Managing for People Who Hate Managing
Author | : Devora Zack |
Publisher | : Berrett-Koehler Publishers |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2012-08-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781609945756 |
ISBN-13 | : 1609945751 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Professional success, more often than not, means becoming a manager. Yet nobody prepared you for having to deal with messy tidbits like emotions, conflicts, and personalities—all while achieving ever-greater goals and meeting ever-looming deadlines. Not exactly what you had in mind, is it? Don't panic. Devora Zack has the tools to help you succeed and even thrive as a manager. Drawing on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Zack introduces two primary management styles—thinkers and feelers—and guides you in developing a management style that fits who you really are. She takes you through a host of potentially difficult situations, showing how this new way of understanding yourself and others makes managing less of a stumble in the dark and more of a walk in the park. Her enlightening examples, helpful exercises, and lifesaving tips make this book the new go-to guide for all those managers looking to love their jobs again.