You're going to be attending some new meetings as a developer-manager, and you're also going to be attending some old meetings but in new ways as a manager. In this chapter, we're going to look at the main types of meeting that you're likely to need to attend now as a developer-manager, and how to be successful with those meetings.

We'll start by talking about important "off-duty" meetings, including both one-to-one off-duty chats and the wider-group off-duty chats. These can be very important meetings for your team members, but they can also raise fresh challenges for you as a manager, such as how friendly you can be with your team members while off duty, and how to balance being yourself while holding a certain line as a manager at the same time.

We then move on to "meet and greet" type meetings, where certain protocols and...