Explicit Expectations: The Essential Guide & Toolkit of Management Fundamentals in Bloomington, MN

Newly-promoted into your first people-management role? Looking to explore, develop, and prepare yourself for a next step into management? Seeking a refresher to ensure you haven't lost touch with the fundamentals of management and meeting your people's needs? This book provides the essentials and foundations of people management, serving as a resource and guide to help those with new people management responsibilities (and those who want a refresher) to develop and reboot their mindsets, perspectives, and skills in the areas of:
strategic planning and organizational design
justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion
recruiting and interviewing
on-boarding
goal-setting
conducting check-ins and one-on-ones
driving accountability through prioritizing, delegating, and empowering
coaching and other leadership styles
feedback and critical conversations
performance management
engaging and motivating your team
employee and career development
conducting effective team meetings that people want to attend
change management
terminations
managing up
co-developing and updating a living Explicit Expectations Engagement & Alignment Guide to ensure managers and their team members are in continuous alignment
Whether you're new to managing people in a start-up environment, an individual contributor exploring to see if people management is right for you, or a seasoned supervisor/manager looking to return to basics, this resource is bound to provide you with fresh insights, practical tools, tips, and models, and some familiar reminders to help optimize your people-management prowess.