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Organizations are notorious for promoting people for all the wrong reasons… for technical skills instead of managerial skills.
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153 |
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A manager’s job requires a different skill set that that of a technical contributor. A manager’s job is to manage the people, process, and resources.
|
153 |
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Competent managers have to be able to manage people. This requires emotional intelligence, people skills, and communication skills.
|
155 |
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Micromanagers are about control; Nitpickers are about perfection, standards, and preferences.
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162 |
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Managing is hard work. Few managers ever get feedback on their managing… everyone appreciates a little professional kind word or compliment now and then.
|
197 |
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…what gets measured gets managed.
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218 |
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Management is largely by example.
|
296 |
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In a well-managed enterprise, it is understood that people who fail in a new job, especially after a promotion, may not be the ones to blame.
|
416 |
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…one cannot even think of managing one’s time unless one first knows where it goes.
|
1041 |
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Time-use does improve with practice. But only constant efforts at managing time can prevent drifting.
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1058 |
