Millennials' guide to management & leadership : what no one ever told you about how to excel as a leader / Jennifer P. Wisdom. [print]

PREPARING FOR MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP.

What managers and leaders do -- Why be a manager or leader? -- Skills needed to be a good manager and leader -- How to prepare to become a manager or leader -- How to break into management and leadership -- Want more responsibility -- Developing/determining your managing/leadership style -- How to interview for a manager or leadership job -- When and how to obtain a mentor -- When and how to obtain a career coach -- Clarify your values -- Learn how to have difficult conversations -- Set professional goals -- Start seeing yourself as a manager/leader --

SELF-MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES.

Starting a new job as a manager or leader -- Understand your organization and its mission -- Understand your team-including your boss and your staff -- Build allies and friendships at work -- Managing and organizing your time -- How to lead a good meeting -- Office romance: Dos and don'ts -- Learn how to say no -- Be smart with social media at work -- Manage and overcome overwhelm -- Commit to continuous self-improvement --

STAFF DEVELOPMENT.

Hiring strong staff -- Developing and retaining strong staff -- Addressing cultural differences -- How to help staff stay motivated -- Delegating work -- Supervising someone older than you -- Being a good mentor --

STAFF CHALLENGES.

Your staff are disrespectful to each other -- Your staff are disrespectful to you -- Staff do not complete work -- Staff complete work with low quality -- Staff frequently late -- Low staff moral -- Staff don't take initiative -- Staff make excuses for not completing work -- Sexual harassment -- Staff are aggressive, racist, sexist, homophobic, or hostile -- Staff don't work as a team -- Constant complaining -- Shift work/shared staff/remote team -- Staff play one boss against the other -- Need to give difficult feedback to staff -- Coaching staff to move on when it's time -- Firing staff --

COLLEAGUE CHALLENGES.

Colleague doesn't contribute -- Colleagues take credit for your work -- Colleagues are extremely competitive -- Backstabbing -- Over-disclosing colleagues -- Gossipy colleagues --

MANAGING UP.

Understanding hierarchy at work and when to go around it -- Obtaining mentoring from your boss -- How your boss likes to receive information -- How to respond to feedback -- Boss doesn't lead -- Boss gives preferential treatment to others -- Boss bullies or undermines you -- Boss asks me to do work outside of official duties -- Boss insults you in front of others -- Boss has unreasonable expectations -- Asking for a raise -- Writing a letter of recommendation --

STRATEGY AND ADVANCED POLITICS.

Create a strong culture -- Managing major organizational change -- Impossible decisions -- Integrating work and life -- Don't see a path through challenge at work --

CAREER CHALLENGES.

Career uncertainty -- Career is stalled -- Need new ideas for career -- Afraid to take the next career step -- Dealing with success -- Learning from failure -- About to get terminated -- Knowing when it's time to move on -- Looking for job when you have a job -- Moving on -- Make sense of your career.

How can Millennials become successful managers and leaders? In our 20s and 30s, once we learn the basics of navigating the world of work, many of us start moving into management and leadership positions. Today's Millennials are also still striving to identify who they are, what they want, and how to get it. "Millennials' Guide to Management and Leadership" helps Millennials launch to become skilled managers and leaders who are prepared to tackle the complex problems of the future. In the next decade, Millennials will become 60% of the U.S. workforce. Clinical psychologist Jennifer P. Wisdom, author of "Millennials' Guide to Work", expands her practical Millennials' Guides series by helping Millennials take the reins and become successful, respected, and effective managers and leaders. This practical guide includes:-- Advice on overcoming more than 80 workplace challenges-- Strategies in growing into management and leadership roles-- Tips for managing your staff and managing your boss-- An action plan for accomplishing your work and life goals

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