Synopses & Reviews
Most employees today answer to multiple bosses at any given time, some directly, and others indirectly. Often employees are pulled in different directions by competing authority figures with competing interests, most of whom have the ability to help or to harm the employee's daily work conditions, rewards, and longer term career prospects. Employees are also working harder and facing increasing pressure to work longer, smarter, faster, and better, while adjusting to ongoing organizational changes working in smaller teams with greater requirements. Meanwhile, their managers provide much less guidance, direction, and support than their direct-reports need in order to succeed in today's high-pressure environment.
In this follow-up to the bestselling It's Okay to Be the Boss, Bruce Tulgan shows that the number one factor in employee productivity, work-quality, morale and retention is the relationship between employees and their immediate managers. Unfortunately, he argues, we have been focusing so much on the skills and habits of the managers, that we have neglected the role of the employee in these relationships.
In It's Okay to Manage Your Boss, Tulgan will first explore the 10 myths about how one should be managed and how to manage up that so-called experts and books have perpetuated over the years. After exploring these myths, he will help readers take responsibility for getting the following four essential things from their boss(es) in order to succeed at their job: Clearly spelled out and reasonable expectations (that is, clear goals with specific guidelines and a concrete timetable to accomplish them). The skills, tools, and resources necessary to accomplish those expectations, or else the acknowledgement that you are being asked to achieve those expectations without the skills, tools, or resources that you need. Accurate and honest feedback about your performance as well as course-correcting direction when necessary. A fair quid pro quo--recognition and rewards--in exchange for your performance.
Review
"It's Okay to Manage Your Boss provides practical, relevant strategies you can use to create a successful partnership with your manager. A terrific follow-up to It's Okay to Be the Boss. Now both manager and employee have effective tools to get the most from their relationship!"
—Angela Hornsby, vice president human resources, Applebee's Services Inc.
"Once again Tulgan tackles the myths in today's undermanaged workplace with practical and straightforward guidance. I have been a boss for nearly thirty years and I have not seen a more realistic and practical way to improve workplace relationships and career results. If you are-or want to be a high performer- read this book!"
—Jon Morrison, president and general manager, Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems
"Tulgan's latest book presents insightful information and practical tips to help anyone successfully deal with undermanagement-a problem many employees encounter in corporations and organizations. In an engaging, clear, warm, and direct manner, Bruce presents common sense advice and a set of tools and ideas that empower self-management as well as 'other' management! A must read for anybody interested in professional growth."
—Tiane Mitchell Gordon, senior vice president, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, AOL, LLC
"Tulgan has a remarkable ability to translate complicated concepts into easily understood and actionable steps. His common sense approach coupled with his enthusiasm and 'can do' attitude give confidence to all who follow his work."
—Victoria Nolan, managing director, Yale Repertory Theatre, and deputy dean, Yale School of Drama
Synopsis
Get what you need from your boss
In this follow-up to the bestselling It's Okay to Be the Boss, Bruce Tulgan argues that as managers demand more and more from their employees, they are also providing them with less guidance than ever before. Since the number one factor in employee success is the relationship between employees and their immediate managers, employees need to take greater responsibility for getting the most out of that relationship. Drawing on years of experience training managers and employees, Tulgan reveals the four essential things employees should get from their bosses to guarantee success at work.
- Shows employees how to ask for what they need to succeed in their high-pressure jobs
- Shatters previously held beliefs about how employees should manage up
- Outlines what employees must get from their managers: clear expectations; the skills needed to perform their jobs; honest feedback, recognition or rewards
A novel approach to managing up, It's Okay to Manage Your Boss is an invaluable resource for employees who want to work more effectively with their managers.
Synopsis
In this follow-up to the bestselling "It's Okay to Be the Boss," Tulgan reveals the four essential things employees should get from their bosses to guarantee success at work.
Synopsis
Are you under increasing pressure at work?
Do you receive the support andguidance you need?
Do you have the flexibility you want and work under the conditions you need?
Are you earning as much as you should?
Are you UNDERMANAGED?
Wherever you work, you rely on your immediate boss for meeting your needs at workno other relationship is as important to your career success. Yet few of us know how to get the best out of the most important person in our work lives.
In the much anticipated follow-up to It's Okay to Be the Boss, Bruce Tulgan challenges you to take responsibility for your role in every management relationship. Based on ongoing research started in 1993, Tulgan reveals the four essential things you should get from your boss to succeed at work:
Clearly spelled-out and reasonableexpectations
The skills, tools, and resources you need to accomplish those expectations
Honest feedback about your performance and course-correcting direction whennecessary
Proper recognition and rewards in exchange for your performance
This back-to-basics and unconventional approach to managing up will help you build highly engaged working relationships with your boss, and deal with complex authority relationships at every level and in any workplace.
Go aheadit's okay to manage your boss? you just have to be very good at it. Learn how in this step-by-step book.
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Praise for It's Okay to Manage Your Boss
"Tulgan's management approach yields impressive results. I recommend It's Okay to Manage Your Boss to anyone with a manager. And any boss would be well served to have his or her direct reports read it too." John W. Lowe, president and CEO, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
"If you want to manage your career, be successful in your role, and have a great working relationship with your boss, Tulgan's new book is a must-read. Clear, insightful, and practical."Peter J. Byloos, president, CR Bard Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
"At a time when we all need to do more with less, getting what you need from your boss is more critical than ever. Tulgan provides a roadmap for engaging your boss in your work, getting clear direction, and ensuring you have the tools and feedback you need to be successful. A great follow-up to It's Okay to Be the Boss."Laurie Burns, president, Bahama Breeze Island Grille
"Tulgan gives all employeesnew ones as well as seasoned veteransthe tools necessary to manage their bosses. Anyone interested in developing their career will find practical and useful insights to improving the relationship with their boss."George H. Wilson Jr., president, Barriere Construction Co., LLC
"Tulgan has done it again: another recipe for success in the workplace. It's Okay to Manage Your Boss will help you be a better employeeand an even better boss."Brigadier General Greg Lengyel, United States Air Force
About the Author
Bruce Tulgan is an adviser to business leaders all over the world and a sought-after speaker and seminar leader. He is the founder of RainmakerThinking, a workplace research and training firm, and has written for the New York Times, USA Today, Harvard Business Review, and HR Magazine. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling It's Okay to Be the Boss, the classic Managing Generation X, and Not Everyone Gets a Trophy. Tulgan holds a fourth-degree black belt in karate and is married to Debby Applegate, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
For more information about the book and to view Bruce Tulgan's video newsletter, please visit www.rainmakerthinking.com.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Refuse to be undermanaged.
Chapter 2: The first person you have to manage every day is yourself.
Chapter 3: Get in the habit of managing your boss every day.
Chapter 4: Take it one boss at a time, one day at a time.
Chapter 5: Get clear expectations from your boss every step of the way.
Chapter 6: Get your hands on the resources you need to succeed.
Chapter 7: Track your performance every step of the way.
Chapter 8: Go the extra mile to earn credit and more rewards.
Chapter 9: Dealing with the most common jerk boss scenario.
Chapter 10: Start managing your boss today.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
Index.