The Hands-off Manager

The Hands-off Manager

The key attitudes of the manager-coach.

Author(s): Steve Chandler, Duane Black

Publisher: Career Press

Date of publication: 2007

Manageris opinion

In this very concrete book, Steve Chandler and Duane Black develop the theory that the real power of managers is derived from their ability to work in partnership with their subordinates, and not to exercise control over them. They thus compare and contrast two styles—on the one hand, “hands-on” managers who tend to micromanage their subordinates and judge their work