Managing Managers

In a world where algorithms predict our next purchase and virtual meetings dominate our calendars, the essence of work has witnessed a tectonic shift. With this technological evolution, there has been a simultaneous transformation in our understanding of leadership and management. But have we truly grasped the nuanced changes, or are we being led astray by age-old myths and outdated narratives? In "Managing the Manager," we embark on a journey to dissect these misconceptions to understand the very fabric of work ethics in this new world. We delve into the layers of organizational change, ...

Listen to hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp’s perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The third edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the ongoing saga of Lopp's adventures in Silicon Valley, together with classic episodes remastered for high fidelity and freshness.

Discover simple-to-use techniques to forge lasting and professional relationships in any corporate environment. Learn the art of Increasing Career Exposure and leveraging every interaction to propel your career forward. Whether you're struggling to communicate with your boss or looking to broaden your professional network, this book offers Effective Communication with Bosses and Building Professional Networks strategies that work.

Master Your Emotions is the how-to manual your parents should have given you at birth. By listening to it, you’ll learn a step-by-step process to deal with negative emotions so you can live a happier, more fulfilling life. With pragmatic exercises and personal examples, you’ll explore techniques that counteract draining spirals of negativity and provide immediate relief.

In this course, author Dr. Todd shows how to manage your reputation and one of your most important work relationships: your rapport with your boss. Discover how to understand your manager's world, preferences, and lingo; support your boss's goals; be a help rather than a hindrance; and lead by offering solutions. Plus, learn how to manage particularly difficult types of bosses, such as the boss who's never available, the mean boss, or the boss who acts better than everyone else.

This audio is a synthesis of Stephen R. Covey's two-day interactive and intensive workshop on leadership. In this audio program Dr. Covey teaches managers and leaders how to define their contributions, develop greater influence, leverage hidden resources, give constructive feedback, and unleash the full potential of their team against critical priorities.

How do you run a big meeting? Help your employees meet their goals? Hire someone? Master these skills and more with this indispensable guide to the first 30, 60, and 90 days in your new management role. Jump into the job with confidence as you navigate the dos and don'ts of first-time managers, learn to communicate effectively, delegate responsibilities clearly, and build the 5 qualities all great bosses have.

Your boss plays an important role in your career. So how do you navigate this delicate, significant professional relationship without playing political games or compromising your character? Managing Up offers concise, expert tips.

Does it seem like you never have enough time to get everything done? Keeping on top of your tasks, deadlines, and work schedule can be daunting. Managing Time quickly walks you through the basics.

When times are good it's important to manage your banking to ensure funds for growth. When times are tough it's even more important to know how to manage your bank, as loss of their support can and will kill your business. Managing Your Bank Manager is your guide to making a success of this most critical of business relationships for you as a business owner and covers: 1 Understanding Your Bank Manager 2 Bank Dos and Dont’s 3 Borrowing from your Bank 4 Bank Early Warning Systems and Business Deterioration 5 Intensive Care Banking 6 Surviving an Independent Business Review 7 Managing in ...

A guide for new executives that explores how to create an overarching, enterprise-wide transformative program. The audiobook provides a best-practice checklist for eight core areas: strategy setting, technology alignment, business renovation, project management, communications renewal, employee engagement, staff transformation, and organizational design.

You've been asked to manage a key project—or perhaps you've volunteered for an assignment that could advance your career. So how do you make sure the project succeeds? Managing Projects walks you quickly through the basics.

Every manager makes tough calls - it comes with the job. And the hardest decisions are the "gray areas" - situations where you and your team have worked hard to find an answer, you've done the best analysis you can, and you still don't know what to do. But you have to make a decision. In Managing in the Gray, Joseph Badaracco offers a powerful, practical, and even radical way to resolve these problems.

In the years following the publication of Patrick Lencioni's best seller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, fans have been clamoring for more information on how to implement the ideas outlined in the book. In Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Lencioni offers more specific, practical guidance for overcoming the five dysfunctions, using tools, exercises, assessments, and real-world examples.

YOU TOO CAN BECOME A SUCCESSFUL MANAGER Practical Advice on the Most Important Parts of Your Job as a Manager or Supervisor This, concise, 150-page guide is for open-minded people anxious to learn what they really should be doing (and how) as managers of people and departments. It includes the best ideas I have discovered and applied throughout my 42-year career working for 15 companies of all sizes. Most of us never receive the training we need to be a good manager; but this book fills that void and covers a manager's most important duties and responsibilities, Included are chapters on how...

The Making of a Manager: The Proven Formula for 100% Performance and Success Master the Principles of Effective Management In today’s competitive business landscape, achieving tangible results is crucial for success. However, too many managers and business owners prioritize profits and outcomes while neglecting the well-being and development of their workforce. To make matters worse, many managers are promoted simply because they were excellent at their job—not because they were trained to lead. As a result, they lack the skills, strategies, and tools needed to be truly effective. The ...

Got "people problems" on the job? Is your team plagued by high turnover rates, low employee engagement scores, or complaints being made to HR? If these alarm bells are going off, it might not be them... it might be the beginnings of toxic leadership with you. A raw, confrontational look at the warning signs of toxic leadership, this book dives deep into those indicators that YOU (yes you!) could be contributing to a loss of team morale. With her experience as an executive coach, Deb Calvert challenges readers to lead themselves and acknowledge imperfections and embrace vulnerability to ...

#1 Bestselling Author Reveals the Real Reasons Why Most Managers Suck at Managing People. Learn the Three Simple Processes that show you how to be a great boss! Follow these simple strategies to obliterate the stress of managing employees and become the boss or supervisor that people would pay to work for. Thousands of readers have discovered how they can learn to turn a dysfunctional assemblage of employees in to a highly effective team. The ability to manage people is what will dictate your level of success. The BossHole Effect is the powerful capacity of a bad supervisor to suck the joy,...

Predominantly, finance and accounting texts are often geared towards accounting and finance professionals. Few texts are geared toward the practical knowledge needed by non-financial managers in the workplace. Our goal is to help the Information Technology professional to understand how numbers matter in an Information Technology department of a business, or for an Information Technology-driven business.

The essential book on management from the man who invented the discipline. Now completely revised and updated for the first time.