Peter Economy is a best-selling business author, ghostwriter, developmental editor, and publishing consultant with more than 100 books to his credit (and more than 3 million copies sold). His book Managing For Dummies sold more than 600,000 copies, and his latest book is Wait, I’m the Boss?!? – The Essential Guide For New Managers to Succeed From Day One. He is The Leadership Guy on Inc.com and for more than a decade served as Associate Editor for Leader to Leader magazine.
Top Takeaways: 3 Simple Ways to Be a Better Manager with Peter Economy
- 3 Simple Ways to Be a Better Manager
- A fulltime writer for the last 20 years
- It’s crushing to be laid off, no matter the circumstances
- The best security you can have is to rely on yourself
- We control our future; we are in charge of how we react to what happens to us
- There is such a built-in demand for new managers to learn how to be better
- The biggest challenge facing new managers: making the transition from being an expert to overseeing a lot of different people and products
- We promote to the lowest level of incompetence
- Organizations must have dual tracks for their employees to rise and be promoted
- Don’t get stuck in a position with no opportunity for growth
- Do we promote rising stars too quickly?
- Don’t have a structure so rigid you set your team up for failure
- Wait, I’m the Boss?
- Bad bosses are the number one reason people leave their job
- For small businesses, training managers hasn’t been a priority
- There are 1,000,001 ways to be a better manager
- Optimism is one of the first ways you can be a better manager
- Honesty is the second key to be a better manager
- Be inspiring is so important as a manager, not just as a leader
- Managers are not just operational but inspirational
- Optimism is internal but inspiration radiates energy
- Managers need to be more human
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Learning From Leaders:
Current Book: Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck
Leadership Superpower: Listening
Motivational Mantra:
[shareable]The best way to predict the future is to create it[/shareable]
Book Most Often Gifted: Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results by Barry O’Reilly
Additional Items Mentioned
Wait, I’m the Boss?!?: The Essential Guide for New Managers to Succeed from Day One by Peter Economy
Managing For Dummies by Bob Nelson & Peter Economy
Peter’s Website: petereconomy.com