Succeeding Without Micromanaging
3-CD Audio Set (Over 3 hours)
To all technical managers!
"Succeeding Without Micromanagement" is designed to give you the tools to
manage in any situation WITHOUT MICROMANAGING.
This is all new material I developed over my 25 years as an aeronautical engineer, geophysicist, manager, and leader
in Department of Defense contractors, aerospace, government, and commercial organizations.
You will not hear old ideas already published in books or presented in other seminars here.
The tools on these CDs work because I developed them, I used them, and they worked for me; and now that experience is on these CDs.
Let me start at the beginning.
You probably have some direct reports who are a dream to manage...
Click to hear a brief audio introduction from Steven
You can trust them to produce results and be a productive member of your team.
You can communicate with them easily no matter the issue.
If they're having difficulty with their tasks, they come to see you early in the process or solve it themselves, but they keep you informed.
They meet deadlines without having to be chased down.
Micro-management simply isn't an issue. You and they are on the same team.
Disappear and can't be found for long periods of time.
Prefer to work alone.
Don't want to communicate with you enough to make you feel comfortable.
They bristle at providing you with status reports.
They give you only partial information.
You want to manage them more closely and they are constantly pulling away.
Others don't like working with them.
You and they do not seem to be on the same team.
You want to monitor these people more closely, but…
You are certain that they will rebel.
You are certain they will clam up and stop communicating altogether.
You are certain they will resist.
You are certain they will feel micromanaged.
And you are certain you will feel like a micromanager.
As a manager who WANTS TO BE EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SITUATIONS with a wide variety of direct reports and who doesn't want to be seen as a micromanager, you need to ask yourself the following three questions:
1. How can you develop relationships with the "hard-to-manage direct reports" that are like the relationships you have with your trusted direct reports?
2. How can you closely monitor the difficult direct report so that he or she doesn't feel micro-managed or feel under your thumb?
3. How can you get the information you need, build the trust you want, and develop an employee to whom you can give more responsibility in the future?
All these questions (and more) will be answered in “Succeeding Without Micromanaging”.
You won’t find anything in these CDs that anyone else has developed. No repackaged material. No modified old information. Everything in these CDs I developed over my career as an aeronautical engineer and geophysicist, and as a manager, leader, director of corporate training, vice president of engineering, general manager, and entrepreneur. The material in these CDs is not based on watching someone else do something and then reporting what the observer saw. The tools you will hear in this CD work because I developed them, I used them, and they worked for me.
Over the years as a manager and leader I have managed people who were my previous peers, people who were many years my senior, people for whom I have reported to in the past, people right out of college and people ready to retire. I have managed people who wanted to be left alone to do their work and I have managed people who would not leave me alone, they wanted to report to me daily.
I got good at being able to manage in a wide variety of situations with a wide variety of people with a wide variety of levels of oversight. I got very good at it. And at no time was I ever labeled a micromanager nor did anyone ever tell me, or others, that I was micromanaging them.
When I started my coaching, mentoring, and training company I began to document what I had done that worked so well. I began to make it something I could teach others and I realized that I had been teaching all these tools to my own direct reports as I prepared them to be managers as well.
This CD set is my compilation of what I did to successfully manage and yet avoid micromanagement.
And what are some of those secrets I learned in my career…?
You have read all the questions at the beginning of this letter and all those questions and more will get answered but here are some specifics….
You will learn the first question to ask a direct report that will be your key to avoiding micromanaging that employee.
You will learn the exact way to explain a task to a direct report so that they will welcome whatever management oversight makes you comfortable.
You will learn how to ask for weekly status reports (or whenever you want them) so that your direct report will not resist and make excuses.
WHAT IS POSSIBLE For You To Achieve With "Succeeding Without Micromanaging"?
Here is an real-world example of the results that are possible with this technology (name changed).
Susan is a manager whom I have been coaching specifically in the area of micromanagement. This is a manager of a department in a high technology company. She began her career as an engineer and therefore, is very sensitive to the idea of being perceived as a micromanager.
She did not like it when a manager monitored her too closely and so she is very concerned that her direct reports not perceive her as a micromanager.
This manager recently had a direct report who was not performing very well. Tasks were not always completed on time. The employee seemed to have a very promising future, but did not seem to really work close enough with the manager to instill confidence.
The manager asked me for coaching. I coached the manager through the processes you will learn in this 3-CD set. The manager sent me an email a couple of weeks after the micromanagement coaching was complete. I paraphrase the email only slightly below:
"I am working very closely with… my direct report… right now… I am working so closely that the employee is almost an extension of me. By that I mean I know exactly what the employee is doing and how he is doing it at all times. Partly because of my closeness, and partly because he is smart, he is coming up to speed very quickly. … we are receiving accolades from all directions."
This manager implemented my suggestions and actually increased monitoring of her direct report and instead of being perceived as a micromanager, the manager was actually perceived as a positive supportive influence.
Wouldn't you like to be able to say the same thing about all your direct reports? This program will allow you to do just that.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
Here is what you receive in these 3 CDs:
In CD #1 you will learn what micromanagement REALLY IS. I’ve talked to hundreds of people over the years, and everyone seems to have a different definition of micromanagement. If we are going to learn how to avoid it we’ve got to get clear on what it is. With examples and scenarios, this CD will establish a clear understanding of what micromanagement is and is not, how to identify it, how to talk about it with others, and how to establish a baseline from which to manage without it.
In CD #2 you will learn how to actually avoid micromanagement. You will learn about management styles, management structures, and management processes that will provide you with the information, control, and oversight that you want and need to be successful while, at the same time, giving your direct report the sense of empowerment and freedom they want and need in order to contribute their best.
In CD #3 you will learn, from real world case studies, how to apply this technology. You learn what works and how to exactly implement this technology. You will learn when it works and when it does not. This is where the “rubber meets the road”!
YOUR INVESTMENT
The investment for the full 3-CD set is only $97 plus shipping and handling. This is an easy way to get some of the breakthrough knowledge and insight I provide in my live trainings and coaching, without the cost or time away from work.
Consider this: My current coaching/mentoring fee makes this CD set worth more than $1,500. The $97 for the 3-CD set is less than most people spend on their fancy coffee each month. It is a bargain that will make a tremendous difference in your career (and I guarantee it, more about that in a moment).
MY PERSONAL GUARANTEE!
Of course, I stand behind everything I sell. My CDs come with a 30-day full-refund guarantee. Try these CDs for 30 days and if you aren't completely satisfied, simply return them for a complete refund excluding the cost of shipping. If you have any questions please contact at: customerservice@stevencerri.com or by phone at 1+925-735-9500.
NOW WHAT?
Now the choice is yours. If you want to have more control, influence, and success managing your engineers and direct reports, the choice is simple. Order today.
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