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skybalon's review against another edition
4.0
The best part of this book is the practical sections in the back. Full of good templates for doing important things. The beginning of the book attempts to use a narrative style to explain why and when to use the practical sections. The trouble with the narrative style used is that the boss is perfect. Not just really good--perfect. The result being so artificial that it is hard to take the lessons seriously. Still worth the read, just wish it had been presented a little differently.
abelikoff's review against another edition
3.0
This is a pretty good book for a new manager (note, that this definitely should not be the only one - it just doesn't cover enough). It gives a decent glimpse into the basic challenges of team/people management.
In that capacity and at that level, the book is great. The examples are fine at this level, but hopelessly simplistic if you try to get just a bit deeper. They also start showing their age: a strict hierarchy, where a Manager sits in his office and divines the decrees on their lieutenants is no longer as pervasive, especially in the technology field.
Still, it is a great tool for a new manager to avoid most common pitfalls when it comes to dealing with both a team of people, a bunch of projects and a product strategy. I cannot say I've discovered anything eye opening when reading it, but it was a nice refresher of the basics.
Bottom line: not the "be all, end all" books on management, but it gives a good advice and is a good starter for those new to management.
In that capacity and at that level, the book is great. The examples are fine at this level, but hopelessly simplistic if you try to get just a bit deeper. They also start showing their age: a strict hierarchy, where a Manager sits in his office and divines the decrees on their lieutenants is no longer as pervasive, especially in the technology field.
Still, it is a great tool for a new manager to avoid most common pitfalls when it comes to dealing with both a team of people, a bunch of projects and a product strategy. I cannot say I've discovered anything eye opening when reading it, but it was a nice refresher of the basics.
Bottom line: not the "be all, end all" books on management, but it gives a good advice and is a good starter for those new to management.
robc's review against another edition
2.0
This is a decent quick read if this is your first dive into technical management books. It covers at a high level what books such as Managing Humans, as well as books on Kanban, successfully cover in more depth.
vzee_sochin's review against another edition
5.0
This is must-have reading for every person who is applying or already on the managerial position. It is live daily guidelines, not just a dead phylosophy.
suzanneloving's review against another edition
5.0
Really excellent demonstration of great management and the benefits it can bring to any team, group or organization. Highly recommend this to anyone who wants to be managed, to manage or is managing.
kerrizor's review against another edition
4.0
If you're new to managing people , you can do worse than read this case study and guide to the traditional skills and strategies for organizing a technical team. Keep in mnd that it's only one reduce, however!
lindzey's review against another edition
3.0
Meh. I finished it, but didn't really take away anything useful, and not much of it stuck. However, the book managed to stay reasonably engaging by showing a fictional worked example of a mid-level manager's first few months on the job ... and that's not a career path I ever plan to take. I think the right thing to do would be to reference the book when struggling with a particular scenario that it discusses, rather than reading it straight through.
One of the most useful things I got was realizing that a lot of the skills I learned for running meetings at UTIG fall under "facilitation" ... so rather than thinking of it as "meeting mode", think of it as a bunch of different skills that can be used to make meetings more useful without requiring total buy-in to a rigid methodology.
One of the most useful things I got was realizing that a lot of the skills I learned for running meetings at UTIG fall under "facilitation" ... so rather than thinking of it as "meeting mode", think of it as a bunch of different skills that can be used to make meetings more useful without requiring total buy-in to a rigid methodology.
bodo's review against another edition
5.0
I would have loved to read that book two years ago. I could have prevented so many mistakes.
dmcgill50's review against another edition
5.0
Good info
Good information. Timely. Very to the point. Reduces conducting about what management is. Will read again since there is a lot there.
Good information. Timely. Very to the point. Reduces conducting about what management is. Will read again since there is a lot there.
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