zlib.pub_the-managers-path-a-guide-for-tech-leaders-navigating-growth-and-change
by Camille Fournier · 164 highlights
Taking the whole team to lunch, leaving work early on a Friday afternoon to attend a fun event together, encouraging some PG-rated humor in chat rooms, and asking people how their lives are going are all ways to cultivate team unity.
They’re going to be sensitive to the feeling that you’ve been “rewarded,” even if they didn’t want to become managers themselves.
Pick your battles. In the long run, handling this transition with maturity will pay off.
You can use this situation to your advantage with former peers by openly giving them more control over some of that technical work you used to own.