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08-26-2010, 09:09 AM
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Management Book (on CD)?
I'm in a job where in a month or so, it will be my first time in a vaguely managerial/vaguely supervisory role. I have been a team lead in previous positions when people have been out but that was more informal. But in this case, it's pretty much a permanent team lead role (or as much as such a thing exists these days) and I wonder if there might be a decent book or, better yet, book on CD with some good basic advice. I'm not an avid reader but I do have a commute with some time that I could use.
I'm basically going to be between the managers and the rest of our team members so it's an odd little half step position. But, in particular, I'd like to try and understand the manager's mentality as well as get some good advice on what I should do and a "proper distance" to stay with regards to my fellow teammates. The manager part of the equation is what is foreign to me as it seems that every manager I have had has a set way of dealing with problems that is somewhat foreign to me but somewhat uniform so I'd like to see into that mentality. Now, I know the simple answer is that there are a million advice books about managerial skills, mainly written by a couple of categories I'm not really interested in: A) People who were no good at managing but could sell a book and B) People who have been managers for years who have long since lost touch with the people they manage. I don't need or want anything like that. So, any book on cd advice for some basic managerial theory that's actually useful (as opposed to the two cases I've mentioned above)? SI
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08-26-2010, 09:33 AM
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There are loads of different managerial stances and approaches - with regards to it find a style which suits you and don't try and force yourself into a niche just because a book says so.
I DO however agree with the idea of reading around and finding out potential approaches to management; I've done that a fair bit myself - I'd recommend reading 'Slack' myself: Amazon.com: Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency (9780767907699): Tom DeMarco: Books (but do bear in mind that might not help you understand other managers as its not a 'standard' approach to management by any means) Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 08-26-2010 at 09:33 AM. |
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08-26-2010, 08:35 PM
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Winning by Jack Welch
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08-28-2010, 09:04 PM
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Funny when I saw the thread title this is what I was going to suggest. |
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08-28-2010, 09:11 PM
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11-14-2010, 01:43 PM
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Oh, for the record- wanted to go back to this. I did listen to Winning on book on CD- not exactly what I was looking for but definitely a quality read nonetheless.
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11-15-2010, 09:56 AM
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the old stand by's
one minute manager who moved my cheese good to great QBQ all are quality Winning changed my entire mindset about business. |
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