The Good Manager

<p>You can be the smartest person in the room and even the most experienced but if you’re not a good person there’s little chance you’ll succeed as a manager.</p><p>That’s one of the big takeaways from The Good Manager which is based on Dean Gualco’s decades of experience as a leader and manager. To be good person he says you must live a decent and honorable life be kindhearted control destructive human emotions tell the truth do what’s right and always look for the good.</p><p>In this guidebook to honing your leadership and management skills you’ll learn how to <span style=font-size: 10pt;>understand how the view of managers has evolved over time; </span><span style=font-size: 10pt;>appreciate the most rewarding aspects of management; </span><span style=font-size: 10pt;>cultivate the ability to plan delegate and manage time; and </span><span style=font-size: 10pt;>make work fun for yourself and others.</span></p><p>Being a good person—as well as learning the necessary skills to excel as a manager—are rarely taught at conferences or lectures or on the job. But if you want to move along the intellectual/moral spectrum from self-interest to human interest negativity to positivity darkness to enlightenment and hate to friendship then you need to learn the lessons in The Good Manager.</p>