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    The First-Time Manager
    The First-Time Manager
    The First-Time Manager
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    The First-Time Manager

    Written by Jim McCormick

    Narrated by Nathan Girard

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    The trusted management classic and go to guide for anyone facing new responsibilities as a first time manager.

    Learn to conquer every challenge like a pro with the clear, candid advice in The First-Time Manager. For nearly four decades, this trusted guide has brought newcomers up to speed on the nitty gritty realities of managing people.

    The updated seventh edition delivers new information that helps you manage across generations, use online performance appraisal tools, persuade with stories, oversee remote employees, build a team dynamic, match a boss’s style, and more.

    The jump from star employee to new manager is bigger than most people realize -- with opportunities to fail at every step. Stumbling your way through isn’t an option.

    In The First-Time Manager, you will learn skills including:

    • leading meetings,
    • hiring employees,
    • motivating others,
    • actively listening,
    • staying calm under pressure,
    • overcoming resistance and much more.

    With little experience or training, a coveted promotion can become a trial by fire. No one needs that. Turn to the book that thousands have relied on to hit the ground running.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAMACOM
    Release dateNov 17, 2020
    ISBN9781400229345
    Author

    Jim McCormick

    Jim McCormick(Denver, CO) is founder and president of the Research Institute for Risk Intelligence, and the former COO of the nation’s fifth-largest architectural firm. As an organizational consultant and executive coach, he has extensive experience working with CEOs and other leaders.

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    • 5/5
      A very helpful book, I gained new insights through it
    • 5/5
      Very great book not only being a manager but how to navigate your career
    • 4/5
      Good writeup that summarises the journey of a manager with great insights and experiences.
    • 5/5
      I am a professor of organizational leadership. I have been searching for a book for my students that would give straightforward advice to help them prepare for management positions. This is the best book I have found so far on this topic.
    • 4/5
      Great read! Tone stopped resonating with me toward the end of the book, but a lot of good information in there that I think will be useful, especially in the first half.
    • 3/5
      I am not a first-time manager. I am not even a manager. Nonetheless, studying the field of management can give me insight into my work. It can help me work better with the managers around me, and it can help me carry my load as a manage my projects in tandem with the people around me.

      This book consists of tips and insights for those transitioning into the role of a manager. It provide indispensable sage advice to avoid common pitfalls. It is field agnostic; that is, it does not focus on only the healthcare industry or only the technology industry. As such, it conveys a generalist message for a general audience.

      Some of the advice, then, does not make sense for my position in healthcare or technology. Both of those fields allow team members ("reports") to have a great deal of independence in their work. That autonomy changes some of the dynamics of management. Indeed, sometimes the highest-paid (and most-valued) employee is not the manager. This all speaks to the notion that reports may be the most important contributors and need to know how management functions. Which is why I read this book.
    • 3/5
      Lots of helpful advice and a good primer on managing. At the end, though, it felt like information overload and I had to go back and review it. Recommended.