JoelOnSoftware has a bunch of links under the heading of "Tech Lead".

I've read some of them, but for future reference I'll post them here as well:

• Two Stories
• Human Task Switches Considered Harmful
• Lord Palmerston on Programming
• The Development Abstraction Layer
• Three Management Methods (Introduction)
• The Command and Control Management Method
• The Econ 101 Management Method
• The Identity Management Method
• Evidence Based Scheduling

Hey Joel, if you ever read trackbacks, I want a guest post from you here!

The thing about Joel is simple: It's not like he's the world's perfect manager, and I wouldn't recommentd that you follow blindly anything he says. I woud however recvommend that you read some of the things he writes about this topic because

1. He writes really well
2. He makes good points
3. He challenges you to think

so even if you don't agree, at least you came out a but more invigorated about what you do.