My 2cents …

• Honesty – Effective managers must be honest about aspects such as production and profit at all times.
• Accountability – Take responsibility for your actions and overall performance
• Integrity – Be consistent in your decision-making and resolution of issues
• Respect –  Treat staff members, customers and your own supervisor with the same respect you would expect for yourself.
• Flexibility – Show patient and work with those in need of assistance

Quelle: Code of Conduct for Managers | Small Business – Chron.com

Instead of seeking answers, becoming a better leader starts with asking ourselves the right questions.

How can I

1. create an environment for people to do their best work?
2. create as much clarity and coherence about what needs to get done and why?
3. personally model the behavior I want to be true across my team?
4. see things for what they are, instead of what I want them to be?

Source: The 4 essential questions to ask yourself as a leader – Signal v. Noise

Nice article about devops and the management / leaderships skills you need.

Quelle: Leading a DevOps Movement – Hi, I’m Caleb!

1. You think building trust is about team-building.
2. You think your team members generally know what’s going on.
3. You believe being busy as a leader is good.
4. You sort-of prepare for your one-on-one meetings 
5. You try to solve the problem yourself, because you’re the domain expert.
6. You think transparency all the time is good.
7. You think you communicate the vision in your team well.
8. You think you’re giving enough feedback.
9. You’re nice. 

Quelle: The 9 mistakes you don’t know you’re making as a new manager – Signal v. Noise

We live in a culture obsessed with personal productivity.
Time management is not a solution — it’s actually part of the problem.
There are a limited number of hours in the day, and focusing on time management just makes us more aware of how many of those hours we waste.
A better option is attention management: Prioritize the people and projects that matter, and it won’t matter how long anything takes.
Often our productivity struggles are caused not by a lack of efficiency, but a lack of motivation.

If you’re trying to be more productive, don’t analyze how you spend your time. Pay attention to what consumes your attention.

Quelle: Productivity Isn’t About Time Management. It’s About Attention Management. – The New York Times

The absolute worst is when you have dozens of people from all different departments in the same room. Sales, marketing, support, administration, programmers, designers, what have you. These departments have very different needs for quiet or concentration or use of phones or open conversation. Mixing them together is peak bad open office design.

Source: https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-open-plan-office-is-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-idea-42bd9cd294e3