Sitemap - 2023 - Hartley's Handbook

6 Things Managers Can Learn From Kitchen Nightmares

4: From Software Engineer to Engineering Manager

3: Optimizing Your Engineering Interview Process

Simple Performance Management Tracking Template

#19 - Permission To Fail (11/30/23)

2: Prioritization as a Manager

9 More Books All Engineering Managers Should Read

1: Books All Managers Should Read

What to do when you're told you work too slow

Giving Space To Take Risks (#18 - 8/4/23)

How Long Should You Wait Before Giving Difficult Feedback To Someone?

A Weird Way To Nail Difficult Conversations At Work

Ultimate Guide to Incident Response Plans for Product Engineering Orgs [Free Template]

Stepping Back To Step Forward (#17 - 6/15/23)

More Teaching, Less Doing (#16 - 6/8/23)

My Optimal Software Engineering Interview Process Template

Welcoming A Challenge (#15 - 5/18/23)

How Good Is Good Enough? (#14 - 5/11/23)

Meetings on My Mind (#13 - 5/4/23)

Exploring the Curious Case of Compliment Sandwiches

Take Your Vacation (#12 - 4/27/23)

Talent Dysmorphia (#11 - 4/13/23)

Project Prioritization with RICE Scoring - Prioritization Template

Business Context (#10 - 4/6/23)

Delivering and Owning Critical Feedback

Super Simple Meeting Agenda Template

Performance Reviews - Weekly Newsletter (3/30/23)

Career Progression and Goals Template - Core Competency Quadrants

Building Teams - #8 (3/23/23)

Letting your team be themselves - Leadership Lessons from "Ted Lasso"

On Mentorship (#7 - 3/16/23)

Learning to Switch Off — Lessons from “Hot Fuzz”

Hartley’s Handbook #6 — Balance of Teams

What I Love About the Engineering Graveyard (and Why You Should Mention It When Interviewing)

What (Not) to Do When You Have to Fire an Employee

Hartley’s Handbook #5 — Spring Cleaning

Learning to Switch Off — Lessons from “Hot Fuzz”

My Super Simple 1:1 Template

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