You Can't Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager
When Hank Gilman started his career, he aspired to be a great journalist. But just a few years later, he became an editor and suddenly found himself in charge of a slew of difficult reporters—without a clue how to manage them.

Plenty of managers start out this way, never asking, expecting, or training to be responsible for others. These accidental bosses often find that learning to manage is like learning to swim by being dropped into the deep end of the pool.

Now the deputy managing editor at Fortune, Gilman learned the hard way about what makes a good boss. He shares his insights from the good, bad, ugly, entertaining, and sometimes just plain bizarre stories from more than two decades in the management trenches.
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You Can't Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager
When Hank Gilman started his career, he aspired to be a great journalist. But just a few years later, he became an editor and suddenly found himself in charge of a slew of difficult reporters—without a clue how to manage them.

Plenty of managers start out this way, never asking, expecting, or training to be responsible for others. These accidental bosses often find that learning to manage is like learning to swim by being dropped into the deep end of the pool.

Now the deputy managing editor at Fortune, Gilman learned the hard way about what makes a good boss. He shares his insights from the good, bad, ugly, entertaining, and sometimes just plain bizarre stories from more than two decades in the management trenches.
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You Can't Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager

You Can't Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager

by Hank Gilman
You Can't Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager

You Can't Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager

by Hank Gilman

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Overview

When Hank Gilman started his career, he aspired to be a great journalist. But just a few years later, he became an editor and suddenly found himself in charge of a slew of difficult reporters—without a clue how to manage them.

Plenty of managers start out this way, never asking, expecting, or training to be responsible for others. These accidental bosses often find that learning to manage is like learning to swim by being dropped into the deep end of the pool.

Now the deputy managing editor at Fortune, Gilman learned the hard way about what makes a good boss. He shares his insights from the good, bad, ugly, entertaining, and sometimes just plain bizarre stories from more than two decades in the management trenches.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781591845676
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Hank Gilman is the deputy managing editor of Fortune. Over his career, he has worked at The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and The Beaufort Gazette (South Carolina). (His favorite job.) He has also been a regular commentator on The Nightly Business Report on PBS.

Table of Contents

Author's Note 1

Introduction 3

Chapter 1 Friendless 11

Chapter 2 Recruiting and Managing "the Talent" 27

Chapter 3 The Cardinal Sins of Hiring (and the Dumb Things You Do Right After) 51

Chapter 4 You're Fired! 77

Chapter 5 Optics, or Paying Attention to How Things Look 99

Chapter 6 The Well-Behaved Manager 119

Chapter 7 Managing in a Crisis 141

Chapter 8 The Modern Manager 155

Chapter 9 There's No Such Thing as a Small Role 171

Chapter 10 Director's Cut 181

Postscript 205

Acknowledgments 209

Index 213

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