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Leading people, leadership -Sources
  1. ** Rands in Repose, good articles and discussion about high-tech life and nerds
  2. ** The Nerd Handbook, Rands in Repose, Nov 11, 2007
  3. ** S. Berkun: ”How to Manage Smart People”, ChangeThis, 8.2.2005
  4. ** R. Farson: Managing the Absurd. Paradoxes in Leadership, Simon&Schuster, 1996
  5. ** P.A. Laplante, C.J. Neill: Antipatterns: Identification, Refactoring, and Management, CRC Press, 2006
  6. ** M. LeBoeuf: The Greatest Management Principle in the World, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1985
  7. ** M. McCrimmon: "Zaleznik and Kotter on Leadership", Leadersdirect, 2008
  8. ** M. McCrimmon: "What's wrong with leadership theory?", Leadersdirect, 24.11.2008
  9. ** M. McCrimmon: Burn! Leadership Myths in Flames, Self Renewal Group, 2006
  10. ** D.S. Olson, C.L. Stimmel: Manager Pool: Patterns for Radical Leadership, Addison-Wesley, 2002
  11. ** J. H. Rainwater: Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers, Apress, 2002, free online book for ACM members
  12. ** J. Rotman, E. Derby: Behind Closed Doors. Secrets of Great Management, The Pragmatic Programmers, 2005
  13. ** R. Whitehead: Leading a Software Development Team: A Developer's Guide to Successfully Leading People and Projects, Addison-Wesley, 2001
  14. * M. K. Ash: Mary Kay on People Management, Warner Books, 1985
  15. * J.D. Cougar & R.A. Zawacki: Motivating and Managing Computer Personnel, John Wiley & Sons, 1980
  16. * T. DeMarco: Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency, Random House, 2001
  17. * T. DeMarco & T. Lister: Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, Dorset House, 1999
  18. * E. Derby: "What's a Manager to Do? Finding Your Place on a Self-Organizing Team", Better Software, pp. 22 - 26, December 2008
  19. * A.Falk, M. Kosfeld: Distrust – The Hidden Cost of Control, Institute for the Study of Labor,Discussion Paper No. 1203, July 2004
  20. * K. Farrell, C. Broude: Winning the Change Game. How to Implement Information Systems with Fewer Headaches and Bigger Paychecks, Breakthrough Enterprises, 1987
  21. * F.P. Ginac: Creating High Performance Software Development Teams, Prentice Hall, 2000
  22. * P. Glen: Leading Geeks: How to Manage and Lead People Who Deliver Technology, Jossey-Bass, 2002
  23. * T. Hall, H. Sharp, S. Beecham, N. Baddoo, H. Robinson: "What Do We Know about Developer Motivation?", IEEE Software, pp. 92-94, Jul/Aug, 2008
  24. * N. Karten: Communication Gaps and How to Close Them, Dorset House, 2002
  25. * R. Koch: The Successful Boss’s First 100 Days. The Official Guide for the New Boss, Pitman Publishing, 1994
  26. * J.P. Kotter: A Force for Change. How Leadership Differs from Management, Free Press, 1990
  27. * L. E. Losoncy: The Motivating Team Leader, St. Lucie Press, 1995
  28. * B. Nelson: 1001 Ways to Reward Employees, Workman Publishing, 1994
  29. * D. Nisse: ”Leadership, Army Style”, IEEE Software, pp. 92 - 94, March/April 2000 - (don’t judge the article by the title, its worth reading)
  30. * N. Peeling: Doctor Peeling’s Principles of Management - Practical Advice for the Front-Line Manager, Dorset House, 2003
  31. * D. Rowntree: The Manager’s Book of Checklists, Corgi Books, 1988
  32. * V. Stewart & A. Stewart: Managing The Poor Performer, Wildwood House Ltd., 1988
  33. * P. Ward: 360-Degree Feedback, IPD, 1997
  34. * K. Whitaker: Managing Software Maniacs. Finding, Managing and Rewarding a Winning Development Team, Wiley, 1994
  35. People Capability Maturity Model (P-CMM), Software Engineering Institute
  36. S. T. Acuna, N. Juristo, A. M. Moreno: "Emphasizing Human Capabilities in Software Development", IEEE Software, pp. 94-101, March/April 2006
  37. L. Adkins: "Navigating Conflict. A Guide to Fostering High-performing Agile Teams", BetterSoftware, pp. 30 - 34, April 2009
  38. R. Agarwal, T.W. Ferratt: ”Enduring Practices for Managing IT Professionals”, Communications of the ACM, pp. 73 - 79, September 2002
  39. B. de Baar: "25 Sure-fire Ways To Motivate Your Team Members", ProjectShrink, May 12, 2008
  40. J. Bach, D. W. Smith: ”Plans, Lies, and Videotape. Why are smart, skilled, responsible, experienced software people like us so often mixed up about commitments”, IEEE Computer, pp. 107-109, June 1998
  41. W. Bennis: On Becoming a Leader, Addison-Wesley, 1989
  42. W. Bennis & B. Nanus: Leaders. The strategies for Taking Charge, HarperCollins, 1985
  43. W. Bennis, J. Goldsmith: Learning to Lead. A Workbook on Becoming a Leader, Nicholas Brealy, 1997
  44. W. Bennis, P.W. Biederman: Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration, Addison-Wesley, 1997
  45. K. Blanchard, P. Zigarmi, D. Zigarmi.: Leadership and the One Minute Manager, Fontana Paperbacks,1987
  46. D. Boddy & D. Buchanan: Take the Lead - Interpersonal Skills for Project Managers, Prentice Hall, 1992
  47. I. Bogorad: "Lessons in leadership: What kind of a leader are you?", TechRepublic/IT Leadership, August 31st, 2009
  48. M. Cantor: Software Leadership: A Guide to Successful Software, Addison-Wesley, 2002
  49. I. Chaleff:, The Courageous Follower: Standing Up to and for Our Leaders, Berrett-Koehler, 2003
  50. S. Clayton: Sharpen Your Team’s Skills in Supervision, McGraw-Hill, 1996
  51. M. Cohn: ”Proper Care and Feeding of Programmers. How to manage developers according to their natural instincts and behaviors”, Better Software, pp. 24 - 28, 46, February 2005
  52. D. Coleman: Working with Emotional Intelligence, Bloomsbury, 1998, suomeksi: Tunneäly, Otava, 1998
  53. B. Colwell: ”Employee Performance Reviews”, IEEE Computer, pp. 12 - 15, September 2002
  54. L. Copeland: "Resistance Is Futile", BetterSoftware, pp. 13, April 2009
  55. Ian Cunningham: The Wisdom of Strategic Learning, The Self Managed Learning Solution, McGraw-Hill, 1994
  56. B. Curtis, W.E. Hefley, S.A. Miller: The People Capability Maturity Model, Guidelines for Improving the Workforce, Addison-Wesley, 2002
  57. B. Curtis, W.E. Hefley, S.A. Miller: The People Capability Maturity Model, Version 2.0, Software Engineering Institue, July 2001
  58. T. DeMarco, P. Hruschka, T. Lister, S. McMenamin, J. Robertson, S. Robertson: Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior, Dorset House, 2008
  59. E. Derby: "What's a Manager to Do? Finding Your Place on a Self-Organizing Team", Better Software, pp. 22 - 26, December 2008
  60. E. Derby: ”How to Talk About Work Performance: A Feedback Primer”, CrossTalk, December 2003
  61. E. Derby: ”The Secret Ingredients of High Morale”, Esther Derby Associates, November 2003
  62. E. Derby: ”Real-Time Feedback”, Esther Derby Associates, 2003
  63. Eisenhardt and Tabrizi: "Accelerating Adaptive Processes: Product Innovation in the Global Computer Industry", Administrative Science Quarterly, 1995
  64. P. Ensworth: The Accidental Project Manager: Surviving the Transition from Techie to Manager, John Wiley and Sons, 2001
  65. D. R. Faught, M. Bolton: "Communicating with Context", StickyMinds, 10/15/2007
  66. R. Fisher, A. Sharp: Lateral Leadership. Getting Things Done When You Are Not the Boss. HarperCollins Business, 1998
  67. Y. Fujigaki: “Stress analysis: A new perspective on peopleware”, American Programmer, July 1993
  68. D. Freemantle: Superboss, The A-Z of managing people successfully, Gover, 1986
  69. R. L. Glass, J. Rost, M. S. Matook: "Lying on Software Projects," IEEE Software, pp. 90-95, Nov./Dec. 2008
  70. R.L. Glass: "The Ups and Downs of Programmer Stress", Communications of the ACM, pp. 17 - 19, April 1997
  71. L. Hardiman: ”Personality Types and Software Engineers”, IEEE Computer, p. 10, October 1997
  72. F. Hein: ”The Blame Game”, IEEE Software, pp. 89-91, November/December, 1998
  73. P. Hersey, K. H. Blanchard: Tilannejohtaminen, Yritysvalmennus-kirjat, 1990
  74. P. Hersey: Tilannejohtaja, Yritysvalmennus-kirjat, 1984
  75. S.J. Holoviak: Golden Rule Management: Give Respect, Get Results, Addison-Wesley, 1993
  76. W.S. Humphrey: Managing Technical People: Innovation, Teamwork, and the Software Process, SEI Series in Software Engineering (Addison-.Wesley), 1997
  77. M Igbaria, C. Shayo: Strategies for Managing IS/IT Personnel, Idea Group Publishing, 2004, free online book for ACM members
  78. H. K. Jones: "Does MBWA (Management By Wandering Around) Still Work?", SelfGrowth.com
  79. S. Kaye: ”Attitude adjustments. Some proven ways to promote exchange of ideas”, Quality Progress, March 1999
  80. A. Kivimäki-Kuitunen & Kiehinen II: Work, Rest & Play. Matkaevästä Nokian nuorilta esimiehiltä, Mermerus, 2000
  81. D. C. Kinlaw: Coaching. Winning Strategies for Individuals and Teams, Gower, 1997
  82. P. M. Lencioni: Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators, Jossey-Bass, 2005
  83. M. Lopp: Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager, Apress, 2007; see also the book’s website and autohr’s website
  84. S. C. Lundin, J. Christensen, H. Paul: Fish! Sticks: A Remarkable Way to Adapt to Changing Times and Keep Your Work Fresh, Hyperion, 2003
  85. S. C. Lundin, J. Christensen, H. Paul, P. Strand: Fish! Tales: Real-Life Stories to Help You Transform Your Workplace and Your Life, Hyperion, 2002
  86. S. C. Lundin, H. Paul, J. Christensen: Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results, Hyperion, 2000
  87. L. Lyon & F. Gluckson: MIS Manager’s Appraisal Guide: Practical Guidelines and Forms for Evaluation and Appraising Your MIS Staff, McGraw Hill
  88. M. Maccoby: "Resolving The Leadership Paradox:The DoctorĠs Dialogue", Research Technology Management, pp. 57-59, May-June, 1996
  89. J. and M. McCarthy: Softare for Your Head. Core Protocols for Creating and maintaining Shared Vision, Addison-Wesley, 2002
  90. T. McClintock,: "Dealing with Specific Types of Difficult People", Global Knowledge, 2008
  91. J. McKay: Managing the Test People, Rocky Nook, 2007
  92. J. McKee: "10 ways to get honest feedback (before it's too late)", Tech ReŒpublic, IT leadership, April 16th, 2009
  93. U. Merz: ”Grace Under Pressure”, Software Development, December 2001
  94. M.J. Morris: The First Time Manager. The First Steps to a Brilliant Career, Kogan Page, 1998
  95. M. Muchnick: Naked Management. Bare Essentials for Motivating the X-generation at Work, St. Lucie Press, 1996
  96. B. Nelson, P. Economy: "Managing for dummies", IDG Books, 1996J. O’Toole: Leadership A to Z. A Guide for the Appropriately Ambitious, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999
  97. R. Ovans: "The programmer life-cycle", ACM Software Engineering Notes, pp. 25 - 26, May 2004
  98. B. Palmer: Making Change Work: Practical Tools for Overcoming Human Resistance to Change, American Society for Quality, Quality Press (http://qualitypress.asq.org/), 2004
  99. R. E. Palmer: Ultimate Leadership: Winning Execution Strategies for Your Situation, Wharton School Publishing, 2008, free to ACM members
  100. A-L. Palmu-Joronen: Nokia-vuodet. MitŠ johtamisesta voi oppia, Atena, 2009
  101. H.M. Parsons: ”What Happened at Hawthorne”, Science, vol 183, no. 8, pp. 922 - 932, March 1974
  102. L. J. Peters: Getting Results from Software Development Teams, Microsoft Press, 2008
  103. B. Pfleging: The Geek Gap: Why Business And Technology Professionals Don't Understand Each Other And Why They Need Each Other to Survive, Prometheus Books 2006
  104. D. Phillips, R. O'Bryan: It Sounded Good When We Started: A Project Manager's Guide to Working with People on Projects, John Wiley and Sons, 2004
  105. Poppendieck: "The Leadership Paradox", Poppendieck.LLC, Feb 4, 2002
  106. W. Roberts: Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, Bantam Press, 1989
  107. J. Rothman: "Successful Software Management: 14 Lessons Learned", CrossTalk, December 2003
  108. J. Rothman: ”Tips for Passing the Baton”, Software Development, pp. 59 - 61, February 2002
  109. V. Sethi, R.C. King, J.C. Quick: ”What Causes Stress in Information System Professionals”, Communications of the ACM, pp. 99 - 102, March 2004
  110. D. Shula, K. Blanchard: Everyone’s a Coach. You Can Inspire to Be a Winner, HarperBusiness, 1995
  111. V. Skowronski: "Talking to the Solitary Genius", IEEE Computer, pp. 96, 94-95, August 2005
  112. J. Spolsky: Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent, Apress, 2007
  113. J. Spolsky: "A Field Guide to Developers", Joel on Software, September 07, 2006
  114. J. Spolsky: "Hitting the High Notes", Joel on Software, July 25, 2005
  115. D. Strachan: Making Questions Work: A Guide to How and What to Ask for Facilitators, Consultants, Managers, Coaches, and Educators, Jossey-Bass, 2006
  116. P. SydŠnmaanlakka: Luovuuden ja innovatiivisuuden johtaminen, Talentum, 2009
  117. P. SydŠnmaanlakka: An intelligent organization. Integrating performance, competence and knowledge management, Capstone Publishing Limited, 2007
  118. P. SydŠnmaanlakka: €lykŠs organisaatio, Talentum, 2007
  119. P. SydŠnmaanlakka: Intelligent Leadership. Leading People in Intelligent Organisations, Pertec Consulting, 2005
  120. P. Sydänmaanlakka: Älykäs johtajuus Ihmisten johtaminen ŠlykkŠŠssŠ organisaatiossa. Talentum Media 2004
  121. L. Testa: Growing Software: Proven Strategies for Managing Software Engineers, No Starch Press, 2009
  122. Thamhain "Managing Technologically Innovative Team Efforts Toward New Product Success", Journal of Product Innovation Management, 1990
  123. Thamhain: "Managing Engineers Effectively", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 30(4), 231–237, 1983
  124. K. Thompson: "People Projects: Psychometric Profiling", CrossTalk, April 2003
  125. A.D. Timple: Mikä motivoi henkilöstöä, Ekonomia-sarja, Weilin+Göös, 1988
  126. I. Vartiovaara: Voimaa eustressistä, Duodecim, 2004
  127. E. Warren, C. Toll: The Stress Work Book. How Individuals, Teams & Organizations Can Balance Pressure and Performance, Nicholas Brealey, 1997
  128. G. M. Weinberg: Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach, Dorset House, 1986
  129. K. Whitaker: ”Motivating and Keeping Software Developers”, IEEE Computer, pp. 126-128,January 1997
  130. M. Whittaker, A. Cartwright: 32 Activities on Coaching and Mentoring, Gower, 1998
  131. D. Willerton: ”After the Curtain Was Pulled Away”, IEEE Software, pp. 114-117, September/October 1999
  132. J. Williams: Team Development for High-Tech Project Managers, Artech House, 2002
  133. G. P. Zachary: Showstopper. The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft, Free Pres, 1994 - An interesting real-life story of different kinds of people working (or sometimes trying to work) together
  134. R. Zawacki: “Motivating IT People in the 90s: An ‘Alarming Drop’ in job satisfaction.”, Software Practioner, November 1996

Conflict management


  1. C. Albright: "Ten Tips for Managing Conflict, Tension and Anger", About.com, January 6, 2006
  2. R. Bolton, D. Bolton: People Styles at Work. Making Bad relationships Good and Good Relationships Better., Amacon, 1996
  3. R. Bramson: Miten käsittelen hankalia ihmisiä, Kirjayhtymä, 1981
  4. * R. Brinkman, R. Kirschner: Dealing with People You Can't Stand. How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst, McGraw-Hill, 1994
  5. * E. deBono: Conflicts. A Better Way to Resolve Them, Penguin Books1985
  6. J. P. Folger, M. S. Poole, R. K. Stutman: Working Through Conflict: Strategies for Relationships, Groups, and Organizations, Allyn & Bacon, 2008
  7. * D. Harrington-Mackin: Keeping the Team Going. A Toolkit to Renew & Refuel Your Workplace Teams, Amacom, 1996
  8. J. Hawkins: ”Butting Heads in the Workplace. How to remove the threat of confrontation”, Quality Progress, May 1998
  9. * K. Mackey: ”Conscious Conflict”, IEEE Software, pp. 112 - 113, September/October 1999
  10. T. McClintock,: "Dealing with Specific Types of Difficult People", Global Knowledge, 2008
  11. C. McNamara: "Basics of Conflict Management", Free Management Library
  12. * D. Straus, T. C. Layton: How to Make Collaboration Work: Powerful Ways to Build Consensus, Solve Problems, and Make Decisions, Berret-Koheler, 2002
  13. J. Uebergang: "Principles and Tips to Deal with Difficult People", Tower of Power, 23 Feb, 2009
  14. D. H. Weiss: Ongelmaihmisiä - ongelmatilanteita - kuinka tulet toimeen niiden kanssa, Weilin+Göös, 1989


Recruiting/firing


  1. T. DeMarco & T. Lister: Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams/part III The Right People (pp. 93 - 120), Dorset House, 1999
  2. P. Gray: "Talent management: Too important to leave to HR", TechRepublic, April 21st, 2009
  3. I.M. Haas: “Hiring the Best”, IEEE Computer, May 1997
  4. J. Harris, J. Brannic: Finding and Keeping Great Employees, Amacom, 1999
  5. J. Kador: The Manager’s Book of Questions. 751 Great Interview Questions for Hiring the Best Person., McGraw-Hill, 1997
  6. J. Mongan, N. Suojanen: Programming Interviews Exposed, John Wiley & Sons, 2001
  7. W. Poundstone: How Would You Move Mount Fuji?, Little, Brown, 2003
  8. J. Rosse, R. Levin: High-Impact Hiring. A Comprehensive Guide to Performance-Based Hiring, Jossey Bass, 1997
  9. J. Rothmann: Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds, Dorset House, 2004
  10. J. Rothman: ”Livable Layoffs”, Software Development, pp. 47 - 52, November 2001
  11. J. Spolsky: Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent, Apress, 2007
  12. J. Spolsky: "The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing (version 3.0)", Joel on Software, October 25, 2006
  13. J. Spolsky: "The Phone Screen", Joel on Software, October 24, 2006
  14. J. Spolsky: "Sorting Resumes", Joel on Software, September 08, 2006
  15. J. Spolsky: "Finding Great Developers", Joel on Software, September 06, 2006
  16. E. Sullivan: Under Preassure and On Time, Microsoft Press, 2001 ( see chapter 1: Great People and how to Find Them)


Other interesting and useful


  1. * Brief introduction to chaos theory
  2. * Dilbert comic strip
  3. * S. Adams: The Dilbert Principle. A Cubicle’s Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions, HarperBusiness, 1996
  4. * S. Adams: Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook, HarperBusiness, 1996
  5. * S. Adams: Dilbert Gives You the Business, Andrew & McMeel Publisihing, 1999
  6. *M. Cusumano, R. W. Selby: Microsoft Secrets. How the World’s Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People, HarperCollins Publishers, 1996
  7. + all other Dilbert strips, albums and books
  8. * Fortune magazine
  9. * Business Week magazine
  10. * D. Firth: How to Make Work Fun. An Alphabet of possibilities..., gower, 1995
  11. *M. Hilzik: Dealers of Lightning. Xerox PARC and the Dawn of Computer Age, Harper Business, 1999
  12. F. O'Connell: How to Run Successful High-Tech Project-Based Organizations, Artech House Books, 2000
  13. * L.J. Peter: The Peter Pyramid, Bantam Books, 1986
  14. C. Tsang: Microsoft First Generation. The Success Secrets of the Visionaries Who Launched A Technology Empire, John Wiley, 2000
  15. * M. J. Wheatley: Leadership and the New Science. Discovering Order in a Chaotic World., Berret Koehler Publishers, 1999