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Management book recommendations?

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SuperSalamander · 03/07/2022 19:02

I am about to start my first management role in the public sector - I’ll be moving from working as a technical specialist to managing that service and a small team of colleagues from my specialism. I’ve had a look in Waterstones/Amazon and all the management books seem very corporate focused - can anyone suggest anything that is particular useful for the public sector?

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parrotonmyshoulder · 03/07/2022 19:12

I love ‘Dare to Lead’ by Brené Brown.

empresstonkoko · 03/07/2022 19:17

Its not a management book as such but I have found The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey to be really helpful when I first become a manger. It gives some really useful strategies to becoming effective and how this can translate to teams. I work in the public sector and have used some of the concepts in my work with teams.

Piggy52a · 03/07/2022 19:24

One minute manager is good.

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CMOTDibbler · 03/07/2022 19:27

The Managers Path is a good one as it is written for tech people going from contributor to manager

PhoneyM · 03/07/2022 19:33

parrotonmyshoulder · 03/07/2022 19:12

I love ‘Dare to Lead’ by Brené Brown.

Second this

AnnaBegins · 03/07/2022 19:35

One minute manager and How women rise - both great!

Defiantlynot41 · 03/07/2022 19:48

Second and third the Beene Brown book, Dare to Lead is great, also other of hers, her videos/Ted Talks and website has loads of resources. Radical Candor by Kim Scott is excellent in terms of message but also a practical "how to" guide

SuperSalamander · 03/07/2022 19:58

These all look great - thank you

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