The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well

Many people think leadership is a higher calling that exclusively resides in managers who practice or follow big compelling leadership philosophies. But what's most important for leadership is principled consistency, because small things done well build trust and respect within a team.

Using stories from his time at Apple, Pinterest and Slack, Michael Lopp—VP of Engineering at Slack—presents a series of leadership practices that help you build leadership skills. You’ll learn how to create teams that are highly productive, highly respected, and highly trusted.

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• Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
• The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
• 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts
• The Pragmatic Programmer: your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
• Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook
• What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture
• The Dream Machine
• Primitive Technology: A Survivalist's Guide to Building Tools, Shelters, and More in the Wild
• You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place