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Ron Lichty https://ronlichty.com/ is a highly experienced engineering manager based in SF and Seattle who writes, speaks and trains internationally, as well as occasionally jumping into teams as interim VP Engineering. I've had the pleasure of hearing several of his talks in-person and he's constantly emphasizing the importance of soft skills. He wrote a very helpful book on the subject, Managing the Unmanageable, published by Pearson/Addison-Wesley https://www.managingtheunmanageable.net/.