It's Okay to Be the Boss Facilitator's Guide Set

Fight the Undermanagement Epidemic  Too many of today's supervisors, managers, and leaders arefailing their staff and their organizations by"undermanaging."  Falling victim to the empowerment craze ofthe last decade, they seem to have forgotten what it means to bethe boss and are chronically undermanaging their employees. They do not take charge on the day-to-day business basics. Theydon't spell out expectations. They don't keep track of performancemeasurements.  The don't correct mistakes or rewardsuccess.It's Okay to Be the Boss Facilitator?s Guide offersconsultants, trainers, and human resource professionals a hands-onguide for conducting a dynamic workshop that will give anyone whomanages (from seasoned executives to new supervisors) theinformation they need to become a great boss who is highly engagedwhen leading, managing, and supervising their employees.Bruce Tulgan -- an expert in workplace issues -- explains thecommon obstacles to becoming an engaged manager and reveals whichobstacles can be controlled and shows how to control them. Tulganalso offers effective strategies for working around obstacles thatcannot be controlled.The workshop explains eight back-to-basics techniques thatclearly show how managers at all levels can  become capableand highly-engaged and develop the confidence and skills to:Manage everyday and conduct effective regular one-one-ones withdirect reports and others.Talk like a performance coach and communicate clearly andeffectively. Work effectively with each direct report individually andacknowledge their strengths and weaknesses.Create an environment that holds employees accountable.Make expectations of employees clear by telling people what todo and how to do it.Monitor, measure, and document employee performance.Solve small problems before they become big problems.Tie rewards to performance.It's Okay to Be the Boss package contains everything youneed to conduct a full-day workshop including a Facilitator'sGuide, and introduction to the model, a script for trainingdelivery, a PowerPoint slide deck, short instructional videos, anda sample Participant Workbook.