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

xvi Why We Wrote This Book

There I collaborated with management experts, many on the

Harvard faculty, to produce programs about how to manage. If

Sterling was the prelude to my management career, this was the

coda. It was an opportunity to refl ect on my experience in relation

to the content of the programs I was producing and fi nally make

sense of what had worked, and where and why I had fallen short.

What I learned is the heart of my contribution to Being the Boss .

While at Harvard, I came across Linda’s work with new managers

and read it with deep and personal interest. It played a large role

in helping me understand my own experience.

I’m grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with her on

Being the Boss . I wish I had been able ...