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You can become an excellent manager when you manage yourself first.
If you're like most managers, you've never seen management excellence. You are not alone.
Modern management requires we first manage ourselves-and that might be the most challenging part of management. Based on research and backed up by personal stories, you'll see how you can manage yourself.
Through questions, stories, and proven options, learn how you can:
- Move from expert to coach.
- Recognize and avoid micromanagement.
- Support the people doing the work to solve more of their problems.
- Make time to think so you can be your best self.
- Trust the people you lead and serve.
- And, much more.
With its question and myth, each chapter offers you options to rethink how you manage yourself.
Become a modern manager.
Learn to manage yourself so you and the people you lead and serve can deliver the results everyone needs.
Rothman
Johanna Rothman, known as the "Pragmatic Manager," provides frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams see problems and resolve risks and manage their product development. Johanna is the author of more than ten books and hundreds of articles. Find her two blogs at jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com.
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