Management Tips

Making the team accountable
Put procedures in place to make the goals, metrics transparent. The team mates will hold each other accountable. Manager does not have to take the burden on himself to track everybody's work. Let the team mates compete. There is no better motivator than to be able to swag in front of the peers.

Delegation
Manager does not have to attend all the meetings and plan the details of each and every team member. Thats micro-management. You can not grow up if you keep looking down. Organize the team into groups and assign leads. Give the leads the ownership. Tell them clearly what you expect of them.

Managing up and front
Be the salesman. Sell your value to senior management and customers. Its the individual contributor's responsibility to get the tasks done. The manager / leader's job is not to do the tasks but to get it done, promote the team, find out what customers want

Communication
Speak the truth and seek the truth. Have confidence.

Decision Making
When the answer is not "hell yeah!", brainstorm and look deeper for "hell yeah" solutions. Sometimes its gray, then write down three to five options with pros and cons and pick the best.

Goal setting
Stretch goals; clarity; measurable

Metrics
You can not manage what you can not measure. If you do nothing else, do this -- set up clear metrics and review them frequently. Take a baseline of KPIs when you start and measure the progress as time progresses.

Attracting and Retaining talent
"A" people want to work for "A" people. Strive your best to be "A" manager. Hire the best & ambitious and company will run great by itself.

Set up processes and procedures
Pick up best practices by looking around. Implement them.

Bring your whole self
If you love what you do, you will be dedicated. Results will automatically follow.