Remote management of people not on your eng team

Every Monday, I DM my reports “Happy monday! How is stuff? Anything I should know?”

I have a list of management info that I keep ~updated, with headers like:

  1. Principles
  2. 1:1 standard questions
  3. Regular reminders
  4. Ask (sometimes)
  5. Tools I use
  6. Things I should know about my report
  7. Timezone they work in
  8. Their salary and stock amounts
  9. Upcoming Review Timeline
  10. Manager Training Resources
  11. Important Documents
  12. Yearly Bonuses
  13. 401k matching status
  14. Pay Bands
  15. Laptops / laptop refreshes

…more stuff goes here

I keep a 1:1 private doc per report with all my notes, links to their page on the internal system, links to their linkedin…