It is a good introduction to the "manager's world". The book explains how is the manager's day by day, how to deal with the team and challenges that a manager would face. It is a easy and pleasant lecture. It worth if you are a non experienced manager or if it is your first time at the role, otherwise you probably already have the experience that the book can provide.

It's been a few years since I read that book, and I do remember it to be quite inspiring.

Good introduction for new managers, practical and insightful. Good starter if you're new to a management type role.

Best management book I've read in a while. Especially appreciate the final chapter broken out into templates and suggestions for each technique discussed throughout the book. Will keep this one close-by moving forward in my management practices.

I would have loved to read that book two years ago. I could have prevented so many mistakes.

A decent book of effective communications management that provides you with concise techniques and recommendations.
it is a mind refresher book not a complete reference , but it is nice to read it if you are a first line manager.

It can be used as check list for what to do and not do as a manager.

I would like to get this one as it is referenced several times in other works I've read.

How to be a boss. Practical tips for supervising. Easy read.

Must read for anyone in IT Management. Should be the first book you read when you make the jump from Individual Contributor to Manager.

This is a pretty good book for a new manager (note, that this definitely should not be the only one - it just doesn't cover enough). It gives a decent glimpse into the basic challenges of team/people management.

In that capacity and at that level, the book is great. The examples are fine at this level, but hopelessly simplistic if you try to get just a bit deeper. They also start showing their age: a strict hierarchy, where a Manager sits in his office and divines the decrees on their lieutenants is no longer as pervasive, especially in the technology field.

Still, it is a great tool for a new manager to avoid most common pitfalls when it comes to dealing with both a team of people, a bunch of projects and a product strategy. I cannot say I've discovered anything eye opening when reading it, but it was a nice refresher of the basics.

Bottom line: not the "be all, end all" books on management, but it gives a good advice and is a good starter for those new to management.

Good info

Good information. Timely. Very to the point. Reduces conducting about what management is. Will read again since there is a lot there.