IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS DELUXE FACILITATOR'S GUIDE SET

Too many of today's supervisors, managers, and leaders are failing their staff and their organizations by "undermanaging." They don't take change on business basics, spell out expectations, keep track of performance measurements, correct mistakes nor reward success.

It's Okay to Be the Boss The Management Workshop offers expert guidance for conducting a dynamic workshop that will give anyone who manages (from seasoned executives to new supervisors) the information they need to become a great boss who is highly engaged when leading, managing, and supervising employees.

In this highly interactive program, author Bruce Tulgan---one of the world's leading management trainers---explains the common obstacles to becoming an engaged manager and reveals which ones can be controlled and shows managers specific techniques on how to control them. He also spells out strategies for working around the workplace issues and human nature that cannot be controlled.

It's Okay to Be the Boss: The Management Workshop contains everything you need to conduct a full-day, back-to-basics training session including background information and a thorough introduction to the model, a detailed script for training delivery, a PowerPoint® slide deck, short instructional videos, and an interactive Participant Workbook.

"Managing employees well is a skill, not an art. Bruce Tulgan provides a clear guide to all the important techniques needed to be an effective manager."---Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton School

"In an era in which so much of business teachings are focused solely on leadership, Bruce Tulgan makes it safe again to be a hands-on manager. It's Okay to Be the Boss presents a clear plan to become the manager who will help your team thrive."---Mike Archer, President and COO, T.G.I. Friday's USA

Managing people is harder and more high-pressure today than ever before. There's no room for downtime, waste, or inefficiency. You have to do more with less. And employees have become high maintenance. Not only are they more likely to disagree openly and push back, but they also won't work hard for vague promises of long-term rewards. They look to you---their immediate boss---to help them get what they need and want at work.

How do you tackle this huge management challenge? If you are like most managers, you take a hands-off approach. You "empower" employees by leaving them alone, unless they really need you. After all, you don't want to "micromanage" them and don't have the time to hold every employee's hand. Of course, problems always come up and often snowball into bigger problems. In fact, you probably spend too much of your time solving problems and falling behind on your work ... which leaves even less time for managing people ... which opens the door for even more problems!

In It's Okay to Be the Boss, Bruce Tulgan puts his finger on the biggest problem in corporate America---an undermanagement epidemic affecting managers at all levels of the organization and in all industries---and offers another way. His clear, step-by-step guide to becoming the strong manager employees need challenges bosses everywhere to spell out expectations, tell employees exactly what to do and how to do it, monitor and measure performance constantly, and correct failure quickly and reward success even more quickly. Now that's how you set employees up for success and help them earn what they need.

Tulgan opens our eyes to the undisciplined workplace that is overwhelming managers and frustrating workers and invites bosses everywhere to accept the sacred responsibility of managing people. His message: It's okay to be the boss. Be a great one!

Bruce Tulgan is the founder of Rainmaker Thinking Inc., a research and management training company based in New Haven, Connecticut. He is internationally recognized as a leading expert on leadership and performance management. He is an advisor to business leaders all over the world, the author or coauthor of seventeen different books including the classic Managing Generation X and the recent best-seller It's Okay to be the Boss. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and seminar leader.

Bruce Tulgan is an adviser to business leaders all over the world and a sought-after speaker and seminar leader. He is the founder of Rainmaker-Thinking, Inc., a management training firm. Bruce is the author of the classic Managing Generation X as well as Winning the Talent Wars, and has written for the New York Times, USA Today, Harvard Business Review, and Human Resources. He lives with his wife, Dr. Debby Applegate, in New Haven, Connecticut, and Portland, Oregon.