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You never imagined being the employer would be so difficult. You're found in an internet of conflicting objectives from subordinates, your supervisor, peers, and customers. You're not alone. As Linda Hill and Kent Lineback reveal in Being the Supervisor, becoming a highly effective manager is an agonizing, difficult quest. It's trial and error, endless effort, and slowly bought personal understanding. Many managers never complete the quest. At best, they just learn to get by. At most detrimental, they become terrible bosses. This new publication explains how to prevent that fate, by mastering three imperatives:

• Manage yourself: Learn that management isn't about getting things done yourself. It's about completing things through others.
• Manage a network: Know how power and impact work in your company and create a network of mutually beneficial romantic relationships to find their way your company's complex politics environment.
• Manage a team: Forge a high-performing "we" of the many "I"s who are accountable to you.

Packed with compelling stories and useful direction, Being the Supervisor is an vital guide for not only first-time managers but all managers seeking to excel at the most challenging challenges of command.