Explicit Expectations

Newly-promoted into your first people-management role? Looking to explore, develop, and prepare yourself for a next step into management? Seeking a refresher to ensure you haven't lost touch with the fundamentals of management and meeting your people's needs? This book provides the essentials and foundations of people management, serving as a resource and guide to help those with new people management responsibilities (and those who want a refresher) to develop and reboot their...
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Newly-promoted into your first people-management role? Looking to explore, develop, and prepare yourself for a next step into management? Seeking a refresher to ensure you haven't lost touch with the fundamentals of management and meeting your people's needs? This book provides the essentials and foundations of people management, serving as a resource and guide to help those with new people management responsibilities (and those who want a refresher) to develop and reboot their mindsets, perspectives, and skills in the areas of: ¿ strategic planning, organization design, and diversity ¿ justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion ¿ recruiting, interviewing, and hiring ¿ on-boarding ¿ goal-setting ¿ conducting 1:1s and check-ins ¿ driving accountability through prioritizing, delegating, and empowering ¿ coaching ¿ feedback and critical conversations ¿ performance management ¿ engaging and motivating ¿ employee and career development ¿ conducting effective team meetings that people want to attend ¿ change management ¿ terminations ¿ managing up ¿ co-developing and updating a living Explicit Expectations Engagement and Alignment Guide to ensure managers and their team members are in continuous alignment Whether you're new to managing people in a start-up environment, an individual contributor exploring to see if people management is right for you, or a seasoned supervisor/manager looking to return to basics, this resource is bound to provide you with fresh insights, practical tools, tips, and models, and some familiar reminders to help optimize and sustain your people-management prowess.