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Devora Zack
Illustrations by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam
Managing for People Who
Hate Managing
Be a Success by Being Yourself
• By the author of Networking for People Who Hate Networking
• Shows how you can reverse your secret hatred of managing by
finding a style that fits your personality and capitalizes on your
natural strengths
• Packed with a self-assessment, real-world examples, field-tested tips,
and practical guidelines
Publication date: September 2012
$17.95, paperback, 192 pages
6" x 9"
ISBN 978-1-60994-573-2
PDF ebook, ISBN 978-1-60994-574-9
Business / Management
Rights: world
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You’re good at your job and, after years of service and dedication, you finally get that
coveted promotion. Congratulations! But there’s a catch: instead of spending the
majority of your time doing the job you love—a job you’re still expected to get done,
by the way—you’re now also a manager. You weren’t trained for this. Nobody
prepared you for having to deal with emotions and conflicts and personalities, all
while trying to meet ever-greater goals and more pressing deadlines. Not exactly
what you had in mind, is it
Let’s face it. It’s stressful at the top. But don’t worry; it doesn’t have to be. Devora
Zack knows exactly what you’re up against, and she has the tools to help you not
only succeed but possibly even enjoy that new management position. As a prominent
consultant and coach who speaks to thousands of people annually, Zack is
here to tell you that the only way to maximize your success is by being yourself.
Drawing on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Zack explains that, personality-wise
and management-wise, we’re either thinkers or feelers. Basically, thinkers lead with
their heads and feelers lead with their hearts. Almost nobody’s 100 percent thinker
or feeler, yet most of us lean one way or the other (and Zack’s handy assessment
lets you figure out what kind of leader you are). Working with—rather than fighting
against—your strengths is key to understanding not only how you make decisions
and manage but also how people react to your decisions and respond to you.
Zack takes you through a host of potentially difficult situations, showing how this
new way of seeing yourself and others makes managing less of a stumble in the dark
and more of a walk in the park. Packed with verve, spunk, wit, and enlightening
examples, helpful exercises, and lifesaving tips, Managing for People Who Hate
Managing is the new go-to guide for managers looking to love their jobs again.
Devora Zack is president of Only Connect Consulting, a leadership development firm
with more than 100 clients, including the Smithsonian Institution, Australian
Institute of Management, Cornell University, John Deere, US Department of
Education, and Mensa. She has been featured as an expert in communication and
management in dozens of publications, such as USA Today, the Wall Street Journal,
Cosmo International, British Airways High Life, CEO, and Forbes.
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