I want to become a better people manager. I haven’t ever gotten any formal training in this and now my career will demand it. Any training, conferences, books you good folks recommend?

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Best advise : be kind and care on others growing up

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Absolutely- your goal is for them to excel. If they surpass you in some areas you have done a good job!
Also, transparency is key. Your people will love you for it

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Best way to do this is have conversations with leaders whose style you admire. Talk to them about their values, how they inspire their teams, and how they got to where they are now. You’ll learn much more that way than from a book

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I love love love that you are thinking about this. Most people don’t. The fact that you even have the self awareness to work on this speak volumes about your people skills.

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🥰 Thank you. I’m trying.

How to make friends and influence people by dale carnegie

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HBR has some great article on it’s site for people management.

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Neg them.

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2nd on the how to win friends and influence people. Would also recommend 7 habits of highly effective people

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Look into coaching; take a few sessions. It's all about helping someone bring critical reflection into their work and life. It is simple but not easy to do

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Find mentors at your office that are strong at this. Then harass them for their secrets, ask their advice, and/or shadow them

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Read Radical Candor by Kim Scott

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Some tips I can think of- first and foremost, be a nice person. Nobody likes to work for an asshole. Reputations spread fast. Don't take out client frustrations on juniors. It's never helpful. Check the work of your team and gently point out errors the first couple of times. If it continues, then have a one on one with the folks who aren't getting it. Don't expect out of others what you would not expect out of yourself. Don't do to others what you would hate done to yourself. Be fair, be polite but be firm. And, never forget your own days of struggling for promotion.. Someone else will be doing that same thing in your team(s) down the road so be mindful of that.

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Talk to your people. They give good feedback if you ask.

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