Managing Managers

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.

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 But have we truly grasped the nuanced changes, or are we being led astray by age-old myths and outdated narratives?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, ...

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.

Go from being a good manager to an extraordinary leader. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on leadership and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and your organization's performance. HBR's 10 Must Reads On Leadership will inspire you to...

Master conflict before it escalates—create a harmonious workplace quickly and efficiently, through these key conflict resolution skills! Are you overwhelmed by conflicts in the workplace that disrupt your team’s synergy? Do you find yourself wishing for practical strategies that can help you manage diverse personalities and prevent disputes from escalating into something more serious? If these challenges sound all too familiar, you're not alone. Many managers encounter these pain points. With the right tools and knowledge, you can transform conflict into collaboration.

Discover a fresh perspective on the art of leading in Dr. Kevin Leman's story about a young reporter who lands the meeting of a lifetime and walks away with the keys to exceptional leadership. The Way of the Shepherd points you beyond dated trends and out-of-touch management techniques to the...

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. 

Sales isn't about pushing products or being efficient; it's about building the right systems to manage and empower your salespeople. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand how to create the conditions for sales success.  

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Ready to Lead Projects That Inspire, Innovate, and Dominate the Market? Unlock the A-to-Z Playbook for Creating, Launching, and Managing Market-Winning Products. In today's hyper-competitive landscape, the vast majority of new products fail. The difference between a breakout success and a costly failure isn't luck—it's a mastery of the product development process. From navigating market uncertainty and avoiding feature creep to aligning teams and securing funding, the path from idea to launch is fraught with challenges. Are you equipped with the right strategies to turn your vision into a...

Managing People from What Matters: 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 ...

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The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself will inspire you to: stay engaged throughout your fifty-plus-year work life; tap into your deepest values; solicit candid feedback; replenish physical and mental energy...

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.

You are bleeding money right now. The global economy loses $10 trillion every single year in lost productivity. You are paying 100% of the salary for 20% of the effort, and you have convinced yourself this is just the cost of doing business. It isn't. You are dealing with Zombie Labor, and it is eating your margins alive. Most organizations fail to choose the right candidate for a management role 82% of the time. We promote our best technicians, give them a title, and accidentally build an Adult Daycare where executives spend their time parenting instead of producing. Sportify is the ...

This concise audiobook is based on Mr. Drucker's summary of The Effective Executive done at the request of Harvard Business Review and is now one of their best selling published works. This article is a perfect way to learn about the subject broadly in a short period of time. Unlike many articles of this kind, summarizing a book's contents, this article was written and crafted by the author himself.

The best work doesn't come from people who never fail. It comes from people who stop hiding it. Every manager knows the moment: an employee turns in work that missed, and you watch them brace for impact. What you do in the next five minutes decides whether your team brings you the truth next time—or learns to hide it until it's too late to fix. The Burnt Cookie is a field guide for the manager who wants the truth early, while problems are still cheap to solve. Built on a simple kitchen metaphor—every serious kitchen burns a tray now and then; the question is whether anyone admits it—...