New Manager

Gorilla in the Cockpit offers a revolutionary way to understand megaproject failures. It opens the black box to reveal the hidden drivers of project crashes. The root causes cannot be found in traditional project management books. They are neither technical nor financial. They are human.

Research and experience demonstrate two areas with which many new managers are completely unfamiliar: delegating tasks and work and making decisions. Some struggle with this for years. But it doesn't have to be hard. 151 Quick Ideas for Delegating and Decision Making combines 50 years' experience of two managers and the experiences of other managers who have been interviewed and observed. And even if you are already in a supervisory position, this book can help you do a more effective and efficient job at managing people and tasks.

For three decades, Steve Lemco has been hiring and training new and existing motorcycle salespeople with tremendous success. One day, Steve was talking to one of his favorite clients about the fact that he was going to retire soon. His friend said that he should write a book about the amazing system he developed over the years. Steve took his advice and here it is. Steve begins with getting prepared for the responses from the help wanted ad. He shares the ad that has worked super for him.

Regardless of company size or industry, leaders are always on the lookout for innovative ways to get work done quickly and efficiently. They need employees on whom they can rely and trust to protect the interests of the company - employees, like you, who will become tomorrow's leaders. To achieve success in the competitive corporate world, you must be willing to embrace these challenges and effectively navigate any organization.

Did you just graduate and want an awesome marketing job? A guidebook for new college graduates looking for their first marketing job. Whether you want to for an ad agency, news media, non-profit, or an in-house brand this guidebook will help you. Easy to read and includes links to recommended digital marketing software tools. This is a value-priced guidebook that will amplify the job search that you are doing at your college’s career center. The author is a longtime adjunct faculty teaching digital marketing with over 30+ years of marketing industry experience. Follow these tips to ...

Tinsel I love my boys. I created my own little elf family without waiting for some man to show up and do the deed. That’s all I wanted for years, a family, and now I have finally it. That is until he showed up again after all these years. We used to be together, like two hundred years ago, and now he’s back. Why now? My sons are one and four. Why couldn’t he have returned just five years earlier? Then we'd have been a family. I'm not giving up on that idea, but can he love my sons? He said he never wanted kids. If he still doesn't, could I ever send him away? Roman I’m back for only...

Moving into ‘management’ can be a daunting prospect for even the bravest of souls. You know how it goes... • What will my new team think of me? • Can I do the job? • How do I get the best out of them? • How do I manage conflict? • How do I manage my boss? ...And the list just goes on. Well, this book will help you get to grips with all that stuff ...and more. Containing practical examples and anecdotes from the author’s own management career, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone thinking of becoming a manager (and that includes team leaders, supervisors and any ...

Studies show that 2 in 5 employees have left a job because of a poor manager, with ineffective leadership cited as one of the primary reasons. But the good news is… i’t’s not too late to improve! Becoming a great leader is not a talent that you're born with — it's a skill that you can learn and develop. Even better, you can do so by following an effective and proven leadership framework that empowers you to inspire, communicate, and innovate your way to success.

The need for precise, actionable, real-time Business Intelligence (BI) lies at the heart of the role of Big Data in modern commerce. In turn, the art of Data Science lies at the nexus of Big Data and BI, providing the essential methods by which BI can be extracted from Big Data's great black mass of constantly flowing, unstructured information. This combination has a created a new profession: an elite and specialized class of highly-compensated professionals specially skilled at data cleaning, analysis, and visualization.

Lead Like a Pro is for all new managers, anyone about to be promoted into a managerial position, and senior managers trying to help new managers make a successful transition. It is the essential tool for learning the skills that help new managers become effective, respected, and valued.

What could be worse than having a one-night stand with a ruthless billionaire? Marrying one, of course. Mr. Evan Jones is not a typical billionaire though. Yes, he is mind-numbingly hot, filthy rich and acts as if he owns people. But there is one little fact that makes him especially insufferable... He is a celebrity. And now this playboy wants to add a couple of billions to his net worth by improving his public image... ...and I have to play the role of the obedient wife for the whole year. I am ten years younger than him, infinitely poorer than him and frankly, he is out of my league. But...

Many employees now show up for work not just to do their jobs but also to discover, debate, and digest important social issues. A growing number of workers want to have an impact in the world, and their preferences are a prompt for employers to be more mindful of the role of business in driving societal change, starting with what people experience at work.

Being a leader of people in any work situation can be very rewarding, but also incredibly challenging! After all, people are unique and tick in different ways and need to be inspired, led and guided through their employee experience. But so often, technical experts aren't naturally great people leaders and they need a resource to get them started on how to deal with typical people situations that can occur in the workplace.

Based on extensive interviews with both tenured leaders and new employees, focus groups with learning and development experts, and a comprehensive literature research as well as the author's own in-depth coaching knowledge and expertise, this book proposes an academically researched, developed, and validated model of eight dimensions of successful coaching as well as a five-step implementation plan which can be used as an impactful framework to embed coaching skills in organizational settings to create a sustainable and growth-generating coaching culture.

Become a manager that makes a difference and can inspire a team. While there will be many steps along the way, as there there is much to learn, you can get a guide to each of these steps within the sections of this audiobook. By dedicating yourself to learn the lessons I teach, you can surpass simply succeeding, and instead, truly excel. This audiobook provides you with a wealth of easily understood information and actionable steps you can take to make a difference in your professional life truly.

If you're looking for an effective and proven approach to product management - one that recognizes that the majority of product managers enter the field with little or no training and must learn through trial and error - this is the book for you. Take Charge Product Management guides you step-by-step along the product management path with tips, tactics, and tools to make you and your products more successful.

Whether you're a new or seasoned manager, your responsibilities can become overwhelming at times. There are days and new situations that will leave you feeling vulnerable. You don't know where to start or even what to ask! The Manager's Answer Book can help. In question-and-answer format, this easy-to-use guide provides information on many aspects of managing.

Unlock the secrets to effective leadership with "The New Manager Mindset." In this insightful guide, author Bryan Armentrout reveals the essential skills and mindset shifts necessary for success in managerial roles that are often overlooked in traditional education.

He gave me the best night of my life. And then fired me without remorse. Paul Woodring is a ruthless billionaire with a heart of stone and a body that makes me weak in the knees. His six-year-old daughter is the only thing that softens him, and I’m the nanny he hired to make her smile. Being a live-in nanny in Woodring Manor has its perks. But every time my boss summons me to his office, I feel both excited and annoyed. And the fact that we both still remember that spicy night doesn’t make things easier between us… Until he finally claims me as his own. Now I live in a fairytale, and ...

I thought I was going to interview the most secretive billionaire on the planet… …but I ended up in his underground dungeon instead. Ethan Hamilton is a mystery to the world. No one knows anything about him, except that he’s rich, powerful, and dangerously attractive. And he wants me. That smoldering emerald gaze. That delicious body under the tailored suit. That powerful, masculine scent. And an army of trained killers set on ruining our evening with unwelcome violence. But he protects me from everything fate throws at us and I never felt safer than in his embrace. He locks me up in ...