getAbstract

Advanced Search
Blog Blog | RSS Feeds RSS Feeds | Free Free Summaries
back  Back to Category Philosophy

The Hands-Off Manager

How to Mentor People and Allow Them to Be Successful

by Steve Chandler and Duane Black

Career Press, 2007

Category: Leadership & Management

The Hands-Off Manager

Get the summary

Subscribe today and dramatically increase your business knowledge in your own time and at an affordable rate. Our summaries will update your skills, jump-start your career and put you ahead of the pack. Learn how to thrive in every aspect of your professional life.

Subscribe
Subscribe

Sign up now and receive immediate full access to this summary.

Free Sample Summaries
Free sample summaries

Get summaries of two business bestsellers.

             

getAbstract rating

Overall (?)

rating 7 (7)

Applicability

rating 7 (7)

Innovation

rating 6 (6)

Style

rating 7 (7)

Level of Expertise (?)

rating 2 (2)

User rating

(7.0)

In this summary you will learn

  • How old-style micromanagement hampers an effective and happy workplace
  • Why success is an internal definition rather than an outward achievement
  • Why your job as a hands-off manager is to mentor people to become who they really are
  • How to lead people by listening to them, getting to know them and coaching them

Why you should read The Hands-Off Manager

Steve Chandler and Duane Black present an approach to management that promises to lower your stress level, increase your happiness and allow everyone in your organization to be more creative and productive. The idea is that old-style, hands-on micromanagement does not engage today’s workers. The book tries to persuade readers through emotional appeals, which can be illuminating but sometimes appear strained. The book includes interesting quotes from all kinds of people, including Peter Drucker, Deepak Chopra, Napoleon Hill (whom the authors criticize), Voltaire and others. getAbstract says the authors’ core ideas are persuasive, but the style might lean a little too much on intangible insights for some readers. However, this is a great book if you are a stressed-out manager who wants to find a new approach. Read this, calm down and stop micromanaging.

About the authors

Trainer and consultant Steve Chandler, the author of 14 books, is a guest faculty lecturer at the University of Santa Monica. Duane Black is COO and executive vice-president of a housing development company with more than 150 employees.

inivs
inivs
inivs
inivs
 
Welcome | How It Works | Browse | Corporate Solutions | Subscribe

Accessibility | Publishers | About Us | Careers | Press Corner | Testimonials | Shvoong | Bloomberg | Book Award | Gift Subscriptions | Contact | Blog

Disclaimer | Privacy Statement | Affiliate Program | Operating Agreement | © 1999-2010, getAbstract