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

6 Introduction

This is especially true if you’re a producing manager who must

combine the roles of individual contributor and manager. At fi rst,

you naturally tend to think the managerial role is simply a broader

version of managing yourself. Only with time and painful experi-

ence will you discover it’s totally different.

Becoming a Manager Requires Personal

Learning and Change

Second, becoming an effective manager requires that you not only

acquire new skills and knowledge but also undergo diffi cult per-

sonal change.

Those who become managers must learn to see themselves and

their work differently. They must develop new values, deeper self-

awareness, increased emotional maturity, and the ability to exercise

wise judgment. Many managers ...