Peer Today, Boss Tomorrow: Navigating Your Changing Role

by Laura E. Bernstein

Bestseller! Whether you’re a seasoned supervisor, newly promoted (and wondering What do I do now? ), or preparing yourself for a future leadership position, this book is for you. By applying the information found inside, you’ll reduce any fears or frustration you may be feeling, increase your personal effectiveness, gain greater respect from the people reporting to you, and enhance your overall career. Most importantly, you’ll prove to everyone (including yourself) that you ARE the kind of leader that others will want to follow. Peer Today Boss Tomorrow is the handbook you’ll want all your supervisors and managers reading and using today.

Genres: Leadership, Self Help

48 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 2012

Reviews

[Beth White · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a pretty short read and certainly felt more like an overview and reminder of facts about what it is to be a manager and leader as opposed to much structure around how to actually go about doing that or actions to take to help get to that point. It was somewhat frustrating and condescending to read through. The obvious was laid out and then left at that without much else given to inspire or teach. The other missing element for me was the lack of examples that could have been used as a great teaching tool. Examples of how different scenarios can look or be handled or what happens when certain behaviours are put in place would have fit in really well and been super useful. Despite all this, and the reason for the 2 star review rather than 1, it was still a useful reminder, and, as another reviewer called it, a bit of a “pep talk” to start off the working week. Not a book I will rush to recommend though.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

A basic overview of how to be a supervisor...it doesn't seem to matter all that much if you were a peer before you became their boss. Really says the same thing all the other management books I have been reading say.

[Brittany Worthington · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was very informative and allowed me to look how I am as a leader (and those leaders I’m with everyday) in a new light.

[Anthony McDowell · Rating 1 out of 5]

Typical crap they tell you at work. "If I knew something concrete I could share with you, I would." <-- That was a good quote. Also "the measure of your success is helping others increase their value". <--- I have seen that in other books. "It's not just how good you are anymore". <-- another way of saying to invest your time into your team, and as they improve individually, the team will improve, and as your team improves, your leadership improves. Very boring and cheesy material. The same information is probably in other leadership media, so if you read this review, you just saved yourself the effort of reading / watching this snoozer.

[Coral Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was super short. Had good info, but felt like a pep talk and not a book. Not a lot of examples.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing earth shattering, but a useful reminder and reflection aid.