Anne, the book that I *wish* that I had read before I took my first management job--but didn't read until years later--is Harvard Business School Press's "Becoming A Manager", ISBN 1591391822 (http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=isbn+1591391822&hl=en).
The stresses of every management job are different in the details but have common themes, and most new managers (or people who are promoted to new levels of management) experience some stress along the way. This book talks frankly about that, and contains interviews with a number of new managers in different kinds of organizations. If you're not sure that you're ready, or not sure that management is for you, relax; that's normal; a lot of supremely confident people fail miserably, and a lot of people who were unsure turn out to be terrific managers. When I took my first management job, I didn't particularly think that I was ready, but the manager I was working for (who had just been promoted) did, and I'm glad that I took her advice and gave it a try. - bc -- Barry Campbell -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AOL IM: bcampbellnyc Blog: http://campbell-online.com ______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
