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Bedtime Stories For Managers

Eric Jacobson

Nights this month, unplug from your mobile phone and both enjoy and learn from Henry Mintzberg ’s 42 former blog posts compiled into his new book, Bedtime Stories for Managers. The stories teach you how to transform an organization from one that: Functions as collections of Human Resources to communities of human beings.

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Wait, I’m the Boss?!? The Guide for New Managers to Succeed

Skip Prichard

” -Henry Mintzberg. A great manager knows how to successfully transmit the excitement they personally feel about their company and its goals to employees, and employees get excited and energized themselves—leading to higher levels of engagement and goal attainment. (3) Figure out how to make it happen. 2) Energize.