Is Your Manager a Grinch?

Get them the perfect stocking suffer: my book, People Management from the Ground Up. Reading it may or may not cause their heart to grow two sizes, but it will help them balance their many responsibilities. That’s a recipe for a more joyous season for all. This book isn’t just for Grinchy managers; it’s for managers of all types. Aspiring, new, and old. It is even for individual contributors who want to take a peek behind the curtain.

I was asked, “With all the management books out there, what’s different about yours?”

• It was written by an actual frontline manager speaking to lived experience, not a consultant or CEO.
• I talk about how it “feels” to move from an individual contributor to a people manager for the first time. Emotions, yep. Imposter Syndrome, yep. Burnout, yep.
• I wrote this when the transition experience was fresh in my mind and tried to capture everything I wished someone had told me.
• There is still a lot of mystery for many people about what it takes to become a successful people manager. I don’t make assumptions about what the reader knows, and I try to shed as much light into the darkness as possible.

You can find print and digital copies on Amazon. I would love to hear your thoughts and I would appreciate it if you would share this with the people managers in your life.