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The 27 Challenges Managers Face: Step-By-Step Solutions to (Nearly) All of Your Management Problems Hardcover - 2014 - 1st Edition

by Bruce Tulgan


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For more than twenty years, management expert Bruce Tulgan has been asking, "What are the most difficult challenges you face when it comes to managing people?"

Regardless of industry or job title, managers cite the same core issues--27 recurring challenges: the superstar whom the manager is afraid of losing, the slacker whom the manager cannot figure out how to motivate, the one with an attitude problem, and the two who cannot get along, to name just a few.

It turns out that when things are going wrong in a management relationship, the common denominator is almost always unstructured, low substance, hit-or-miss communication.

The real problem is that most managers are "managing on autopilot" without even realizing it--until something goes wrong. And if you are managing on autopilot, then something almost always does.

The 27 Challenges Managers Face shows exactly how to break the vicious cycle and gain control of management relationships. No matter what the issue, Tulgan shows that the fundamentals are all you need. The very best managers hold ongoing one-on-one conversations that make expectations clear, track performance, offer feedback, and hold people accountable.

For every workplace problem--even the most awkward and difficult--The 27 Challenges Managers Face shows how to tailor conversations to solve situations familiar to every manager. Tulgan offers clear approaches for turning around bad attitudes, reducing friction and conflict, improving low performers, retaining top performers, and even addressing your own personal burnout.

The 27 Challenges Managers Face is an indispensable resource for managers at all levels, one anyone managing anyone will want to keep on hand. One challenge at a time, you'll see how the most effective managers use the fundamentals of management to proactively resolve (nearly) any problem a manager could face.

From the rear cover

"In a large, complex organization, a culture of strong, highly engaged, and collaborative management is critical. There are not too many management challenges that are not addressed in The 27 Challenges Managers Face. Managers at all levels would be well served to have a copy on the shelf."
--David Zaslav, president and CEO, Discovery Communications

"As someone whose early management career was shaped by Bruce Tulgan's other books and programs, I'm not surprised to see this book applies to everyone, no matter what your position or stage in your leadership journey. The 27 Challenges Managers Face takes his prescriptive approach to a new level of relevance with specific tips to address the most common management challenges--right on!"
--Kat Cole, president, Cinnabon

"Bruce Tulgan's decades of exhaustive research and the collected works that have resulted have had a profound impact on how I lead. His action-oriented ideas have genuine practical utility for leaders in any organization. The ideas in The 27 Challenges Managers Face comport perfectly with what I call engaged leadership and serve as the perfect antidote for what Bruce calls the epidemic of undermanagement in America today. This terrific new book is a powerful tool for all leaders."
—Kevin J. Jacobsen, Brigadier General, United States Air Force

"Our nation could save billions in productivity losses and lawsuits resulting from poor management and employee disengagement if only it heeded the very practical step-by-step advice that Bruce Tulgan's thoroughly researched book offers. Every chapter contains real-life challenges (all twenty-seven of them!) with fundamental solutions that enlightened managers must practice. Brilliant in its simplicity!"
—Cari M. Dominguez, former chair, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and senior vice president, human resources and chief talent and diversity officer, Loma Linda University Health

"Bruce Tulgan's latest work addresses the fundamentals of management, undervalued in most companies today but essential to the successful operation of complex businesses. Highly integrated products demand accurate data, complete communication, concise direction, and timely decision making from typically segmented teams and systems. Use The 27 Challenges Managers Face to take advantage of actual lessons learned."
—Larry A. Lawson, CEO and president, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.

"Bruce Tulgan's latest book provides exceptional practical advice on how to execute the huge responsibility of leadership. The last chapter, renewing a commitment to effective management, will be particularly helpful to leaders who think they already know how to manage the first twenty-six challenges."
—Alan J. Kreczko, general counsel and executive vice president, The Hartford

"Bruce Tulgan masterfully delivers a simple, transparent, and powerful message about the fundamentals of management. I have always been a fan of Tulgan's work, and we frequently reference his teachings throughout our training and development. The 27 Challenges Managers Face tackles everyday situations and provides powerful and effective solutions for producing winning results. I am excited to introduce this masterpiece to our team."
—Jim Mazany, president, Joe's Crab Shack

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  • Title The 27 Challenges Managers Face: Step-By-Step Solutions to (Nearly) All of Your Management Problems
  • Author Bruce Tulgan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
  • Date 2014-09
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9781118725597 / 111872559X
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 1.3 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Business Aspects
  • Library of Congress subjects Management, Communication in management
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014016518
  • Dewey Decimal Code 658

About the author

BRUCE TULGAN is an adviser to business leaders all over the world and a sought-after speaker and seminar leader. He is the founder and CEO of RainmakerThinking, Inc., a management research and training firm, as well as RainmakerThinking.Training, an online training company. Bruce is the author of numerous books, including the bestselling It's Okay to Be the Boss, the classic Managing Generation X, Not Everyone Gets a Trophy, and It's Okay to Manage Your Boss. He has written for the New York Times, USA Today, the Harvard Business Review, and Human Resources. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

For more information, please visit www.rainmakerthinking.com

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