Succeeding at Technical Management: Do’s & Don’ts
- Introduction
- The Manager
- The Leader
- The Learning Organization
- Manager Attributes
- A Positive View
- An Obverse View
- Strategies and Planning
- Your Strategic Plan
- Planning for Growth
- New Initiatives
- Budgeting and Investment
- Investment in Product/Marketing
- R&D
- Cash Cows
- Dealing with Key Personnel
- Smart Hires/Direct Reports
- Work Hours
- Line vs. Staff
- Bosses and Customers
- Your Team or Your Boss’s Team?
- Satisfying Your Customers
- Processes and Meetings
- Problem Solving
- Control of Agenda
- Information Use and Sharing
- Good News and Bad News
- Information Exchange and Control
- Training
- On-the-Job
- Outside Training/Education
- Two Personal “Tests”
- Management Styles
- Leadership
- Wrap-up
