Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership
(Hardback, New edition)
Publishing Details
Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership
By (Author) Linda A. Hill
Harvard Business Review Press
Harvard Business Review Press
1st April 2019
New edition
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
658.4092
Physical Properties
Hardback
448
Width 155mm, Height 234mm
Description
In your career, or anyone's, there is one transition that stands out as the most crucial going from individual performer to competent manager.
New managers have to learn how to lead others rather than do the work themselves, to win trust and respect, to motivate, and to strike the right balance between delegation and control. Many fail to make the transition successfully.
In this timeless, essential book, Harvard Business School professor and leadership guru Linda Hill traces the experiences of nineteen new managers over the course of their first year in the role. She reveals the complexity of the transition, highlighting the expectations of the managers, their subordinates, and their superiors.
Reviews
"This book should be 'must reading' for newly promoted managers." Edgar H. Schein, MIT Sloan School of Management
"Becoming a Manager contains crucial insights for both new and experienced managers and is also an invaluable resource for those who manage managers." Ellen Kamp, former Executive Director, Learning and Development, Morgan Stanley
". . . a fascinating inside look at the journey from individual contributor to manager. Capturing the challenge and the fear, the mistakes and the victories, this book will give new managers a crucial perspective on their experience." Morgan McCall, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Author Bio
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the faculty chair of the Leadership Initiative, and coauthor of Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader (with Kent Lineback) as well as Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation (with Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback).
Author social media/website info: hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspxfacId=6479; linkedin.com/in/linda-hill-52a661
