Add a link to my engineering management reading list

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+title: "My useful list of books for Engineering Leadership"
+tags:
+- opinion
+- scribd
+- management
+- leadership
+---
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+
+One of the most significant personal revelations I have had in the past five
+years has been around the relevance and importance of high-quality engineering
+management and leadership. From my observations, poor engineering leadership has a negative
+and cascading effect throughout the product development process, and can
+substantially improve or degrade the overall performance of the company. As I have [previously
+written](/2017/09/19/management-coaching.html), I now appreciate how
+engineering leadership is a specific skill set which requires practice, growth,
+and it's own specialization.
+
+For my own growth, I have found books to be useful from the domains of: 
+general management, executive management practices, leadership, and product
+management. I haven't found much really compelling that is _specific_ for
+engineering management and have instead resorted to pattern-matching and
+pilfering ideas from other industries. What I have found most useful have been
+books on general leadership practices and principles.
+
+I prefer to think of my job as _leadership_ not management. Management is what
+we do when we're overseeing a complex machine. Leadership is what we do when
+we're overseeing and working with complex groups of people. I find that helps
+reframe the job from pulling levers and pushing buttons, to one of politics and
+persuasion.
+
+
+**[Click here for my list of useful books](https://www.scribd.com/lists/22627055/Engineering-Management)**
+
+
+This list is certainly not comprehensive and is wholly based on **my opinion**. 
+
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+
+I am currently pulling together an informal group of remote engineering
+managers and leaders across companies. I'm hoping that by creating a
+peer-support group, we will be able to help each other grow and solve problems.
+If this strikes you as interesting, please email me (rtyler@) and say hello!
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