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What Do I Do When I Get There? A New Manager's Guidebook
Winner of the 2007 Pinnacle Book Award for business
Now that you’re a Manager, do you know what to do?
Here’s help for the road ahead.
You’ll learn how to:
- Create a positive work environment.
- Define and understand the culture of your organization.
- Understand the effectiveness of “management by wandering around.”
- Find your leaders and set them free.
- Negotiate from principles, issues and values.
- Practice leadership.
- Manage the inevitable crisis.
- Bring compassion to the workplace.
- Unleash human spirit and creativity.
- Be brave.
Let this book be your guide!
Here's What Expert Managers Say
"Books come and go. Management books crowd the shelves of bookstores. But, this little nugget of a book is wonderful!
Here is my suggestion...Buy it!...Learn its lessons! And, pass it on to new and old friends alike.
"It should be required reading at every "B School" around the world!"
—Rob Lebow, Named One of the Top Thought Leaders of The World! — Leadership Excellence Magazine
"My guys love it! The topics of the chapters have added an excellent opportunity to enhance our leadership development."
—Ron Karsten, Manager Field Operations, Electric Lightwave, LLC
"Where was this book thirty years ago on my first day of my first management job?....Now Rod Collins has writtten a guide for the new (or not so new) manager. Buy it. Read it. You’ll love it. Come to think it, buy two. You’ll need a backup when you wear it out."
—Alex Lafollette, Restaurant Manager and author of The Camas Place
More Reviews
"In the book What Do I Do When I Get There?, Rod Collins has written an excellent manual for first-time managers. ...Collins gives advice that is applicable in the real world, making this book a must-read for anyone planning to move up the corporate ladder.”
—Writer's Digest
