Becoming a Successful Manager : How to Make a Smooth Transition from Managing Yourself to Managing Others [Paperback]

Jack H. Grossman (Author), J. Robert Parkinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 22, 2001

Becoming a Successful Manager provides hands-on exercises and advice to help neophyte managers make the difficult transition from managing only themselves to managing others. It shows new managers how to create a positive, productive environment, one that motivates and brings out the best in employees while providing maximum benefit to their employers.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Congratulations!

You've been promoted to manager.

What do you do next?

Authors Jack H. Grossman and J. Robert Parkinson have the answers in this comprehensive learning tool, Becoming a Successful Manager. The authors offer solid advice and skill-building exercises to help you evolve successfully into your new role as manager. Each chapter provides essential advice and specific steps for a new manager to cultivate employees' diverse skills and create a productive work environment. Topics include:

• Creating a healthy culture • Conducting meaningful performance reviews • Delegating responsibilities • Handling harassment and resolving conflicts • Hiring effective people • And more

"A refreshing review of many forgotten skills and techniques necessary to grow your employees and your business." --Dennis Twitty, Agent, State Farm Insurance

"For organizations seeking to create competitive advantage through people development, the tenets and practical suggestions put forward become a living process and mandatory reading." --Dorset Sutton, Vice President/Managing Director, Colgate-Palmolive, Southeast Asia Region

"Full of practical insights, helpful examples, and all the right values." --Tom Morris, Author of True Success and If Aristotle Ran General Motors

From the Back Cover

Praise for Becoming a Successful Manager

"It provides effective tips, especially in delivering constructive criticism, conducting interviews, and running meetings. I would recommend it as mandatory reading."
--Joan Gundlach
Vice President, Central Region Affiliate Sales
A&E Television Networks

"It is a refreshing review of many forgotten skills and techniques necessary to "grow" your employees and your business."
--Dennis Twitty
Agent
State Farm Insurance

"New managers will recognize that the authors have been where they are going and will want to learn from the experience."
--Rodger De Rose
Retired Arthur Andersen Partner

"For organizations seeking to create competitive advantage through people development, the tenets and practical suggestions put forward become a living process and mandatory reading."
--Dorset Sutton
Vice President/Managing Director
Colgate-Palmolive, Southeast Asia Region

"It is a practical step-by-step guide to achieving managerial success and a must for every corporate training department. A remarkable book."
--Arthur Coren
Former Chairman and CEO
Zenith Controls, Inc.

"It's full of practical insights, helpful examples, and all the right values."
--Tom Morris
Morris Institute for Human Values
Author of True Success and If Aristotle Ran General Motors

Congratulations! You were promoted to manager. But after the celebration and the accolades, do you find yourself asking, "What do I do next? How can I be most effective? What is my central role?"

Authors Jack H. Grossman and J. Robert Parkinson have the answers in this comprehensive learning tool, Becoming a Successful Manager. The authors offer solid advice and skill-building exercises to help you evolve successfully into your new role as manager. Each chapter provides essential advice and specific steps for a new manager to cultivate employees' diverse skills and create a productive work environment. Topics include:

• Creating a healthy culture
• Conducting meaningful performance reviews
• Delegating responsibilities
• Handling harassment and resolving conflicts
• Hiring effective people
• And more

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (October 22, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0658014897
• ISBN-13: 978-0658014895
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, Informative and Insightful, March 7, 2002

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Joseph Griffin (Elmwood Park, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Becoming a Successful Manager : How to Make a Smooth Transition from Managing Yourself to Managing Others (Paperback)

This is a must-have book for all new managers, those who hope to be managers one day, and even managers who have been managing for years. The information provided in this short and easy-read book is even applicable to relationships outside of work - your spouse, children and friends.

The authors take you through a series of topics that make you appreciate why 'great' managers are great. These topics can be viewed as good ole common sense, but unfortunately one realizes how often we don't demonstrate common sense. The book is full of questions - situations that all managers encounter, along with several effective ways of handling each situation so that every wins - your company, your employess and you, the manager - good practical techniques that everyone can put to use.

This is not the kind of book to rest on your libary shelf. Read it and pass it on.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for New Managers!, April 19, 2002

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Tom Morris "Philosopher" (At the Beach) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Becoming a Successful Manager : How to Make a Smooth Transition from Managing Yourself to Managing Others (Paperback)

What a great book for new managers! So many people suddenly placed in a management position feel shot out of a cannon. They are completely unprepared for the new responsibilities that face them, the new dynamics they'll encounter in the workplace, and the stresses that can so easily result. Grossman and Parkinson give wonderful, useful advice that is wise and practical at the same time. I recommend this book highly!

Tom Morris

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for first time managers, October 6, 2009

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Rebecca Brown "rjbrownie" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Becoming a Successful Manager : How to Make a Smooth Transition from Managing Yourself to Managing Others (Paperback)

This book is excellent for first time managers. It really help with the transition from worker to supervisor.