Strategies for Successful Engineering Management

I visited this site today and found a very interesting article about the role and skills of technical managers. The web address being: http://www.todaysengineer.org/2007/Nov/management.asp

Five Strategies for Successful Engineering Management
By Gary C. Hinkle

If you read surveys about the highest paying jobs in the United States, you'll notice that the median salary for engineering managers ranks not too far behind doctors, attorneys and CEOs (typical CEO base salary, not the extreme high end of the scale that often makes the news). Good engineering managers are well paid because they have a very difficult job that not many people with engineering backgrounds want — and even fewer are highly qualified to do.
Michael Aucoin, author of From Engineer to Manager: Mastering the Transition, found that most engineers are unhappy with the "promotion" to manager, saying, "Much of this frustration is the result of lack of preparation and training."
Outside of the technical challenges engineering managers face, three major issues make engineering management a difficult profession:

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