num_pages: 181
description: 
  What does a peanut butter and jelly sandwich have in common with management?
When done well, both can be enjoyable, energizing, healthy, and conforting. When done badly, they can both leave you either a sticky mess and no choice but to wash your hands of it and start over.In Peanut Butter and Jelly Management, Chris and Reina Komisarjevsky share their experiences running a large family and show you how to turn the lessons they've learned at home into skills you can use at work.They've discovered that good managers, like good parents, follow some basic principles: 
   Communicate openly 
   Give people the tools they need 
   Nurture their self-esteem 
   Develop their growth and independence 
   Encourage them to do things on their own (even when it's easier to do it yourself) 
   Evaluate their work constructively and honestly 
   Always let them know they're valued 
   Present yourself as a positive role model 
   Be firm when necessary, fair always 
   Learn to let go 
 This wise, holistic approach, presented with humor and warmth, will give you a new way to look at - and solve - the problems of management. And you'll have a good time reading about it, too!
language: English
title: Peanut Butter and Jelly Management: Tales from Parenthood, Lessons for Managers
titlecomplete: Peanut Butter and Jelly Management: Tales from Parenthood, Lessons for Managers
genres: Leadership
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Barnes & Noble Books