Bruce Tulgan TOPICS: Business Leadership Management FEE CATEGORY:* 10.0k to 15.0k TRAVELS FROM: Conneticut Video Profile Program Outlines Testimonials/Client List Books & Videos Request This Speaker

Bruce Tulgan: Books & Videos

It's Okay to Be the Boss: The Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming the Manager Your Employees Need


Do you feel you don't have enough time to manage your people?

Do you avoid interacting with some employees because you hate the dreaded confrontations that often follow?

Do you have some great employees you really cannot afford to lose?

Do you secretly wish you could be more in control but don't know where to start?

Managing people is harder and more high-pressure today than ever before. There's no room for downtime, waste, or inefficiency. You have to do more with less. And employees have become high maintenance. Not only are they more likely to disagree openly and push back, but they also won't work hard for vague promises of long-term rewards. They look to you--their immediate boss--to help them get what they need and want at work.

How do you tackle this huge management challenge? If you are like most managers, you take a hands-off approach. You "empower" employees by leaving them alone, unless they really need you. After all, you don't want to "micromanage" them and don't have the time to hold every employee's hand. Of course, problems always come up and often snowball into bigger problems. In fact, you probably spend too much of your time solving problems and falling behind on your work . . . which leaves even less time for managing people . . . which opens the door for even more problems!

In It's Okay to Be the Boss, Bruce Tulgan puts his finger on the biggest problem in corporate America--an undermanagement epidemic affecting managers at all levels of the organization and in all industries--and offers another way. His clear, step-by-step guide to becoming the strong manager employees need challenges bosses everywhere to spell out expectations, tell employees exactly what to do and how to do it, monitor and measure performance constantly, and correct failure quickly and reward success even more quickly. Now that's how you set employees up for success and help them earn what they need. Tulgan opens our eyes to the undisciplined workplace that is overwhelming managers and frustrating workers and invites bosses everywhere to accept the sacred responsibility of managing people. His message: It's okay to be the boss. Be a great one!

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Managing Generation Mix: From Collision to Collaboration


No doubt about it: The newest diversity issue in the workplace is age diversity. Many organizations have finally figured out how to recruit young talent only to watch them drive down a collision course with seasoned employees over issues like work ethic, respect for authority, dress code and every work arrangement imaginable. And they're not sure what to do about it. The fact is, generational conflicts are not merely a matter of young versus old. They mirror critical business issues every organization faces as it transitions from the workplace of the past to that of the future. Managing the Generation Mix will help you place your multi-generational team on the course to collaboration.

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H.O.T. Hands On Transactional Management


What can managers do every day to get more and better work from people while giving them the flexibility they need? The answer lies in HOT Management—the breakthrough set of management techniques, skills, best practices and habits of the most effective supervisory managers in today’s extremely demanding workplace.

This pocket guide clearly and concisely spells out what you need to do to become a HOT manager. The author’s message is simple, yet powerful: Make high performance the only option. Be a hands-on manager. And spend lots of time with employees spelling out expectations and clarifying standards.

If you think it’s getting harder and harder to manage people, this pocket guide’s for you.

HOT Management contains vital lessons any manager at any level can practice to increase productivity, quality, and morale—and, in turn, improve retention.

Discover how you can rely on HOT management strategies to:

Drive performance through negotiation and coaching Gain power by positioning yourself as being able to do more for people Engage direct reports in ongoing coaching dialogues about performance, goals and deadlines Hold each person accountable, every day

Rich with examples from real-life work situations, HOT Management is the source of concrete techniques managers striving to get the best out of people need.

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