Title: Managing for People Who Hate
Managing: Be a Success By Being Yourself
Review: This is a fast, quick, little book to
read. I found it funny and quirky. Many of the things it said made me think
about the times I have had to manage people and how much I hated it. I found managing others to be uncomfortable
and stressful. This book cleared a few
things up and let me know that the kind of management I was doing was not really
working for me or for those I managed.
If you are
managing others or will be in the future, this is a great book to get your
hands on and read. You will find out
what kind of manager you are and how to best make the best manager out of who
you are deep down inside.
Publisher: Published August 27th 2012 by
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781609945732
Quick Review: 4 out of 5 stars.
Synopsis: Professional success,
more often than not, means becoming a manager. Yet nobody prepared you for
having to deal with messy tidbits like emotions, conflicts, and
personalities—all while achieving ever-greater goals and meeting ever-looming
deadlines. Not exactly what you had in mind, is it?
Don’t panic. Devora Zack has the tools to help you succeed
and even thrive as a manager. Drawing on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Zack
introduces two primary management styles—thinkers and feelers—and guides you in
developing a management style that fits who you really are.
She takes you through a host of potentially difficult
situations, showing how this new way of understanding yourself and others makes
managing less of a stumble in the dark and more of a walk in the park. Her
enlightening examples, helpful exercises, and lifesaving tips make this book
the new go-to guide for all those managers looking to love their jobs again.
Author Biography: Devora Zack is a nationally recognized expert in the field
of leadership development. Her consulting, networking strategies, seminars,
corporate retreats, coaching, and strategic plans consistently result in
improved productivity and morale.
Ms. Zack consults to dozens of diverse organizations in
private industry, federal agencies, and the public sector.
Ms. Zack holds an MBA from Cornell
University where she was a full-tuition merit scholar. Her BA, magna cum laude,
is from University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. She is
honored with active memberships in Phi Beta Kappa and Mensa.
Other Reviews: Jason Armstrong, Amazon Reviews
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