Things I wish I was told when I became a manager

[blogs]
Rands in Repose http://randsinrepose.com/
Work Matters http://bobsutton.typepad.com/
Shanley http://medium.com/@shanley/

[books]
The No Asshole Rule, Bob Sutton
Good Boss, Bad Boss, Bob Sutton
You Are Not So Smart, David McRaney
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni

[articles]
Geek Feminism 101, http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Feminism_101/
Reading List for a New Kind of Manager, http://medium.com/shanley-on-management/935a550ddd02
Are You Your Employees' Worst Enemy? http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00222?pg=all

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyliepoon/6242344031
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Transcript

1. Things I wish I was told when I became a manager
2. Things I wish I was told when I became a manager
3. 49% 51% Hinder more than help
4. 56% 44% Don't clearly communicate purpose or direction
5. 23% 77% Don't consider organisational capacity when rolling out initiatives
6. 36% 64% Don't set and maintain useful policies
9. 2 responsibilities
10. Remove roadblocks
11. Reduce interruptions
12. Eliminating the negative
13. >
14. Accentuating the positive
16. Listening
17. "Manager smart"
18. "Worker dumb"
22. Industrial revolution
26. People are your biggest asset
27. You don't have all the answers
28. Ask them!
30. Empathy
31. "Treat others as you want to be treated"
32. Race
33. Religion
34. Gender
35. Sexual Orientation
36. Class
37. "Treat others as you want to be treated"
38. "Treat others as they want to be treated"
40. Childhood experiences don't justify behaviour...
41. but they go a long way to explaining it
42. Diversity
43. Better solutions through diversity
44. Race
45. Religion
46. Gender
47. Sexual Orientation
48. Class
50. Don't fear conflict
51. Embrace it
52. Appoint a contrarian
54. Trust
55. Hard to earn Easy to lose
56. Commit & Act
57. Build a reputation
59. 5:1
60. Maintain that reputation
62. Leadership vs management
63. Have opinions
64. Have direction
65. Hold strong
66. Change quickly
68. Peter Principle
69. People will tend to be promoted until they reach their "position of incompetence"
70. Management is not a promotion
71. Management is a career change
72. "Real work"
73. Management is your real work
74. You are starting from scratch
75. Understand people
76. Learn psychology
77. You don't have the answers
78. People in your team don't have the answers
79. Work to find the answers together
80. Thank you! If you liked the talk, please let @auxesis know!
81. People who liked this talk also liked...
82. [blogs] Rands in Repose randsinrepose.com Work Matters bobsutton.typepad.com Shanley medium.com/@shanley
83. [books] The No Asshole Rule Bob Sutton Good Boss, Bad Boss Bob Sutton You Are Not So Smart David McRaney The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Patrick Lencioni
84. [articles] Geek Feminism 101 geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Feminism_101 Reading List for a New Kind of Manager medium.com/shanley-on-management/935a550ddd02 Are You Your Employees' Worst Enemy? www.strategy-business.com/article/00222?pg=all
85. [references] http://brightfutura.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ford.jpg http://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/exhibits/oi/OIExhibit/colburnscrapbook%206.jpg http://www.americanautomove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ford_assembly.jpg http://www.teambonding.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/assembly-line-697f975601a24560.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/8028696800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyliepoon/6242344031 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyliepoon/6242345875