Any advice on good courses to take/books to read for managing teams/performing well at Manager/Senior Manager level? Managing at Senior Manager level so learning skills like account development, team interventions, budgeting, winning work etc. Thanks Fishes!

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This may not be specific enough but Radical Candor is extremely popular.

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Couple books that focus more on the soft skills of management:
The interesting truth about what motivates us by Dan Pink (might not be the exact title but along those lines)
Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull founder of Pixar. Really interesting read in general about Pixar and might be more catered to creative teams, there’s definitely a lot in there that’s transferable to all teams.

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I'm keen to know as well, thanks for posting. Will wait for tips!

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