When Your Team Is Right, and Leadership Is Wrong (And You're Stuck in the Middle)
Your team says the timeline is impossible. They're right. Leadership says it has to be done anyway. Your engineers want to fix technical debt. Leadership wants features. You need tools and training. Leadership says no budget. Welcome to middle management - where you're stuck between technical reality and business demands, and nobody's happy with you.
Managing Up as a Technical Manager: Getting What Your Team Needs
As a technical manager, your success depends not just on managing your team downward, but on effectively managing up to secure resources, remove obstacles, and shield your team from organizational politics. This guide covers practical strategies for advocating upward and getting what your team needs to succeed.