Download or read book Managing Your Virtual Boss written by Carmela Southers and published by Happy About. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remote work, distributed teams, and virtual managers are a reality for many thousands in today's workforce. Working remotely can mean zero or low commuting stress, more independence, a great work-life balance, and enhanced productivity. On the flip side, it can mean being on call 24/7, isolation, scanty career enhancement opportunities, and loss of motivation. So how do you ensure that remote work becomes a positive experience for you? Virtual work expert Carmela Southers teaches you how, in her eloquent new book, "#MANAGING YOUR VIRTUAL BOSS tweet." Carmela is no novice to virtual work. Over two decades, she built her career exclusively through virtual work. Her current manager is located 3000 miles away, a factor that she has turned into a plus for herself, her manager, and the organization. This first-person, hands-on experience is what makes her new book unique, accessible, and invaluable for anybody who works at a distance from their boss-telecommuters, work-from-home individuals, field sales personnel, managers of distributed teams-every one of them will turn the pages to find practical guidance with immediate results. Carmela points out that, as a remote worker, you must understand your boss's perspective. She shows you how to be more aware of what your boss needs from you, how to communicate in a way that conveys your dedication without resorting to 3 a.m. emails, how to improve personal discipline, and how to gain the trust and confidence to be perceived as a high performer who deserves flexibility and autonomy. You will learn to understand, and even empathize, with the secret fears your boss has in managing you, and master practical strategies you can use to ensure your success. The world of work has changed before our eyes, and even more changes lie ahead. As with any change, there is potential for danger...and opportunity. Although the title of the book specifically refers to boss, this book has great tips on how to manage anyone that you're currently working with (i.e., project leader, project member, customer, peer, etc.). The win/win view philosophy that Carmela Southers proposes makes "#MANAGING YOUR VIRTUAL BOSS tweet" a must-read today. "#MANAGING YOUR VIRTUAL BOSS tweet" is part of the THiNKaha series whose slim and handy books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas).
Download or read book Managing Your Virtual Boss Tweet Book01 written by Carmela Southers and published by Thinkaha. This book was released on 2012 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can one ensure that remote work becomes a positive experience? Virtual work expert Southers teaches how, in her eloquent new work. Her first-person, hands-on experience makes the text unique, accessible, and invaluable for telecommuters, work-from-home individuals, field sales personnel, and managers of distributed teams.
Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together
Download or read book Virtual Boss written by Ralph Burns and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As someone who's been managing remote sales teams for over 20 years, Ralph Burns knows the struggles of Virtual Bosses intimately. Those struggles can be boiled down to: - How do I get top-tier performance out of my people? - More importantly, how do I get top-tier performance out of my people when I don't see them every single day? These are challenges he had to overcome in his own management career (one in which he won dozens of company awards, team awards, and handfuls of national sales awards as both an individual and a team leader). Most importantly, they are the very same challenges he had to overcome in turning his own business, Tier 11, into an 8-figure virtual business.Virtual Boss is exactly what it says on the cover-a highly practical guide for leading and managing remote teams. Covering the important topics of: - Building and maintaining trust in your team- Setting a realistically high standard for performance- Motivating your team to achieve that high standard of performance- How to be an effective leader of remote staff- How to turn around underperformersVirtual Boss doesn't just tell you what to do, it shows you how Ralph and others have practiced what he preaches through the use of case studies and stories.Best of all, every section ends with exercises to ensure you're putting the book's teachings to work in helping you achieve your goal of becoming a truly exceptional Virtual Boss.
Download or read book Managing Your Boss written by John J. Gabarro and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing your boss: Isn't that merely manipulation? Corporate cozying up? Not according to John Gabarro and John Kotter. In this handy guidebook, the authors contend that you manage your boss for a very good reason: to do your best on the job—and thereby benefit not only yourself but also your supervisor and your entire company. Your boss depends on you for cooperation, reliability, and honesty. And you depend on him or her for links to the rest of the organization, for setting priorities, and for obtaining critical resources. By managing your boss—clarifying your own and your supervisor's strengths, weaknesses, goals, work styles, and needs—you cultivate a relationship based on mutual respect and understanding. The result? A healthy, productive bond that enables you both to excel. Gabarro and Kotter provide valuable guidelines for building this essential relationship—including strategies for determining how your boss prefers to process information and make decisions, tips for communicating mutual expectations, and tactics for negotiating priorities. Thought provoking and practical, Managing Your Boss enables you to lay the groundwork for one of the most crucial working relationships you'll have in your career.
Download or read book The Virtual Manager written by Kevin Sheridan and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2012-01-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mere suggestion of employees working from home is enough to make many managers sweat. Faced with the prospect of managing an employee they can’t even see, many discover that their managerial style just doesn’t work anymore. As an increasing number of jobs can be executed from home, managers must learn how to adapt their leadership style to cater to remote employees. Based on years of research, The Virtual Manager provides any manager with the tools he or she needs to successfully work with virtual employees. Trust us: it’s not like managing office-bound employees! This book is a tell-all user manual for a new generation of managers. To stay competitive in a global marketplace, it is essential to incorporate virtual employees into talent management strategy. The Virtual Manager arms managers with the knowledge they need to be become effective virtual leaders, including actionable advice on how to: Leverage the top engagement drivers for virtual employees Develop or alter policies and procedures to fit virtual employees’ needs Impact business outcomes through a flexible work strategy
Download or read book HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across HBR Guide Series written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ARE YOUR WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WORKING AGAINST YOU? To achieve your goals and get ahead, you need to rally people behind you and your ideas. But how do you do that when you lack formal authority? Or when you have a boss who gets in your way? Or when you’re juggling others’ needs at the expense of your own? By managing up, down, and across the organization. Your success depends on it, whether you’re a young professional or an experienced leader. The HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across will help you: Advance your agenda—and your career—with smarter networking Build relationships that bring targets and deadlines within reach Persuade decision makers to champion your initiatives Collaborate more effectively with colleagues Deal with new, challenging, or incompetent bosses Navigate office politics
Download or read book The Virtual Boss written by Floyd Kemske and published by Catbird Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone wishes for the perfect manager, but few have their wishes fulfilled. What would happen if a software system were developed to act as everyone's perfect manager? This dream becomes reality in this very funny book filled with lots of pitch-black comedy which features a software system that learns each employees needs and weaknesses, exploiting them to make each as effective as possible. If all you need is a reminder now and then, that's what you get. If, however, you need more, then watch out!
Download or read book Managing Up written by Mary Abbajay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build vital connections to accelerate your career success Managing Up is your guide to the most valuable 'soft skill' your career has ever seen. It's not about sucking up or brown-nosing; it's about figuring out who you are, who your boss is, and finding where you meet. It's about building real relationships with people who have influence over your career. Managing up is good for you, good for your boss, and good for the organization as a whole. This book gives you strategies for developing these all-important connections and building more than rapport; you become able to quickly assess situations, and determine which actions will move you forward; you become your own talent manager, and your boss's top choice for that new opportunity. As a skill, managing up can do more for your career than simply 'networking' ever could—and this book shows you how. Real-world strategies give you a set of actionable steps, supplemented by expert advice from a top leadership consultant that helps you get on track to advancement. It's never too early or too late to start adjusting your alignment, and this book provides the help you need to start accelerating your trajectory. Develop robust relationships with influential people Enhance your self-awareness and become more adaptable Gain new opportunities and accelerate your career Stop 'schmoozing' and develop true, lasting connections Managing up helps you build the sort of relationships that foster more communication, collaboration, cooperation, and understanding between people at different levels of power, with a variety of perspectives and skills. This type of bridge-building builds your reputation for effectiveness and fit, so you can start skipping rungs on the ladder as you build a strong, successful career. Managing Up is your personal manual for building this vital skill so you can begin building your best future.
Download or read book The Digital and Direct Marketing Goose written by German Sacristan and published by Happy About. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marketing expert German Sacristan has stepped in to help marketers achieve success in this age of digital media. He has written a simple, functional, easy to reference book that outlines a methodical process to ensure a better ROMI, or return on market investment. German knows that most marketing campaigns fail because the fundamentals are just not given the attention they deserve. By reiterating the fundamentals of marketing, sales and communication and lucidly showing how they apply in the world of digital media, German has laid out a solid methodology for success in any marketing campaign.
Download or read book How to Thrive in the Virtual Workplace written by Robert Glazer and published by Bluebird. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to help you and your team reach your full potential and thrive in the new, remote business world.
Download or read book The Virtual Project Management Office written by Robert L. Gordon and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successfully Launch and Operate a Virtual Project Management Office New technology and global businesses and organizations are making virtual project management offices (VPMOs) more important and more prevalent than ever. Successfully operating a VPMO requires project managers to employ additional skills and address different challenges from those necessary to operate a traditional PMO. For example, the virtual project manager must have effective soft skills to build trust among a dispersed team and to select the best forms of communication. He or she must also ensure compliance with the unique policies, procedures, and laws relevant to maintaining a VPMO. This book offers best practices for successful virtual projects and the most effective ways to create and implement a PMO in a virtual environment. It's a valuable resource for companies considering a VPMO and those already operating one. You'll find: - Proven implementation plans - Guidance for building a business case - Laws and ethics governing VPMOs - Tips and advice from experts Plus! Dozens of practical tools to use in launching a VPMO or improving an existing project management office.
Download or read book Manager s Guide to Virtual Teams written by Kimball Fisher and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get solid collaboration from team members in remote locations Globalization and new technologies have made team collaboration from distant geographical locations—on the road, from home or client sites, even on the other side of the globe—a routine part of business. Managing these teams requires new skills and sensitivities to maximize team and organizational performance. Emphasizing pragmatism over theory and offering helpful tips instead of vague observations, Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams helps you bridge the communication gaps created by geographical separation and get peak performance from employees you rarely see. You will learn how to: Keep team members in remote locations motivated and involved Coach for peak performance via e-mail, telephone, teleconference, and videoconference Help widely scattered team members understand their contribution to the business Build consensus for decisions among virtual team members Learn effective communication and feedback techniques for enhancing team performance Briefcase Books, written specifically for today’s busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step by step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative features to help you navigate each page: Clear definitions of key terms and concepts Tactics and strategies for managing virtual teams Tricks of the trade for executing effective management techniques Practical advice for minimizing the possibility of error Warning signs for when things are about to go wrong Examples of successful virtual managing Specific planning procedures, tactics, and hands-on techniques
Download or read book The Unashamed Guide to Virtual Management written by Ben Bisbee and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manage Virtual Teams for Maximum Results Working remotely is a reality of today’s and tomorrow’s workforce. With organizations switching from a model of only on-site employees to on-site and virtual employees working globally, managers need guidance on how to address the traditional and not-so-traditional issues that occur when staff is not collocated. The Unashamed Guide to Virtual Management provides that direction for topics such as onboarding new staff and delivering performance reviews as well as for the more offbeat issues like handling office romance and doing laundry on the job. Using short chapters and a fun, whimsical, yet straightforward style, Ben Bisbee and Kathy Wisniewski answer the critical questions about how to manage virtual teams. No matter your problem, you’ll be able to evaluate what went wrong, determine how the solution fits within your organizational personality, and implement a process to make it stick. Rather than scrambling to figure out how to handle an unexpected situation, virtual managers can consult the authors’ advice on more than 30 topics, including: time zones, flexible schedules, and privacy hiring and interviews, onboarding, and professional development team building, morale, and celebrations interruptive pets and children, errands, and meetings from the bathroom. From the mundane to the awkward, this book covers it all—because you will have to manage it from wherever you are!
Download or read book Remote written by Jason Fried and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic guide to working from home and why we should embrace a virtual office, from the bestselling authors of Rework “A paradigm-smashing, compulsively readable case for a radically remote workplace.”—Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Does working from home—or anywhere else but the office—make sense? In Remote, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of Basecamp, bring new insight to the hotly debated argument. While providing a complete overview of remote work’s challenges, Jason and David persuasively argue that, often, the advantages of working “off-site” far outweigh the drawbacks. In the past decade, the “under one roof” model of conducting work has been steadily declining, owing to technology that is rapidly creating virtual workspaces. Today the new paradigm is “move work to the workers, rather than workers to the workplace.” Companies see advantages in the way remote work increases their talent pool, reduces turnover, lessens their real estate footprint, and improves their ability to conduct business across multiple time zones. But what about the workers? Jason and David point out that remote work means working at the best job (not just one that is nearby) and achieving a harmonious work-life balance while increasing productivity. And those are just some of the perks to be gained from leaving the office behind. Remote reveals a multitude of other benefits, along with in-the-trenches tips for easing your way out of the office door where you control how your workday will unfold. Whether you’re a manager fretting over how to manage workers who “want out” or a worker who wants to achieve a lifestyle upgrade while still being a top performer professionally, this book is your indispensable guide.
Download or read book GREAT BOSSES tweet Book01 written by S. Chris Edmonds, MHROD and published by THiNKaha. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the secret to being a great boss with #GREAT BOSSES tweet: 140 Bite-Sized Proven Ideas for Being Each Employee’s Great Boss. Written by S. Chris Edmonds, CEO and founder of The Purposeful Culture Group, #GREAT BOSSES tweet provides readers with the insight they need to build effective professional relationships with employees and inspire a productive and creative work environment. Being an effective boss is more than just meeting deadlines and raising profits. A great boss entails building strong relationships with employees and laying the groundwork for a professional environment that inspires growth and creativity. Whether it’s through setting clear goals or through establishing well-defined citizenship standards, #GREAT BOSSES tweet aims to share Edmonds’ insights on the qualities of good professional leadership and proper employee engagement. After years of professional experience as a leadership expert, S. Chris Edmonds has built a tried and tested managerial philosophy around valuing people as much as profits and shareholder return. The result is more lucrative long term results in work productivity and overall job satisfaction. At a time when employees are only as good as the bosses that lead them, #GREAT BOSSES tweet aspires to raise the bar in the way bosses deal with the teams they lead. This book shares the necessary tools you need to improve relationships with team members, inspire professional growth and attract and retain new talent. Readers will be able to relate to #GREAT BOSSES tweet by reflecting on their own great bosses. By harnessing personal experiences alongside Edmonds key insights, readers will be able to better understand the practices of a great boss, particularly in the areas of growth, relationships, excellence, accountability, and teamwork. #GREAT BOSSES tweet outlines the mindset necessary to become an effective manager, an inspiring leader, and a great boss. #GREAT BOSSES tweet is part of the THiNKaha series whose slim and handy books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas).
Download or read book Managing Teams in the Hybrid Age The HBR Guides Collection 8 Books written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lead your hybrid team to success. The strictly nine-to-five office routine no longer exists, and you may be managing a team that works in several different locations at different times of day. How can you keep your team engaged and remain connected and visible, both in person and virtually? Managing Teams in the Hybrid Age: The HBR Guides Collection offers ideas and strategies to lead your team to its highest, most productive potential, whether they're working across the table or across an ocean. Included in this eight-book set are: HBR Guide to Managing Flexible Work, HBR Guide to Remote Work, HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss, HBR Guide to Leading Teams, HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter, HBR Guide to Motivating People, HBR Guide to Collaborative Teams, and HBR Guide to Beating Burnout. You'll learn how to: Adjust to the flexible work arrangements that promote productivity and inclusion for you and your team members Craft a work-from-home routine that makes it easier, rather than harder, to work remotely Embody what it means to be a supportive and successful leader Create an efficient, collaborative, and motivated team Hold purposeful, engaging, and efficient meetings Prioritize employees' professional development and job satisfaction Use passion and influence to promote effective collaborative teams Make the necessary changes to prevent burnout Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.
