Managing for Success: Practical Advice for Managers - Paperback

by Steven R. Smith (Author)

MYOU TOO CAN BECOME A SUCCESSFUL MANAGERPractical Advice on the Most Important Components of Your Job as Manager or Supervisor

This, concise, 150-page guide is for open-minded people anxious to learn what they really should be doing (and how) as a managers of people and departments. It includes the best ideas I have discovered and applied throughout my 42-year career working for 15 companies of all sizes. Most of us never receive the training we need to be a good manager; but this book fills that void and covers a manager's most important duties and responsibilities,

Included are chapters on how to manage your department, individual employees and even your boss. Take a look at the table of contents inside the book to get a better idea of all that is covered including how to hire, motivate, enrich jobs, set goals, delegate, coach, make decisions, conduct performance reviews, hold staff meetings, build trust, and much more.

Like you, I was not trained to be a manager either. But I learned how through a lot of reading, studying, trial and error. It would have been much easier if I had a book like this early in my management career. But, YOU do have it. For a small price you can benefit from my experience, knowledge and advice. If you study and apply the practical advice in this guide, you too can jump-start your successful career as a manager or supervisor. Don't wait. Buy it now!

Author Biography

Steven R. Smith, R.PH, M.S., worked for 15 different companies during his 42 years in the pharmaceutical industry. The experience he gained in these multiple cultures, and with a variety of bosses and management colleagues, gave him the broad perspective to write this authoritative guide. Mr. Smith is now retired and lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Judy.