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The Manager's Playbook: Make Exceptional People Management Your Competitive Advantage
“Joel and Alicia have made the ultimate guide to navigating the dramatic shift to leading and making decisions on a new level. Whether you’re a new or seasoned manager, read this book and use it as a manual for better leadership!” — Marshall Goldsmith , New York Times #1 bestselling author of Triggers , Mojo , and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There “ The Manager’s Playbook is a must-read for any leader. Joel and Alicia have created a manual with fundamental tools that all managers can put to use right away. What a great resource!” — Matt Doherty , bestselling author, national champion, and executive coach
Today's organizations suffer from a crisis of management and leadership. Under-trained and under-equipped, many great people have turned out to be not-great bosses. Their employees—and their companies' bottom lines—are suffering the consequences. Based on five collective decades of hands-on leadership in both public companies and small startups, The Manager's Playbook reveals the massive difference that simple management and leadership competency makes—for employees, for bosses, and for companies at large. In fact, training up great managers with a consistent system for delivering results is one of the fastest ways to gain a competitive advantage. Joel Trammell and Alicia Thrasher deliver just that system in this book. Whether reading for yourself or giving a copy to leaders at your organization, The Manager's Playbook presents a holistic approach to world-class people management. Equally applicable to executive and frontline roles, you'll Filled with practical tools, exercises, and real-world stories, The Manager's Playbook offers a clear, inspiring new vision of what it means to be a great boss—and how great bosses help everyone win.
Today's organizations suffer from a crisis of management and leadership. Under-trained and under-equipped, many great people have turned out to be not-great bosses. Their employees—and their companies' bottom lines—are suffering the consequences. Based on five collective decades of hands-on leadership in both public companies and small startups, The Manager's Playbook reveals the massive difference that simple management and leadership competency makes—for employees, for bosses, and for companies at large. In fact, training up great managers with a consistent system for delivering results is one of the fastest ways to gain a competitive advantage. Joel Trammell and Alicia Thrasher deliver just that system in this book. Whether reading for yourself or giving a copy to leaders at your organization, The Manager's Playbook presents a holistic approach to world-class people management. Equally applicable to executive and frontline roles, you'll Filled with practical tools, exercises, and real-world stories, The Manager's Playbook offers a clear, inspiring new vision of what it means to be a great boss—and how great bosses help everyone win.
336 pages, Paperback
Published December 5, 2021
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December 24, 2022
A fresh look at what it means to be a great boss...
Being an effective leader necessitates having strong managerial skills. Trust is more important than charm when it comes to outstanding leadership, despite the fact that this may not appear to be the case in most large companies. In today's world, it is all too common for leaders to be selected not on the basis of their competence, vision, or ability to motivate a team, but rather on the basis of their star appeal and alpha inclinations. There are a lot of charismatic people in top positions, but most of them aren't very good leaders. This is something that far too many of us have noticed. They may have good improvisational skills, but they are severely lacking in both judgment and competence. They may be resolute, but they are blind to both the big picture and the details. A genuine leader brings out the best in others and leads by setting an example for others to follow. This book takes a fresh look at what it means to be a great boss and how great bosses help everyone win. It is an approach that is both enlightening and motivating. Highly recommended.
Being an effective leader necessitates having strong managerial skills. Trust is more important than charm when it comes to outstanding leadership, despite the fact that this may not appear to be the case in most large companies. In today's world, it is all too common for leaders to be selected not on the basis of their competence, vision, or ability to motivate a team, but rather on the basis of their star appeal and alpha inclinations. There are a lot of charismatic people in top positions, but most of them aren't very good leaders. This is something that far too many of us have noticed. They may have good improvisational skills, but they are severely lacking in both judgment and competence. They may be resolute, but they are blind to both the big picture and the details. A genuine leader brings out the best in others and leads by setting an example for others to follow. This book takes a fresh look at what it means to be a great boss and how great bosses help everyone win. It is an approach that is both enlightening and motivating. Highly recommended.
January 2, 2023
To be a good leader or boss in a company is a real challenge. That's why if you are a manager in an establishment or you are planning to become one, you need more than one source of information to be effective. Reading The Manager's Playbook: Make Exceptional People Management Your Competitive Advantage by Joel Trammell was a very good experience for me. I am not really the type of person who loves to lead people but it's good to know what are the things needed to be done just in case I will be put in a situation where I need to lead (ex: getting promoted at my job). The book was very systematic, well-explained and theoretical. I loved the way the authors were able to put some relatable examples as well. I will definitely go back to this book at some point.
January 2, 2024
Great framework and summary for bosses
I appreciate that this is an integrated system of specific components. This means I can learn it and apply it to get great at it!
I appreciate that this is an integrated system of specific components. This means I can learn it and apply it to get great at it!
June 27, 2024
One of the better Management books I’ve read.
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