{"product_id":"13-fatal-errors-managers-make-and-how-you-can-avoid-them-9780425096444","title":"13 Fatal Errors Managers Make and How You Can","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith straightforward, insightful advice, renowned business trainer W. Steven Brown provides managers—from new to experienced—with essential leadership tools. This is the book that “ought to be in the top drawer of every manager’s desk”*.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAre you guilty of...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e • Being a buddy, not a boss?\u003cbr\u003e• Never admitting that you are accountable?\u003cbr\u003e• Managing different people in the same way?\u003cbr\u003e• Failing to set common business goals?\u003cbr\u003e• Trying to control your people instead of influencing their thinking with enthusiasm?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e These are just a few of the 13 fatal errors managers make. Errors that waste valuable time, money, and talent. This book will show you how to recognize problems—and avoid them—before they happen. Author Steven Brown, a nationally recognized professional trainer and consultant, provides the essential guide for \u003ci\u003eeffective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Before we can start managing ourselves and others we must stop doing what doesn’t work and Steve Brown shows us how.”—Spencer Johnson, M.D., coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe New\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOne Minute Manager\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Steve Brown is ‘right on’ with \u003ci\u003e13 Fatal Errors Managers Make\u003c\/i\u003e. Simple and easy to read, but effective and practical in application.”—Zig Ziglar, author of \u003ci\u003eZig Ziglar’s Secrets of Closing the Sale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In the flood of ‘success’ books, this is a stand-out in style, practical horse-sense, and applications....Brown gives us a needed dose of preventative management medicine!”—Denis Waitley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Psychology of Winning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This book....ought to be in the top drawer of every manager’s desk.”—*Robert Marville, former chairman and president of the Rockefeller Center Management Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 Fatal Errors Managers Make and How You Can Avoid Them - W. Steven BrownPreface\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #1: Refuse to Accept Personal Accountability\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #2: Fail to Develop People\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #3: Try to Control Results Instead of Influencing Thinking\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #4: Join the Wrong Crowd\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #5: Manage Everyone the Same Way\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #6: Forget the Importance of Profit\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #7: Concentrate on Problems Rather Than Objectives\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #8: Be a Buddy, Not a Boss\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #9: Fail to Set Standards\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #10: Fail to Train Your People\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #11: Condone Incompetence\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #12: Recognize Only Top Performers\u003cbr\u003eFatal Error #13: Try to Manipulate People","brand":"Penguin Putnam Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525226996055,"sku":"9780425096444","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780425096444.jpg?v=1731859719","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/13-fatal-errors-managers-make-and-how-you-can-avoid-them-9780425096444","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}