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Thinking and Acting Like a Coach
“It is easy to get the players. Gettin’ ’em to play together, that’s the hardest part.”
—Casey Stengel
Chances are pretty good that you didn’t become a manager or supervisor by accident. You didn’t just stumble into work one day and find a title change on your time card, someone new sitting at your old desk, and your personal possessions moved to a new office with your name, followed by the word “manager,” on the door.
More than likely, you aimed and angled, trained and studied, made your aspirations well known, and spent time quizzing everyone within friendly earshot about what it would take to make the leap to the managerial ranks. And chances are that from time to time, your boss asked you to fill in, gave ...
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