Book recommendations for supervisor newbie

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any book recommendations for someone who is becoming a supervisor? How to be a good boss type stuff?

[Anonymous]

"Managing for Dummies"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any book recommendations for someone who is becoming a supervisor? How to be a good boss type stuff?

Does anyone have any personal advice (not just book recs) on how to make the transition from "individual contributor" to a manager/supervisor? asking as someone with a few years of experience..moving up here usually means supervising--no real "subject matter expert" track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any book recommendations for someone who is becoming a supervisor? How to be a good boss type stuff?

Does anyone have any personal advice (not just book recs) on how to make the transition from "individual contributor" to a manager/supervisor? asking as someone with a few years of experience..moving up here usually means supervising--no real "subject matter expert" track.

Empower your staff to make decisions
Give people a leash with which to hang themselves, but be ready to cut the rope before they do
Biggest challenge: get comfortable not knowing the details
Show loyalty and you engender loyalty
Be honest in your feedback
Remember that "kudos" and small thank yous go far
Let your staff present to your boss. Enabling them demonstrates your ability to create new leaders. As you move up, it's not about your face time - its about leveraging them

[Anonymous]

Close the circle with people, if you start asking them about things/ identify a project, tell them where it ends, even if they are not ultimately involved. My boss sucks a this.