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The Manager's Path

A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

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The Manager's Path

By: Camille Fournier
Narrated by: Janet Metzger
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Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal - especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.

From mentoring interns to working with senior staff, you'll get actionable advice for approaching various obstacles in your path. This book is ideal whether you're a new manager, a mentor, or a more experienced leader looking for fresh advice. Listen to this audiobook and learn how to become a better manager and leader in your organization.

  • Begin by exploring what you expect from a manager.
  • Understand what it takes to be a good mentor, and a good tech lead.
  • Learn how to manage individual members while remaining focused on the entire team.
  • Understand how to manage yourself and avoid common pitfalls that challenge many leaders.
  • And more...
©2017 Camille Fournier (P)2019 Tantor
Engineering Leadership Management Management & Leadership Project Management Workplace & Organisational Behavior Workplace Culture Business Engineering Management

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It gave me some new ideas, but I struggled to finish it. Maybe because I found the pace a bit slow and the voice a bit grating.

Thorough, but hard to finish

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For serious tech leadership. Very well written and narrated. Stay curious and keep reading! If you are on the manager's path read/listen to this book

Bang on!

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I have listened to a lot of engineering leadership books and this one tops the list. Very good book.

No. 1

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Full of practical advise for engineering managers at all levels. Narrated well. A book I will continually revisit. I heartily recommend it. Very thought provoking and sparked lots of ideas to do through with my team

THE handbook for technical leaders

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This book was a great insight into management and leadership across all levels. It was a great refresher on some of the things I know and an eye opener for the next journey in my career.

Great book about all things leadership and management

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the book went into a wider range of areas of technical leadership at all levels in enough depth to be useful, but not too much depth to become dry and dull!
I'd recommend it to people entering technical leadership roles as well as people already established in leadership.

a great overview of technical leadership

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solid book with lots of key insights I can take into management so really good stuff

never read a management book from a tech before

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Useful advice for someone beginning their management journey. Has some overlapping concepts with other management books so can be a bit repetitive but still helpful nonetheless.

Super useful advice

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The book is a fab overview of all levels and scopes of management. From mentoring interns up to CTO.

I’ve taken away handfuls of tips that’ll I’ll be putting into practice.

A broad spectrum of scope

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lots of essential tips and techniques. lots of reflections from this book and great things to implement in the workplace and to improve yourself and your teams.

Great book

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