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Why You Need Manager Runbooks
How can runbooks improve your effectiveness as a manager?
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Owain Lewis
How To Handle Difficult Conversations
Part of your job as a manager is having tough conversations.
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Owain Lewis

August 2024

Should Engineering Managers Code?
It depends on who you ask and where you work.
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Owain Lewis
Systems scale, but people don't.
Your job as a leader is to empower people and improve systems.
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Owain Lewis
How To Find Support As An Engineering Manager
Leadership is challenging. Build a support network and don't go it alone.
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Owain Lewis

July 2024

How To Handle Major Incidents (6 Steps)
Lessons from managing large scale operational incidents.
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Owain Lewis
How To Handle Stress In Engineering Leadership Roles
Engineering leadership can be stressful. How do you deal with it?
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Owain Lewis

June 2024

The 4 Pillars Of Technical Leadership
A framework for engineering leaders to better understand their role.
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Owain Lewis
How To Run An Effective Ops Review
Advice on running better operational review meetings
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Owain Lewis
How To Prioritise As A Manager
Ruthless prioritisation is the key to success in engineering teams.
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Owain Lewis
10 Reasons Your Execution Sucks
Learn the common traps that prevent successful execution in software teams.
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Owain Lewis

May 2024

Measuring Engineering Velocity
How to measure and improve engineering performance in your organisation.
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Owain Lewis
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