The un-bossy boss
Subtitle: 12 powerful questions to make you a great manager
By: by Gary Magenta
Publisher: Charles Pinot
Published: 2014
Place of publication: San Rafael, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781625354846
Subjects: Management; Handbooks, manuals; Leadership; Executive ability
Description: Individual contributors are responsible for bringing their best selves to work, while managers are responsible for bringing out the best in others. These are two very different things. When an individual contributor succeeds in their role, they are typically promoted to manager and suddenly in charge of other people. They soon realized managing others isn't easy, and many are ill prepared. Lacking the skills to effectively engage employees, many new managers follow an old-school approach deciding what must be done, telling employees what to do and how to do it, and checking up on them from time to time. Through humor and real-life case studies, The Un-Bossy Boss shows how this old yell and tell model of managing has become outdated and ineffective, and offers managers a clear and tangible roadmap to success. Gary Magenta's 12 Powerful Questions help turn traditional manager/employee relationships into something greater and more impactful. By following Gary's recommendations, ordinary managers can become Great Managers who take a more interactive approach, one that reveals employees motivations and beliefs and invites them to be a part of co-creating solutions so they and the company can soar to new heights.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: My story; title: The dawn of the great manager; title: Don't yell and tell: an introduction to coaching; title: The 12 powerful questions; title: Trust; title: a must for coaching conversations; title: The JASPAR Coaching Model; title: "Everyone's entitled to my opinion"; title: Judgement; title: "What's your problem?"; title: Attitude; title: "Silencing your inner voice to tell the story"; title: Speech; title: "All of you"; title: Physicality; title: "Actions that deliver results"; title: Actions; title: "As seen on TV"; title: Results; title: desired and actual; title: Coachability; title: You can't fake it.