New Book Explains Why Smart People Fail at Management

Feb. 9, 2010 - PRLog -- Why Smart People Fail at Management is the newly authored book by Robert Tanner, Founder of Business Consulting Solutions LLC.  It explores why otherwise smart men and women fail at management and it provides strategies managers can use to ensure that they do not become one of these statistics. Why Smart People Fail at Management is an affordable, interactive digital e-book available now at Gettothepointbooks.com

Why Smart People Fail at Management explores the common and the hidden reasons behind the failure of business managers who are otherwise, smart and successful. It explains in practical terms the evolution managers must make in several areas if they want to avoid becoming victims of their own success.  These areas include the managers' skills, their interaction with others, their managerial style, and their management of emotions. Finally, this book explains the important truth that intelligence and technical skills alone are not enough for a manager’s success.  Why Smart People Fail at Management provides information that is relevant for business communication, interpersonal relations, leadership, supervision, delegation, conflict resolution, motivation, change management, and people-skills.

Why Smart People Fail at Management covers many important topics including:

● The three competencies that all managers must possess and develop to be successful;

● The different factors of success for the three levels of management;

● The strengths and limitations of the four managerial interaction styles;

● Strategies managers can use to work more effectively with all stakeholders in their organization;

● The two critical tests that leaders must continually pass to be relevant in their organizations;

● The other intelligence that is more important to a manager's continuing success than his/her mental IQ and technical skill; and

● Strategies managers can use to develop a road map for excellence and take charge of their own management destiny.

Readers can purchase Why Smart People Fail at Management from Gettothepointbooks.com.

About the Author:

Robert Tanner is the Founder and President of Business Consulting Solutions LLC (BusinessConsultingSolutionsllc.com). He has a MBA degree in Strategic Management and a bachelor's degree in Organizational Behavior.  Robert provides training and development, managerial and organizational assessments, and management coaching services. With over 20 years of management experience, Robert is a seasoned business practitioner. His clients include Fortune 100 firms, start-up firms, and public agencies.

Robert is a frequent seminar trainer on management and leadership topics and was featured in Smart Business Magazine. Robert is professionally certified to administer a variety of psychological type assessments including Myers Briggs Type Indicator™ (MBTI®) and Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior™ (FIRO-B®). Robert maintains a blog about management at the site ManagementisaJourney.com.

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Business Consulting Solutions LLC is a management consulting and development firm for small, mid-sized, and large companies in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. We provide training, assessment, and management coaching services. Unlike other firms, we have years of real-world management experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. We excel at providing customized solutions to help managers, business owners, and business professionals improve their managerial and interpersonal effectiveness and positively impact organizational productivity.