New Boss Taking Over: A Guide for New Managers

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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Leadership is the ability to make people do things they don’t like to do and then make them love doing them. —Harry S. Truman A new leader is a driver, not an order-giver. —John Naisbitt Business management is not just about managing money and resources, but also about managing living, thinking people. Without a deep understanding of people, effective management cannot be achieved. —Fumio Yamagishi Only those who pass performance evaluations should be promoted. This should be a strict principle for personnel management. —Peter Drucker Controlling oneself is harder than controlling oxen and horses. One must have a sense of fear to avoid recklessness. Perhaps the most difficult and important part of a manager’s task is managing oneself, becoming the kind of boss that subordinates welcome and look forward to. —Konosuke Matsushita Only companies that can see the trends and adapt in time need a new type of leadership, skilled in seizing opportunities and handling emergencies, equipped with a set of so-called nonlinear new skills. —Yasushi Nakayama I would rather delegate work that is 99% correct to others than do 100% correct work myself. —Jay Goltz
Introduction Guide — Six Modules Highlight the Writing Features: Quick Overview, Storytelling for Management, 100% Details, Classic Quotes, Reminders and Tips, Management Leisure Station.
Controlling oneself is harder than controlling oxen and horses. One must have a sense of fear to avoid recklessness. Perhaps the most difficult and important part of a manager’s task is managing oneself, becoming the kind of boss that subordinates welcome and look forward to.
A new manager means facing a new environment. Former colleagues, now subordinates—how should you turn a crisis into an opportunity? If you are a "dropped-in" manager, you will face various crises. How should you turn variables into constants?
Newly appointed officials are often full of ambition and high aspirations. How can you quickly break the ice and establish the best initial impression in the minds of colleagues and subordinates? How can you do the things right when taking office to lay a solid foundation for future work? To create a new situation, fully understanding your responsibilities is also extremely important.