Successful Managers

Become a successful project manager in weeks, even if you've never led a team before – Unleash your leadership skills now! Do you want to dive into project management but fear you lack the experience to lead effectively? Worried about handling complex projects and meeting stakeholder expectations? Or maybe you've been unexpectedly thrust into a project management role and feel overwhelmed?

PEOPLE OBEY MANAGERS BUT THEY FOLLOW LEADERS Gerry Hartigan discusses the five characteristics he believes a person must have if they want to become a great leader. Most of these traits are rarely mentioned in business books about Leadership. People obey a manager but they follow a leader and in order to be a great leader these traits will help you reach your goal. Read this book and become the leader you were meant to be.

Your management interview is coming up. Nail it! You've worked hard to move your way up the corporate ladder. Now that you have a chance to be a manager or an executive, the pressure is on to show your superiors you have what it takes. Your work and your work ethic are strong, but past performance isn't enough to win you the job. Your new position depends on your ability to answer a new set of questions… Author Lavie Margolin has worked with hundreds of hiring managers, so he knows both the questions and the answers. While you're used to questions about yourself and your work, next-level ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Talent Code unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides tomorrow’s leaders with the tools to build a cohesive, motivated culture. “A truly brilliant, mesmerizing read that demystifies the magic of great groups.”—Adam Grant...

JTop 100 Job Interview Questions and How to Successfully Answer Them unpacks questions and answers which are commonly in use throughout American enterprise, and delves into subjects which will adequately prepare the interviewer to make the best impression possible: in other words, to be granted that all-important interview, and, when they are actually across the desk from an interviewer, how to score the highest marks possible. “Why should this company hire me?” is a question that every sincere job seeker would do well to ask himself or herself. Another intelligent question might be: ...

Now that you are recently promoted, do you know what it takes to be an outstanding new manager? In this no-nonsense, powerful audiobook, you are put on an overdrive mode to make a smooth transition from being an employee to managing employees.

As a manager, you know it takes more than just delegating tasks to your team to succeed. It takes building trust, having open communication, and offering complete transparency. That's where this book comes in. Offering innovative concepts and practical tips, it will help you build strong relationships with your team, communicate effectively, and empower them through coaching and delegation.

#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,...

Master Project Management with Confidence – Even If You're New to the Role! Are you stepping into a project management role and feeling unprepared to lead projects, juggle timelines, or communicate with stakeholders? Do you struggle to turn theory into action while managing deadlines, people, and changing priorities? You’re not alone. Many new managers and first-time project leads face the same stress — managing expectations without the tools, training, or structure they need to succeed. But what if you had a clear, step-by-step guide that helped you go from uncertain to unstoppable? ...

This book will help you lead from any level of your organization without sitting in the front chair. The book gives simple, clearly defined, and easily understandable practical steps on how you can influence the direction of your organization at your current level. The principles outlined in this book are applicable to any organization, church, company, or family. The simplicity of this well-researched book makes it an easy read. It is full of examples of great leaders who have influenced the world and changed many lives from the second chair. Dr. Manase explores interesting ideas like: How...

Power -- a word we all know and by which we can imagine what lies behind this term. Power - the majority of people want it, but not everyone knows how to achieve it. Power - has seven important pillars and can have both positive and negative effects for the powerful and the powerless.

This insightful book presents interviews with nearly 100 leading product managers from all over the world. Authors Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, and Nate Walkingshaw draw on decades of experience in product design and development to capture the approaches, styles, insights, and techniques of successful product managers. If you want to understand what drives good product leaders, this book is an irreplaceable resource.

After more than thirty-five years in the collision repair industry, Angelo DiTullio has learned that the answer usually isn't found in a management theory, a new program, or the latest leadership phrase. It's found in what a manager does every day. What Makes Good Managers Good is a practical look at leadership from someone who has spent a lifetime doing it—from working in his family's body shop to leading large, multi-location operations. This isn't a book about being the smartest person in the room or having all the answers. It's about taking ownership. Looking in the mirror. Setting ...

“Nothing happens until somebody sells something.” This is a quote attributed to many successful leaders from Henry Ford to Peter Drucker; and it’s a quote that should drive the priorities of your business. This book was written for those personally leading sales teams and for every leader who has salespeople anywhere in their organizational chart. This includes owners, company presidents, vice presidents, general managers, and everyone else with “manager” in their title. Ridiculously Simple Sales Management lays out, in plain language, everything a sales leader needs to quickly ...

The rise of autonomous AI agents is transforming the enterprise faster than any previous technology wave. What once looked like isolated automation pilots has become a full-scale redesign of how work gets done—where digital employees operate alongside humans, own outcomes, and reshape the architecture, governance, and culture of modern organizations. This book gives managers a clear, practical roadmap for leading this transition with confidence, safety, and strategic clarity. A common-sense approach to understanding and managing an Agentic environment in plain English, facilitating the ...

Are you struggling to keep your team motivated through challenging times? Do you struggle to articulate your goals across departments or let go of control when delegating tasks? What if you could develop practical leadership skills that empower your team to take responsibility, even in the most stressful situations? If that sounds like a dream, this book is your key to success.

Are you young and ambitious, but have no idea how to become a leader and lead a team? Or are you already an experienced manager with your own successes and failures, who is looking for more effective supervisory practices? Or maybe you lack specific knowledge and skills on how to become a great leader? If you answered even one of the above questions in the affirmative, this book really is for you. And it does not matter if you are now a first time manager assigned to a team or, for example, a young businessman trying to create a motivated team around him. Concrete and concise tips on being ...

In The Hands-Off Manager, Steve Chandler and Duane Black offer a new vision for all managers. With stories, examples, and vibrant activities for the reader to practice, this book shows any manager - new or seasoned - how to coach and mentor employees rather than hover over their shoulders and goad them into action. In this system, each employee's strengths are honored and honed in a climate of partnership and mutual goal-setting.

With a nod to Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, and other ruthless yet highly successful managers, author Dan S. Kennedy delivers the answer. In this new edition, Kennedy expands on his proven (if radical) strategies to get accountability, profitability, and productivity from employees. In his traditional "No B.S." style, Kennedy kicks traditional leadership and management ideas squarely in the teeth with a realistic, straightforward assessment of the real relationship between business owners and their employees. 

The Influential Product Manager teaches product managers how to behave at each stage of the product life cycle to achieve the best outcome for the customer. Product managers are under pressure to drive spectacular results, often without wielding much direct power or authority. If you don’t know how to influence people at all levels of the organization, how will you create the best possible product?