Managing Up

In this super-sized episode, Travis and Brandon discuss what makes a great manager, using 10 skills and traits developed by Google's Project Oxygen and updated over the last 10 years. What is the job of a manager? We discuss the role of a manager with this Google-developed evaluation framework as a guide: https://www.themuse.com/advice/10-behaviors-make-great-google-manager https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/managers-identify-what-makes-a-great-manager/steps/learn-about-googles-manager-research/ Carol Dweck, fixed vs growth mindset https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/29/carol-dweck-mindset/ Travis’s magic question: “How would you like me to help with this?” Brandon’s Notes-Trello Listening-action framework Private Confluence space for 1:1 agendas with action items Conjoined triangles post https://frontside.io/blog/2016/07/07/the-conjoined-triangles-of-senior-level-development.html Simon Sinek: “Start with why” https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action https://www.goodreads.com