It's OKAY to be the BOSS

Author

• Bruce Tulgan

Produced

• October 2009

Key Features

27-minute DVD program includes a reproducible Leader's Guide, Participant's Guide, Self Study Guide (all on one CD) and (10) pocket cards

Best-selling author and management consultant, BRUCE TULGAN, has declared that the days of "hands-off" management are over! This riveting new release is a "call to action" for all managers and leaders to fight the under-management epidemic and become the boss their employees appreciate and deserve.

"In an era in which so much of the 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 T.G.I. Friday’s

It has never been more difficult to be a manager. The pressure to increase productivity and profits by doing more with less, while trying to corral a new high maintenance workforce that brings its own set of expectations and demands, has never been greater. All of this has led bestselling author and management consultant, BRUCE TULGAN, to declare the days of “hands-off” management officially over.

IT’S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS is a humorous, highly entertaining call to action for managers, supervisors and leaders. Based on Tulgan’s bestselling book, this motivational video dispels the 7 myths that have created the current under-management epidemic at all levels of business. As Bruce says, “Follow any problem in business…bad service, missed deadlines, soggy fries...whatever. Everything is somebody’s job and everyone has a boss. Everything leads back to the boss.”

Tulgan challenges managers everywhere to give up their “hands off = empowerment” style of managing and to re-engage with their employees - spelling out expectations, providing specific guidelines, correcting failure quickly and rewarding success even more quickly.

IT’S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS provides leaders and managers a step-by-step guide back to being the boss their employees appreciate and deserve.

Recognize the 7 Myths of Management

The Myth of EMPOWERMENT

The Myth of FAIRNESS

The Myth of the JERK BOSS

The Myth of the DIFFICULT CONFRONTATION

The Myth of the NATURAL LEADER

The Myth of the HR POLICE

The Myth of TIME

Embrace the 4 Habits of a Great Boss!

Make TIME to talk about the Work - have lots of small conversation about the work to be done.

Talk like a COACH - use descriptive language.

Make ACCOUNTABILITY a Process, not a Slogan - employees thrive when accountability is consistent and documented.

Deal with LOW PERFORMERS - 4 critical reasons why you must deal with low performers.

Bruce is the recent recipient of Toastmasters' most prestigious honor…

Toastmasters International Golden Gavel 2009

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To view an additional preview segment of this program, click here: Bruce Tulgan's Jerk Boss preview segment