Sun.Mar 03, 2019

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How To Be A Manager With Class

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The sixth edition of the best-selling book, The First-Time Manager -- originally published in 1981 is a must-read for new managers and leaders in business. One of my favorite sections of the book is the one about class in a manager : Class is treating people with dignity. Class does not have to be the center of attention. Class does not lose its cool.

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Bedtime Stories For Managers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Nights this month, unplug from your mobile phone and both enjoy and learn from Henry Mintzberg ’s 42 former blog posts compiled into his new book, Bedtime Stories for Managers. The stories teach you how to transform an organization from one that: Functions as collections of Human Resources to communities of human beings. Where thinking always comes first to one that sees first or does first in order to think better.

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