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Many managers suck because they were never shown how to be great leaders.
No-Nonsense Management is a practical field guide for people who have been promoted into leadership roles without training and are now responsible for the performance, motivation, and well-being of others.
This book is not a fancy, intellectual book about the philosophy of leadership. Instead, I wrote this to focus on the everyday behaviors that foster trust and make people actually enjoy coming to work for you.
Best of all, it is short and sweet so you can knock it out in an afternoon while your kids are napping.
Drawing on real managerial experience, organizational behavior research, and years of teaching and consulting, I cut through leadership clichés and focuses on what actually matters:
Why avoidance is one of the most damaging (and common) leadership behaviors
How poor communication erodes trust faster than bad decisions
Why “urgency” is often just unmanaged anxiety
How unclear standards create resentment on both sides
How to be respected without trying to be everyone’s friend
Each chapter includes self-reflection questions designed to help managers examine their own behavior, not abstract leadership theory.
This book is for:
new and first-time managers
technically strong employees promoted into leadership
middle managers caught between expectations and reality
leaders who care about results and people
anyone tired of leadership advice that sounds good but doesn’t work
No-Nonsense Management will provide you with timeless, practical lessons that will make you the most respected leader in your company!
Many managers suck because they were never shown how to be great leaders.
No-Nonsense Management is a practical field guide for people who have been promoted into leadership roles without training and are now responsible for the performance, motivation, and well-being of others.
This book is not a fancy, intellectual book about the philosophy of leadership. Instead, I wrote this to focus on the everyday behaviors that foster trust and make people actually enjoy coming to work for you.
Best of all, it is short and sweet so you can knock it out in an afternoon while your kids are napping.
Drawing on real managerial experience, organizational behavior research, and years of teaching and consulting, I cut through leadership clichés and focuses on what actually matters:
Why avoidance is one of the most damaging (and common) leadership behaviors
How poor communication erodes trust faster than bad decisions
Why “urgency” is often just unmanaged anxiety
How unclear standards create resentment on both sides
How to be respected without trying to be everyone’s friend
Each chapter includes self-reflection questions designed to help managers examine their own behavior, not abstract leadership theory.
This book is for:
new and first-time managers
technically strong employees promoted into leadership
middle managers caught between expectations and reality
leaders who care about results and people
anyone tired of leadership advice that sounds good but doesn’t work
No-Nonsense Management will provide you with timeless, practical lessons that will make you the most respected leader in your company!