r/management

39k members
r/management is a subreddit with 39k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses leadership, lean, management, agile, and problem solving.
Focused on modern management topics: lean thinking, Deming, innovation, customer focus, six sigma, continual improvement, agile software development and related topics focused on viewing the organization as a system, evidence based management and respect for people.

Popular Themes in r/management

#1
Advice Requests
: "37 tips for improving productivity in software development teams"
21 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Why Leaders Need to Go and See Front-line Work"
11 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Management was by far my biggest gripe. I am completely exhausted by the absolute insanity that was the tech industry up to 2021..."
8 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "The Secret to Delighting Customer is Putting Employees First"
7 posts
#5
Solution Requests
: "The Soft Underbelly of “Hard Data”"
3 posts
#6
News
: "Why Great Engineering Organizations Thrive on "Normal" Engineers"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/management

#1

Leadership

: "Leadership Checklist"
51 posts
#2

Lean

: "6 Guidelines for Moving Toward a Lean Value Stream"
50 posts
#3

Management

: "Shorter Plans Results in More Management Ease and Better Results"
49 posts
#4

Agile

: "A formula for successful Agile team leadership"
21 posts
#5

Problem Solving

: "5 Levels Of Problem Solving: A Framework For (First-Time) Managers"
16 posts
#6

Culture

: "Hard Problems in Soft Cultures"
14 posts
#7

Improvement

: "Where Continuous Quality Improvement Strategies Go Wrong"
13 posts
#8

Change

: "30-60 days in a new leadership role: run experiments for Change"
13 posts
#9

Software

11 posts
#10

Systems Thinking

10 posts

Member Growth in r/management

Yearly
+3k members(7.4%)

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Last updated: May 30, 2026