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Best HR Books: Unlocking the Secrets to Success

HR Digest

These books offer valuable insights, practical advice, and real-world examples that can help you navigate the complex world of human resources effectively. So, let’s dive in and explore the best HR books that will unlock the secrets to success in human resources.

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More than Just a Fat Paycheck: How to Improve Employee Satisfaction

HR Digest

A fat paycheck, formidable power, work friends, or good coffee? A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management found that companies with engaged employees are 20% more profitable than those with disengaged employees. Show Trust and Autonomy: Trust your employees to do their jobs without micromanaging them.

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How to Deal With a Bossy Coworker

Lead from Within

Micromanagement is bad enough when it comes from a manager, but it’s even worse coming from a peer. Enlist the help of your supervisor or a human resources manager if your colleague’s behavior is interfering with your work. A bossy coworker can make life in the workplace frustrating and even difficult.

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Under-Management Is the Flip Side of Micromanagement — and It’s a Problem Too

Harvard Business Review

Micromanagement gets most of the attention, but under-management may be just as big a problem. And I well remember one of my own company’s Human Resource VP’s exclaiming in frustration, “The trouble with our managers is that too often they just don’t manage!” Chalermphon Kumchai/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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How to Deal with Difficult Coworkers and Toxic Managers

Skip Prichard

They feel personal satisfaction by hurting others and ruining confidence because it gives them power. Whatever you do, don’t just sit there and continue to endure toxic behavior—you have the power to stop it. Micromanaging. The typical malicious person gets a lot of enjoyment hurting the feelings of their co-workers.

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Guest Post: The “General” Manager – Soldier Lessons for the.

Lead on Purpose

Whether you’re the platoon commander of an Army Infantry Patrol, or the Director of Human Resources, you’re still a leader. If you micromanage, you’ll have employees that wait for instructions every step of the way and will not use their own resources. This is a fine line to walk as a leader.

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The Family Dynamics We Grew Up with Shape How We Work

Harvard Business Review

It influences whether they have close or distant relationships with the people who report to them, communicate directly or indirectly, micromanage or empower, encourage debates or shut them down. Sarah, the ambitious CEO who micromanaged her team, spoke with one of the few people she trusted, an old business school friend.