Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak: The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make and How to Avoid Them

by Brian Smith

Overview

I believe we're not born knowing how to manage or lead people effectively. It's a learned behavior. We all start out making certain assumptions based on our past experiences and perceptions as to the kind of role we think managers and leaders should play. But we also know from experience that our perceptions are not always correct. Today's managers and leaders need to change the way they manage others to stay in step with a changing workforce. "The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them" are woven into the ten chapters of this book. Each chapter is dedicated to one of those sins. And trust me - in my 40+ year career as an award winning entrepreneur and general manager for a major corporation - I've committed each one of these sins at one time or another. If you want to learn how to communicate and interact more effectively, manage your time, cope with stress and deal with difficult people and challenging situations better, then this book is for you. There is no question that if I knew then - what I know now - I would have managed differently. After reading this book you will manage and lead differently too.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940033002443
Publisher:	Brian Smith
Publication date:	01/20/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	554 KB

About the Author

Brian Smith - Management Consultant, Professional Speaker and Author, specializes in soft-skills training and leadership development. He works with people who want to learn how to communicate and interact more effectively; and who want to discover how to get the best out of themselves and others. Brian travels throughout North America from his home base in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada delivering keynote speeches and leading seminars on a variety of soft-skills topics including Powerful Communication Strategies, Time Mastery and Personal Effectiveness, Building Collaborative Teams, Dealing with Difficult People and Challenging Situations and Developing The Leader in You. Brian is recognized as one of the Top 100 Leadership Experts to follow on Twitter and has been featured on iHeart Radio, WCKG Chicago and Rebelpreneur Radio. He wrote "Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak - The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them" so that you could benefit from his 40 years of experience as General Manager for a major corporation, college professor and an award-winning entrepreneur. There's no question that if he knew then what he knows now he would have managed others differently. Brian hopes that after reading his book you will too. Don't put your career or organization at risk - learn to manage and lead the 21st Century way.