It's Okay to Be the Boss Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition

An Essential Tools Resource

FIGHT THE UNDER-MANAGEMENT EPIDEMIC

IF YOU ARE A SUPERVISOR OF A SMALL TEAM OF EMPLOYEES or a manager of a large complex department, It's Okay to Be the Boss workshop will give you the information and tools you need to become a great boss who is highly-engaged when leading, managing, and supervising your employees.

A companion to the dynamic It's Okay to Be the Boss: The Management Workshop, this Participant Workbook is a hands-on resource that will help you learn how to overcome the common obstacles to becoming an engaged manager. You will gain a clear understanding of which management challenges can be controlled, along with tips and techniques for effectively controlling them. You will also discover the proven strategies for working around issues that cannot be avoided or controlled.

Step by step the It's Okay to Be the Boss: The Management Workshop leads you through a series of eight back-to-basics techniques that clearly show how to develop the skills that will enhance your management abilities and help you

• Build relationships of trust and confidence with employees
• Delegate tasks, responsibilities, and projects
• Keep employees focused and moving in the right direction
• Increase productivity, quality, retention of high-performers, and turnover among low-performers
• Sharply reduce waste, inefficiency, errors, down-time, and conflict among employees

It's Okay to Be the Boss: The Management Workshop will help you incorporate into your daily routine the time-tested management techniques that spell success--tracking employee performance, correcting failure, and rewarding success.