Moving on Up: Changing Your Approach at the Managerial Level

Laura Stack

Jan 2013 · Productivity Pro Press

About this ebook

When you make the transition to management, you'll find that while the basic principles that have guided your career thus far still apply, your approach to them must change. Things look somewhat different at the managerial level, and your duties and decisions are more significant and encompassing. Sure, the perks are better, but so are the responsibilities! In order to adapt to your new circumstances, you'll have to revamp your thinking toward: • Managing others, not just yourself. • Delegating tasks that other people can do just effectively and more cheaply. • Managing meetings, so they don't eat up your precious time. • Effectively juggling multiple projects with many moving parts. • Following up with your team and keeping them positively motivated, without micromanaging. • Maintaining a positive outlook that pervades your team and consistently helps you move forward. Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will guide you on your new path toward managerial success. Even if you're not quite there yet, it will give you something to look forward to!

About the author

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, Laura Stack is America's Premier Expert in Productivity. For over 20 years, her seminars and speeches have helped professionals, leaders, and teams accelerate individual and team performance, execute efficiently, and improve output in the workplace. Her company, The Productivity Pro, Inc., provides productivity workshops around the globe to help attendees achieve Maximum Results in Minimum Time. Laura is the author of five bestselling productivity books published by Random House, Wiley, and Berrett-Koehler, most recently What to Do When There's Too Much to Do. Her newest work, Execution IS the Strategy, hits bookstores in spring 2014. Laura's books have been published in more than 20 foreign editions, and she is a featured columnist for Success magazine. Laura has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and Forbes magazine. Laura has been a spokesperson for Microsoft, 3M, Skillsoft, Office Depot, Day-Timer, and Xerox. Her client list includes top Fortune 500 companies, including Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Aramark, Bank of America, GM, Wells Fargo, and Time Warner, plus government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Air Force Academy, the Census Bureau, the U.S. Senate, and the Department of Defense. Laura was the 2011-2012 President of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and is the recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, NSA's highest earned designation. She lives with her husband and three children in Denver, Colorado.