10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager

Here’s what several Management Craft readers had to say about the advanced version of the book:

“This book hits a management Grand Slam. Lisa offers a clear and engaging guide to management success. Don’t browse the book, rather carefully follow each step from your role to your legacy with the tune ups, tables, and tools to both communicate and obliterate your way to becoming a successful manager. The book is a perfect 10!

David Zinger, Founder of David Zinger & Associates, Employee Engagement & Strenght Based Leadership Specialists, co-author of Slacker Manager.com

“Filled with practical guidance and written in a warm, friendly style, this book should be on every manager’s shelf. Lisa teaches you how to work smarter, instead of harder, to yield excellent results. Her pointers, tools, and worksheets are easy to use and extremely valuable. A winner!”

Tara Rodden Robinson, Zugunruhe Coaching LLC

“10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager offers the building blocks you need to take your management to the next level, whether you’re new to management or have been managing for years. The pointers, worksheets and notes sections leave plenty of room to make this YOUR guidebook for great management. A must-have for managers of all levels.”

Phil Gerbyshak, Author of 10 Ways to Make It Great! and co-author of SlackerManager.com

“Lisa takes the guessing game out of management excellence through straight talk, practical tips, and useful templates. This easy-to-follow book is a great read for managers who want to enhance their effectiveness, boost their results, and achieve greater performance from their team.”

Tami Trout, Management Coach, Designed Success, LLC

“Congrats on picking up a copy of this must-read book! You have already moved nine steps closer to become a successful manager. The only step remaining is to read and follow Lisa’s do-it-yourself, step-by-step advice. So start your engines and reach for the skies and yes, don’t forget to carry this copy with you!”

Tushar Panchal, Vice President, Rediffusion Denstu Young & Rubicam Pvt. Ltd., India

“An educational and fun read for managers of all shapes and sizes. Haneberg stresses sound fundamentals and provides valuable and practical exercises and worksheets geared toward action and improvement. Don’t miss out on the powerful and inspiring conclusion.”

Nick McCormick, Author of Lead Well and Prosper

“This is important book provides a profoundly expert, masterfully comprehensive, and engagingly accessible explanation of what it really takes to be an effective manager-and how to develop and incorporate those skills into your own daily work. It doesn’t matter where you are in your management career-whether student or CEO or anywhere in between-you will learn what a fully professional manager really does, and how to do it better yourself.”

Jim Stroup, Management Consultant and author of Managing Leadership

“10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager delivers as promised. Each of the ten steps are important for every manager, regardless of their experience and background. You will want to do more than read this book-when you apply these steps you will change the performance of your organization and yourself forever.”

Kevin Eikenberry, Author of Remarkable Leadership-Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time

“At her usual to the point enjoyable style Lisa’s new book provides a good mix of prescriptive advice and the thought-provoking principles behind it. As an experienced manager I had a hard time putting it down, and look forward to using it as a coaching tool for other managers in my team.”

Yuval Yeret, Vice President of Research and Development, SANRAD, Israel

“Excellent book! Whether you are an experienced manager who wants to sharpen your skills or a new manager looking for guidance, either way this is a must-read book. Every step has practical checklists for immediate use, and designed to give you results as you progress through the book, even if you don’t read the chapters in sequence. Highly recommended for your bookshelf.”

Nilesh Nerurkar, General Manager, Atos Origin

“Managers, from the neophyte to the experienced, should read this book. Not only is the material presented highly actionable, with worksheets and examples provided to help pave the way to implementation of its ten steps, several of those steps cause you to focus inwardly and think about your role and work as a manager, and will have a profound effect on how you will define and relate to your managerial responsibilities.”

Dennis Grinberg, Manager, Software Engineering, Eaton Corporation

“I wish I had this book when I started managing. Great ideas and modern concepts on how to improve your success as a manager in today’s complex business environment. 10 steps to be a Successful Manager is a must read for anyone who wants to improve their team’s performance and personal management skills.”

Lee Iwan, International Business Development Manager, Quimica Central de Mexico

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I believe that great managers make great companies. As a leadership and management coach, trainer, and consultant, I have enjoyed helping managers grow and have seen the big difference just a few small changes can make. I have also held the role of manager several times.

In today’s fast moving and more complex work environments, the manager’s job is becoming more challenging and broad. We have to be better today to achieve success than we had to be in the past.

Alas, not everyone is successful and many well meaning and hard working managers fail. I once had a friend who had a heart the size of Alaska. She worked long hours and was passionate about her work. And she was fired. Why? Her department was not getting projects done I time and she was a time management train wreck. She promised much more that she could deliver and she let every email and phone call divert her attentions away from what was most important. Her manager talked with her several times and even offered to provide her a coach. She believed that if she just worked harder and longer, she could turn things around. She was wrong because she did not spend her time on the right activities – she ignored the management fundamentals.

10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager offers a short list of the most important management fundamentals. Had my friend read this book and followed its recommendations, I do not believe she would have lost the job she loved. Her employees liked her very much as a person but hoped for more from their manager. After she was fired, several asked her manager what had taken him so long. This is a tragic story that I have seen play out many times. It’s tragic because it is preventable. I hope this book helps you be more successful and productive. Helping hard working and well-meaning people develop their abilities to better manage their businesses is my mission and passion and I have been doing this kind of work for about 25 years. Why? You really are the engine!