Managing Your Manager: How to Get Ahead with Any Type of Boss (BUSINESS SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT)
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Learn Everything You Can From Every Type of Boss Managers come in all varieties, and unfortunately you don't get to choose your preference. Too often, we find ourselves working for people who are tough to work for, difficult to "decode," or brilliant but inaccessible. Managing Your Manager is the answer to dealing with a problematic supervisor. Placing manager "types" into real-world categories--from the Bully, Scientist, and Star to the Geek, Parent, and Con Artist--it provides everything you need to make your work life more satisfying and productive. Managing Your Manager gives you the tools to: Categorize your boss based on telling traits Create a solid working relationship Avoid common pitfalls associated with certain types Become a strong leader based on lessons learned from various bosses Managers of all types can provide invaluable learning experiences that can enhance your career. Managing Your Manager empowers you with the knowledge, skills, and savvy for dealing with any type of boss and excelling in your job. Review: Five Stars - Just what I needed very straight forward and easy to understand Review: Five Stars - Great, DOTIF thanks
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| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 136 Reviews |
M**R
Five Stars
Just what I needed very straight forward and easy to understand
T**N
Five Stars
Great, DOTIF thanks
R**I
Managing your Manager
A stressed-out manager often results in stressed-out employees. You can have a more positive, productive professional life if you understand your supervisors and handle them according to their personality profiles. Human resources executive Gonzague Dufour identifies and explains the six common managerial types. He devotes most chapters to profiling these archetypes, listing identifying traits according to professional tactics that work or don't work for each manager in specific situations, such as asking for a raise or dealing with a crisis. While many managers manifest characteristics from more than one boss type, and not all leaders are so easy to categorize, you will find yourself nodding in agreement with many of the author's points. getAbstract recommends this practical, useful book to entry- and mid-level employees, as well as to higher-level executives who wonder, "Am I a good boss?"
A**R
Three Stars
Its just OK!
J**S
Weak
Really poor, lack of disciplined detail in advice, too many anecdotes, and the descriptions of managers felt extreme and overstated. If the leadership types were more recognisable this would help, and also to have far more emphasis on how to work well together. Waste of money and reading time.
M**E
A must read
Every person in the world who has a job should read this! I have learned how to manage my manager, I saw my management style and understand my strengths and weaknesses and most of all, I see the style of those below me and now have a better understanding of how to manage them to succeed. A must read!
M**C
Applicable
Provides a new way to think and study bosses rather than being. Subject to them. It was a good read.
J**S
A must read for any manager...
It's not only helping me strengthen my relationship with my manager but it has also helped to identify the kind of leader that I want to be. Mr. Dufour lays out several different management styles in a way that's informative and easy to follow. It's a quick read but it's packed with valuable information that anyone will be able to use. I wish that I had this book years ago.
J**Z
Interesting, useful, learning
100% recommended
J**E
insightful
This book was well written. In addition, I took a lot of notes that will likely help my future bosses. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out your boss
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