3 Simple Ways to Be a Better Manager

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.

Peter Economy

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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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

 

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