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CHAPTER 3

Management Techniques

The key to being a good manager is to keep the people who hate you away from the ones who are still undecided.—CASEY STENGEL

The state of management in organizations is generally not good. Officevibe found that three out of four employees report their boss is the worst and most stressful part of their job, and 65 percent of employees say they’d take a new boss over a pay raise.

The average organization is 50 percent as productive as it should be, thanks to less-than-optimal leadership practices. A survey conducted by Interact found that 69 percent of managers are often uncomfortable communicating with employees, and 37 percent said they’re uncomfortable having to give direct feedback about their employees’ ...