Be a Great Boss: The Hill Collection (4 Items)

tion to management has increasingly come to be regarded with

skepticism. Technical experts may not have basic managerial

competencies, much less the right temperament or motivation for

management.

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Certainly we saw that the new managers in this

study pondered why and how they had become managers. They

came to understand that technical prowess, no matter how great,

was insufficient for the people-managing tasks that so filled their

days.

What criteria should be used to identify potential managers?

You will not find much in this study to add to the current wisdom;

it simply confirms what others have been saying.

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The results

suggest that managerial candidates ...