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The Effective Manager:
Micromanagement is by definition unreasonable.
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60 |
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The Effective Manager:
Before trying to get more of everything done, get the most important things done first.
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64 |
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The Effective Manager:
You Cannot Be Friends with Your Directs.
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84 |
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The Effective Manager:
With both of these ideas – social obligation and implied secrecy – friendships run afoul of a manager’s professional obligations.
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87 |
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The Effective Manager:
You cannot be friends with your directs, but yes you can be friendly with them.
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88 |
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The Effective Manager:
As long as there is no appearance of favoritism, drinking with your directs is fine.
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90 |
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The Effective Manager:
Something else we’ve learned about drinking alcohol with directs: have only one drink with them.
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91 |
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The Effective Manager:
Feedback isn’t inherently difficult to give, or to receive.
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103 |
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The Effective Manager:
The average manager hasn’t been trained, tutored, mentored, taught or coached with… the skills necessary for becoming a successful manager.
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104 |
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The Effective Manager:
There are all kinds of reasons why directs defend themselves. Probably first on the list is a lack of trust in you.
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108 |
