How Not to Manage People, Mike Wicks
How Not to Manage People, Mike Wicks
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How Not to Manage People
The Leadership Mistakes Keeping Your Team from Greatness

Author: Mike Wicks

Narrator: Jill Blackwood

Unabridged: 3 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2020


Synopsis

This book shows you the leadership mistakes you’re making that are keeping your team from achieving greatness.To any outsider looking in, you’re doing everything right in your management role. However, your employees still want nothing to do with you. They scoff when you tell them what to do and suddenly get quiet when you walk into the room. You know you must get your team behind you if you’re going to stay on the management team. Chances are it’s not about what you’re doing right--it’s about what you’re doing wrong.How Not to Manage People is filled with interviews and stories of people who were being held back by the things they didn’t realize were working against them. The workplace is a minefield filled with politics and unspoken rules. This book is here to teach you:How you’re screwing it up and what to do about itHow other people screwed it up before figuring it outWhat you should stop doing immediatelyWhat you should be doing more ofNow, stop panicking and letting frustration hold you back. How Not to Manage People is the tool you need to get your team on your side and rock the manager title!

About Mike Wicks

Mike Wicks is an award-winning author, collaborator, and senior writer at Kevin Anderson & Associates. He has managed several multimillion-dollar government programs, rebranded towns and regions, written economic development and tourism strategies, and created sponsorship programs for major not-for-profits. Wicks is also a well-regarded trainer, facilitator, and speaker whose clients have included national banks and multinational insurance corporations. Wicks has written and collaborated on over twenty books, e-books, and training manuals. Fire from the Sky: A Diary Over Japan won a silver medal for best military memoir of 2005, awarded by the Military Writers Society of America. He’s a foodie, so when he’s not writing he can be found in his kitchen preparing a gourmet meal. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Khalid on March 01, 2022

Take aways: - Good managers prioritize team success over self-serving pursuits. - Motivate and empower your team by sharing information and building trust. - Bad managers engage in counterproductive, harmful interpersonal behaviors. - Assess your communication style and make sure you’re listening. - Rid......more

Goodreads review by Paiman Chen on March 01, 2022

Motivate and empower your team by sharing information and building trust.......more