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A new engineering manager needs different skills and different ways of thinking and acting to succeed in a new role. Be aware of what’s on your current plate, understanding the overall company strategy and where your department and team fit into that strategy are just a few of your new responsibilities. The worst thing you do is to make your engineers feel like you care more about looking in the upper eyes of upper management than about them, says author of the book "Babe Ruth's" The way a team plays as a whole determines its success, says Ruth.