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Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
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Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

by Dr. James Stanier
May 2020
Beginner to intermediate
396 pages
10h 22m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Letting Go…of This Chapter

There we are: you’ve discovered a myriad of reasons and techniques for letting go a little more. The irony is, letting go will both improve your effectiveness as a manager and also improve your physical and mental well-being.

In this chapter, we’ve looked at the following:

  • How to let go of tasks. Being an effective manager is all about letting go via delegation to improve and empower your teams. However, we also looked at how even though you may be delegating well, you might still be worrying. We took some inspiration from the Stoics to reframe how we think about things that we control, things that we do not control, and things that we have some control over. We learned how to set internal rather than external goals ...

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