Winning the War for Profit: Developing Leaders Where It Really Matters - Couverture souple

Miller, Penny D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1722113219 ISBN 13 : 9781722113216

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

My very first job (other than babysitting) was as a supervisor. I had never worked in any organization, and really had little clue what I was getting into. But I went from a full-time college student to a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, responsible for running a work center at 22 years of age. Fortunately for me, I was in the military. If there is any organization in the United States that has paid attention to developing leaders, it is the military. I am thankful that that is where I learned to lead. Even more importantly from my perspective, the military understands that leadership at that very first rung of the management ladder is critical to operational success and doesn’t stint on preparing and training the people they assign to these vital jobs. I was assigned an NCO who was responsible for training me. I didn’t know much about the military and less about leading people, but I was smart enough to know I didn’t know anything. I was fortunate to serve with some great non-commissioned officers who did their best to train up “the butterbar” in a way that has served me well in the years since, and to start my career with a few officer mentors that did their best to teach me the ropes. You’ll see the influence of the military in the approach I take to developing supervisors. Most civilian organizations throw their new supervisors into the deep end of the pool. If the new supervisor manages to dog paddle fast enough, long enough, he’ll survive. If he doesn’t, the organization will pick the next person and toss her in—and they’ll continue that process until they get at least satisfactory success. It’s a brutal, haphazard, and ineffective approach to choosing, training, and supporting people who really are the key to organizational success. If you want to have a high-performance organization, you can’t afford to overlook your supervisors. Overall, the process is relatively straightforward. That doesn’t mean it’s easy or foolproof, but we can greatly improve our success with just a few processes, providing we are conscientious about implementing them and tenacious about seeing them through. That’s why I wrote this little book. I hope organizations will harvest the benefits of having the right people with the right skills in these critical positions, and that fewer supervisors will fail in their new roles.

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À propos de l'auteur

Penny Miller spent 21 years in the United States Air Force, working in the human resources arena. Her last assignment was as a squadron commander, overseeing human resources for a large installation. It was in the armed forces that she developed a deep appreciation for the first-line supervisory role and its importance in organizational excellence. That passion stayed with her in corporate HR. In 2007, she founded My HR Department, LLC, an HR consulting company. Most of her practice centers around training and coaching organizational leaders, with her primary focus on those leading “in the trenches,” where the War for Profit is waged

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1722113219
• ISBN 13: 9781722113216
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 72
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