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The Manager's Guide to Employee Feedback

You're reading from   The Manager's Guide to Employee Feedback Master this essential skill for new managers and successfully deliver feedback to raise your team's performance with this practical guide book and ebook.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783000005
Length 70 pages
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Glenn Robert Devey Glenn Robert Devey
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Meet Kate


Back in 1990 when I was a mere 21-year old, I joined a large company in an Project Management role. The manager who recruited me took a sideways move three months after I joined, and I had a new line manager called Kate. The previous manager had known that I was new to the industry and had taken the time to guide and mentor me where necessary as I adjusted to the way things were done in the company. Kate, however, had a different way of managing. It was more of a "get on with it" style.

I've come across this style a few times over the years, and I'm sure you have too. If questioned about their approach to management, this style of manager will usually say something like:

"Look, you're all grownups, and I pay you $xx per year… I expect you to just do the job."

This approach can work for experienced and motivated employees, but there are a few situations in which it won't work, and training a new hire is one of them.

As a new manager, you have many roles to get to grips with in your...

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