managing-high-performers

managing-high-performers is a Coaching, career development & culture skill for AI agents, published by manager-dot-dev in the manager-skills repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates managing-high-performers C (74/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Guides engineering managers through the specific challenges of managing top engineers — produces a four-quadrant ability/confidence diagnostic, the Rock Star vs. Superstar distinction, common mistakes to avoid, a stagnation diagnostic (Diminishing XP), and a Pusher vs. Puller framework for managing burnout and team friction. Use when the user says "rockstar engineer," "superstar," "high performer," "brilliant jerk," "wants promotion," "hardest to manage," "overconfident," "my best developer is burning out," "engineer is frustrated," or "my best developer is pushing me." Do NOT use for standard underperformance (use performance-reviews) or general motivation questions (use engineer-motivation).

Grade
C
Quality
74 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
97

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Our review

Architecture
99 / 100
Maturity
Structured: ships references or scripts
Security scan
No issues found
License
MIT
Adoption
Adopted by 0 other repositories, in 0 collections
Scope
Portable: works in any project. General engineering-management coaching framework, not company-specific.

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