Learn how to become a great manager in this Wall Street Journal bestseller from the leadership experts at FranklinCovey. The essential guide when you make the challenging yet rewarding leap to manager. Based on nearly a decade of research on what makes managers successful, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager includes field-tested tips, techniques, and the top advice from hundreds of thousands of managers all over the world. Organized by the four main roles every manager fills, this must-read guide focuses on how to lead yourself, people, teams, and change to success. No matter what your current problem or time constraint, pick up a helpful tip in ten minutes or glean an entire skillset by developing people skills and clarity through straightforward advice. Dive into common managerial tasks like one-on-ones, giving feedback, delegating, hiring, building team culture, and leading remote teams, with useful worksheets and a list of questions for your next interview. An approachable, engaging style using real-world stories, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager provides the blueprint for becoming the great manager every team deserves.

What Secrets set top-performing Teams apart from the Rest? Keeping your team focused and on track in today's busy age of distractions is no easy task. Whether it's gossiping about their co-workers, sneering at the most recent political events, or even just a lack of cohesion around a common goal, too often do teams find it difficult for themselves to stay motivated and get the job done. According to research by Udemy, 73% of workers admit they feel distracted when they're on the job, and a whopping 16% of this same study openly stated they always feel distracted. That is definitely not how a productive environment should look like. But it doesn't have to be this way. Have you noticed that on some days, everything seems to go so smoothly? Those times when everybody shares the same deadline and all of a sudden everything gets done. What's going on here, what's different in these scenarios? Sometimes it's as simple as the whole team coming together over a common interest or goal. Other times it's the byproduct of some brand new creative insight. And yet other times it's because someone finally asked for help after weeks of struggle slowing the whole team down. What do all of these things have in common? At the core of each situation is a replicable occurrence, a behavior pattern, or a trend you can understand and utilize. In fact, with just a little bit of heightened awareness and increased focus on your situation, you can pinpoint these exact patterns and recreate them at will - building a team of individuals who find themselves repeatedly motivated to get the job done. In this book you'll discover: The one essential every team needs and can't exist without Why you should absolutely be throwing more work parties The top 8 things that derail strong teams and how you can avoid them Why a great leader should be "non-existent" Groundbreaking data around the rise in emotional intelligence and how you can train your own EQ The secret weapon to establish trust in a team Scientific insight into how team diversity will increase productivity The most important qualities of a leader and how you can train them in just minutes a day ... and so much more. Having a team that is constantly motivated and knows how to get things done is far from science fiction. And no, you are not crazy for expecting yourself to have fun with your job. Building a rock-star team, one that supports and encourages each other, is something we can all achieve no matter what kind of timeline or options pool you are dealing with. Even if you have no experience in team building, with the know-how provided in this book and a few tricks of the trade, your very own dream team could be right around the corner. If you're ready to understand the ins and outs of powerful team bonding and development, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now. ATTENTION: This is the second edition which is why the old picture reviews show a different cover!

The past half-century has witnessed a dramatic increase in the scale and complexity of scientific research. The growing scale of science has been accompanied by a shift toward collaborative research, referred to as "team science." Scientific research is increasingly conducted by small teams and larger groups rather than individual investigators, but the challenges of collaboration can slow these teams' progress in achieving their scientific goals. How does a team-based approach work, and how can universities and research institutions support teams? Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science synthesizes and integrates the available research to provide guidance on assembling the science team; leadership, education and professional development for science teams and groups. It also examines institutional and organizational structures and policies to support science teams and identifies areas where further research is needed to help science teams and groups achieve their scientific and translational goals. This report offers major public policy recommendations for science research agencies and policymakers, as well as recommendations for individual scientists, disciplinary associations, and research universities. Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science will be of interest to university research administrators, team science leaders, science faculty, and graduate and postdoctoral students.

Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing. That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of 25. She stared at a long list of logistics--from hiring to firing, from meeting to messaging, from planning to pitching--and faced a thousand questions and uncertainties. How was she supposed to spin teamwork into value? How could she be a good steward of her reports' careers? What was the secret to leading with confidence in new and unexpected situations? Now, having managed dozens of teams spanning tens to hundreds of people, Julie knows the most important lesson of all: great managers are made, not born. If you care enough to be reading this, then you care enough to be a great manager. The Making of a Manager is a modern field guide packed everyday examples and transformative insights, including: * How to tell a great manager from an average manager (illustrations included) * When you should look past an awkward interview and hire someone anyway * How to build trust with your reports through not being a boss * Where to look when you lose faith and lack the answers Whether you're new to the job, a veteran leader, or looking to be promoted, this is the handbook you need to be the kind of manager you wish you had.

What Secrets set top-performing Teams apart from the Rest? Keeping your team focused and on track in today's busy age of distractions is no easy task. Whether it's gossiping about their co-workers, sneering at the most recent political events, or even just a lack of cohesion around a common goal, too often do teams find it difficult for themselves to stay motivated and get the job done. According to a research of Udemy, 73% of workers admit they feel distracted when they're on the job, and a whopping 16% of this same study openly stated they always feel distracted. That is definitely not how a productive environment should look like. But it doesn't have to be this way. Have you noticed that on some days, everything seems to go so smoothly? Those times when everybody shares the same deadline and all of a sudden everything gets done. What's going on here, what's different in these scenarios? Sometimes it's as simple as the whole team coming together over a common interest or goal. Other times it's the byproduct of some brand new creative insight. And yet other times it's because someone finally asked for help after weeks of struggle slowing the whole team down. What do all of these things have in common? At the core of each situation is a replicable occurrence, a behavior pattern, or a trend you can understand and utilize. In fact, with just a little bit of heightened awareness and increased focus on your situation, you can pinpoint these exact patterns and recreate them at will - building a team of individuals who find themselves repeatedly motivated to get the job done. In Top Teamwork you'll discover: The one essential every team needs and can't exist without Why you should absolutely be throwing more work parties The top 8 things that derail strong teams and how you can avoid them Why a great leader should be "non-existent" Groundbreaking data around the rise in emotional intelligence and how you can train your own EQ The secret weapon to establish trust in a team Scientific insight into how team diversity will increase productivity The most important qualities of a leader and how you can train them in just minutes a day ... and so much more. Having a team that is constantly motivated and knows how to get things done is far from science fiction. And no, you are not crazy for expecting yourself to have fun with your job. Building a rock-star team, one that supports and encourages each other, is something we can all achieve no matter what kind of timeline or options pool you are dealing with. Even if you have no experience in team building, with the know-how provided in this book and a few tricks of the trade, your very own dream team could be right around the corner. If you're ready to understand the ins and outs of powerful team bonding and development, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now.

The inspirational bestseller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our WHY Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that served as the basis for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time—with more than 56 million views and counting. Over a decade ago, Simon Sinek started a movement that inspired millions to demand purpose at work, to ask what was the WHY of their organization. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, and these ideas remain as relevant and timely as ever. START WITH WHY asks (and answers) the questions: why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with WHY. They realized that people won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the WHY behind it. START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who have had the greatest influence in the world all think, act and communicate the same way—and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.

Hackman (social and organizational psychology, Harvard U.) identifies the factors of being a team leader that will enable a team to work together efficiently to achieve organizational goals. He suggests that five conditions are necessary: having a real team, a compelling direction, an enabling team structure, a supportive organizational context, and expert team coaching. He integrates insights from interviews with team leaders with concepts from the social sciences. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR