From across Workspace
The Manager Collection
Handbooks and practice for expectations, feedback, and the day-to-day of managing.
About this collection
How to use
- Browse by type: playbooks for structure, resources for examples, video for lived journeys.
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- When you are ready to act, use the button at the bottom to progress whatever you need to work on.
Structured guidance
Playbooks
Step-by-step frameworks for building manager communities and ongoing enablement.
Handbooks & templates
Resources
Cookbooks, public manager handbooks, feedback training, and tough-conversation guides you can take inspo from and use as an accelerator for your work.
Open Source
Manager Cookbook
Curated manager guidance from companies that publish how they lead, hire, give feedback, and run performance.
Open resource
Openverse
The Open People Manager Handbook
50+ curated tools and actionable guides for startup people and culture leaders supporting managers.
Open resource
Openverse
The 37signals Manager Playbook
Everything 37signals managers need to know about managing people in their context.
Open resource
Openverse
How to Talk About Levels & Salary Bands - A Guide For Managers
Justly's guide for managers having tough conversations with teams about levels and bands.
Open resource
Openverse
Addressing Underperformance - Guidance for Managers
Sourcegraph handbook guidance for managers on addressing underperformance.
Open resource
Openverse
Manager Training: Giving & Receiving Feedback
A sanitised Open Org manager handbook guide on giving and receiving feedback.
Open resource
Openverse
The Manager's Handbook
Clearbit's public manager handbook on goals, feedback, coaching, and managing yourself.
Open resource
Openverse
Manager Playbook
Juro's manager playbook covering expectations, performance conversations, pay, feedback, and 1:1s.
Open resource
Lived journeys
Video
Watch how other teams make leadership programmes stick, build coaching tools, and help managers practice tough conversations.
Webinar
Sign inWhy Leadership Development Programmes Keep Failing
Becki and Jess on what needs to exist before and after a programme if you want learning to transfer into action.
Open resource
Shipped by HR
ProBuilding a Leadership Feedback & Coaching Tool at Work.Life
Olya Yakzhina builds a 360 leadership survey that turns feedback into coaching prompts for SLT development.
Open resource
Shipped by HR
ProBuilding an AI Conversation Coach at Rightmove To Help Practice Tough Conversations
Mark Abraham walks through an AI conversation coach anchored to SBI, Radical Candor, and Rightmove frameworks.
Open resource
Tools & partners
Marketplace
Partner tools that can support manager development, coaching, and leadership enablement.
Marketplace
ProWonderful Brilliant
Explore Wonderful Brilliant on the Open Org Marketplace for leadership and manager development.
Open resource
Marketplace
ProMore Happi
Explore More Happi on the Open Org Marketplace for continuous manager coaching and masterclasses.
Open resource
Marketplace
ProImpactful People
Explore Impactful People on the Open Org Marketplace for people and leadership support.
Open resource
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