Learn concepts like management skills, working with different people, and working out who our team is and what they do.

Become an Effective Engineering Manager

The technology industry is facing a skills crisis. It’s because we don’t know how to manage people. This module aims at improving our managing skills. In this module, we’ll start with learning concepts like managing ourselves, interacting with humans, having one-on-one meetings with managers, and choosing the right person for the job. Next, we’ll learn how to deal with different people and projects. In the end, we'll touch upon the modern workspace concepts and life cycle of startups.

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

# How to take notes and assign actions

Throughout the one-on-one, it’s useful to jot down notes and assign actions in the shared document. Review the actions at the end of the meeting. Typically, I write things directly in the shared document on my laptop. All of our meeting rooms have a TV that you can cast your screen to, so I usually put the notes up on there as we talk. The notes aren’t a secret, after all.

I use a bullet-point format to arrange information, and actions are always in bold font. Some hypothetical one-on-one notes with a staff member named Mary are shown in the following image:

Learn how to take notes and assign tasks effectively.

Taking Notes

How to take notes and assign actions