𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀

I grouped books by what they actually solve, not by how impressive they sound on a shelf.

𝟭. 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 (Cadence, delegation, 1:1s, hiring, growth, performance)

• Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager by James Stanier

• The Effective Manager by Mark Horstman

• The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo

• The Manager's Path by Camille Fournier

• Managing Humans by Michael Lopp

• Resilient Management by Lara Hogan

• Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson

• Engineering Management for the Rest of Us by Sarah Drasner

𝟮. 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Feedback, conflict, clarity, questions, trust in tense moments)

• The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier

• Radical Candor by Kim Scott

• Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

• Humble Inquiry by Edgar Schein

𝟯. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (Ownership, intent, leverage, pushing decisions down, raising standards)

• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink

• Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet

• Humble Leadership by Edgar Schein

• Multipliers by Liz Wiseman

• Impact Players by Liz Wiseman

• Start with Why by Simon Sinek

• The Empowered Manager by Peter Block

• Stewardship by Peter Block

𝟰. 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 (Psychological safety, cohesion, motivation, dysfunction patterns inside teams)

• The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

• Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, Annie McKee

𝟱. 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗽𝘂𝘁 (Output, flow, constraints, ops, measurement, org design at scale)

• High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove

• Theory of Constraints by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

• The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

• If You Can't Measure It… Maybe You Shouldn't by Carsten Busch

• An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson

𝟲. 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (Why software work slips, how estimates break, what improves productivity)

• Becoming a Technical Leader by Gerald M. Weinberg

• Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. Glass

• The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks Jr.

• Peopleware by Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister

• Software Estimation by Steve McConnell

𝟳. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆, 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Power, incentives, org traps, and how leaders get shaped by the system)

• The Art of War by Sun Tzu

• The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins

• Flawless Consulting by Peter Block

• Moral Mazes by Robert Jackall

• The Peter Principle by Laurence J. Peter

• Seeing Like a State by James Scott