Managing People for the First Time: Gaining commitment and improving performance

"For a first time employer, I believe her new book would be an invaluable tool for learning the skills and techniques needed to put together and develop a successful team. I wish I had read this a year ago when I started my business! It is a privilege to learn from someone so experienced and skillful in managing people."--James Murray Wells, Managing Director, Glasses Direct "Leaves no stone unturned...All aspects of the art of management are explored ... full of self-assessment checklists and bullet points."--Accounting Technician "The value of this book is that it makes a worthwhile attempt to help the first-time manager. Combining training material with a storyline involving real people makes it a lot more digestible than a textbook. I was 39 before I became a director of a new business, with almost no experience of managing other people or relationships ... Lewthwaite's book would have been extremely useful."-- (06/01/2006) "There are books on managing people by the truckload, but little specifically for the first time manager . .. The whole range of management knowledge, theory and practice is contained in this easily absorbed text."-- (01/01/2006)