The New Manager's Survival Manual: All the Skills You Need for Success

This is a guide to the skills new managers (and those who want to become managers) need to succeed. It deals with the basic, high-payoff things an effective manager employs to get the job done. It aims to provide a model to help readers develop and use skills to the maximum. The author discusses how to develop key employees, set priorities so that the work gets done on time, motivate workers and correct poor performers, delegate responsibility, communicate effectively, and develop teamwork.