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

# Chapter review

This concludes everything you could want to know about people leaving the company. In this chapter, you’ve learned the following:

* That people will always leave. You should now know that it’s perfectly normal, and there’s often little you can do about it. Natural turnover, however, can be advantageous in bringing new, diverse ideas to your team.
* How to know when people should go with your blessing. You learned about the good reasons people may leave and how to accept it. Be grateful that you got to work with them and send them on their way with a smile.
* We covered how to fight for staff to stay. You have considered when it’s appropriate to try your best to keep the staff from leaving, what mechanisms you can use to do so, and the trade-offs you’ll face.
* Finally, we discussed how to make people leave. You learned about Performance Improvement Plans, including when to use them, how to write them, and what to do during the process. Remember that despite the difficulty, they’re a win-win situation for you. Either a poor performer improves, or they leave, and you get to replace them with someone else.

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Here are some concluding remarks to the chapter and an introduction to the next one.

Enough Goodbyes Already!

Chapter review