Excellent talks on developing skills necessary to be technical manager/leader from CalibrateSF conference

[Katherine]

Excellent talks on developing yourself to be ready to be a technical manager/leader from Calibrate conference:

Calibrate 2015 playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzgiPj_8A7w&list=PL8iMj9kx_ykTfMMdiV7lYDxbVYF4QwnMF

Calibrate 2016 playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Gziggd1WQ&list=PL8iMj9kx_ykSphiqB8lwtXSOky2iTNu5y

Tagline for this conference:  "You’re a great engineer. Become a great leader." 

• from 2015, I especially liked:
• David Loftesness "The Eng/Mgr Transition: Surviving Your First 90 Days"
• Megan Anctil "Life After Diversity Goals"
  
• Peter Kinmond "Up to Speed: The Importance of Proper Onboarding"  (at Sharethrough)
• Marcy Swenson "Three Best Practices to Grow Your Happiness as a Manager"
• from 2016 -- really every single talk is amazing (which is really rare & amazing), but here are my favorites
• Cynthia Maxwell "What Should I Be Doing Right Now?"
• Jocelyn Goldfein "Developing Your Team"
• Ryan Atkins "Accelerating Impact: Onboarding and Mentorship" (at Dropbox)
• Michael Ruggiero "What Do 1-on-1s Really Mean?"
• Tasneem Minadakis "Say it Right: The Art of Giving Feedback"
• Janice Fraser "Female Career Advancement In Usable Diagram"

...still...watch all the 2016 talks.

And don't skip the diversity talks, they are great overviews of all the research in the area.  Save yourself the pain of making avoidable mistakes that will hurt you & your future companies.  Be a grown-up.

Katherine