their team and leadership were involved. In an ideal world, outcomes should be set by both the product team and executive leadership. In my experience coaching teams, this is not an automatic next step.