Playbook Engineering Leadership New Em First90

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name: playbook-engineering-leadership-new-em-first90
description: "Trust built, cadences running, one visible improvement shipped per month."
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# Playbook: New engineering manager: first 90 days

> Trust built, cadences running, one visible improvement shipped per month.

**Track:** 🗺️ Engineering Leadership · **Domain:** Journey Playbooks · **Level:** journey · **~90 min**

**Who this is for:** Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, Staff Engineers, CTOs

## When to Use This Skill

Trust built, cadences running, one visible improvement shipped per month.
Use it whenever a matching task appears in conversation — the agent loads these instructions on demand.

## Journey Steps

1. Step 1 — Run one-on-ones that build trust: start with "Their agenda first; status belongs in tools not this meeting"
2. Step 2 — Audit your agile ceremonies ruthlessly: start with "Timebox audit: cost each ceremony × attendees × frequency annually"
3. Step 3 — Manage tech debt as a portfolio: start with "Inventory debts with interest rate: how much slower/costlier per month?"
4. How it fits together: Listen before changing. Ceremony audits in month two land better than in week one.

### Referenced Skills

- `people-management-one-on-ones`
- `team-process-sprint-ceremonies-audit`
- `team-process-tech-debt-strategy`

## Commands

**Install all referenced skills**
```bash
npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill people-management-one-on-ones && npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill team-process-sprint-ceremonies-audit && npx skills add aniruddhaadak80/skills --skill team-process-tech-debt-strategy
```

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