You're not the bottleneck because you're bad at leading.You're the bottleneck because you're very, very good at it.Every time you answer a question your team should solve, you train them to bring you the next one. Every time you weigh in on a decision they could own, you quietly shrink their thinking. It feels like leadership. It's actually a ceiling for them, and for you.Think First is a field guide for the leader who has o...

**From a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most important resource it has: its people.Selected for "Best Books of 2023" by Bloomberg and The Economist!**“Whether you are a new manager or a CEO, there are going to be moments when you feel alone and need help. Odds are, the advice you need is in Scaling People. You are going to pull this book off your shelf over and over!"—Kim Scott,

A lot of Engineering Managers and leaders studied for years and years to become the best Engineer they possibly could be... and then they were promoted.It can be very tough for those of us who didn't go into Engineering with the distinct concept that we would become managers, but still want to do our best to support our teams.I wrote this book because there's so much no one told me about management that I wished I would have known. There's a lot to be purposeful about that ...

From the bestselling co-author of The Challenger Sale, a paradigm-shattering approach to overcoming customer indecision and closing more salesIn sales, the worst thing you can hear from a customer isn’t “no.” It’s “I need to think about it.” When this happens, deeply entrenched business advice says to double down on your efforts to sell a buyer on all the ways they might win by choosing you and your business. But this approach backfires dramatically. Why? ...

THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION . . . EVERY TIMEThe ability to craft an employee review that is meaningful and change-driven is what separates average supervisors from great managers. How often, though, have you struggled to find the most appropriate words for your needs?This completely revised and updated second edition of Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews provides hundreds of ready-made phrases you can use to clearly communicate any employee's perfor...

As an engineering manager, you almost always have someone in your company to turn to for advice: a peer on another team, your manager, or even the head of engineering. But who do you turn to if you're the head of engineering? Engineering executives have a challenging learning curve, and many folks excitedly start their first executive role only to leave frustrated within the first 18 months.In this book, author Will Larson shows you ways to obtain your first executive job and quick...

FORGE A POWERFUL STRATEGY TO BECOME A PRODUCT MANAGER WHO DELIVERS RESULTSThe world of business is moving at breakneck speed. More is being demanded of everyone--with fewer resources than ever. In no profession is this more apparent than Product Management.Written by one of today's leading Product Management thought-leaders, Steven Haines, The Product Manager's Survival Guide provides best practices, practical on-the-job advice, and a step-by-step blueprint for s...

The Clockwork Solution is your guide to mastering time and making every day work for you. This book teaches you how to optimize your daily routine, streamline tasks, and eliminate wasted time. With simple yet powerful strategies, you’ll learn how to automate decisions, prioritize effectively, and use your time with precision—just like a well-oiled machine. Whether you're juggling multiple responsibilities or simply looking to make the most of each moment, this guide provides actionable ste...

The Secret of Speed reveals how to achieve more by working smarter, not harder. In this guide, you’ll discover strategies to streamline your efforts, eliminate inefficiencies, and harness the power of focused action. By prioritizing high-impact tasks and leveraging your strengths, you’ll learn how to work with greater efficiency and effectiveness. Whether you’re looking to increase productivity at work or create more time for your personal life, this book shows you how to accelerate your r...

The key difference between a highly successful organization and one that just merely reaches its quarterly goals--most of the time--might very well be how they address performance reviews.Are they just a perfunctory, annual “check-off,” with no other goal than to justify salary increases, or does the organization truly know how to manage and measure its employees’ performances to best impact a company’s bottom line?In The Performance Appraisal Tool Kit

Technology-driven change is accelerating at an exponential rate, but moving fast in the wrong direction will only get you into trouble faster! Reacting to problems and digital disruptions, no matter how agile you and your organization are, is no longer good enough.The Anticipatory Organization teaches you how to separate the Hard Trends that will happen, from the Soft Trends that might happen, allowing you to jump ahead with low risk and ...

The award-winning Q&A guide on management from the authors of The Big Book of HR.2020 Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Career CategoryCongratulations, you're a manager! Now what?Of course, you have expertise in the field you're managing—but there's so much more to know, and your responsibilities can become overwhelming at times. A management career means continuous learning: encountering new situations, solving new prob...