REVIEW: “Governance for Those Who Don't Like to Govern,” Devora Zack

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Deborah Zack - Trainer and Personal Growth Expert. In his works, he pays special attention to the issues of leadership, management and interpersonal communications. The book "Networking for Introverts" brought her world fame (I published a review of it earlier here). I liked the previous book, and I did not hesitate to tackle the novelty.

Management is a skillful balance between effective leadership and the ability to not get in the way.

How do you learn the right management? After all, people often become leaders who are not at all ready for this. They are doing what they love … and then bam! Professional success most often means that sooner or later you become a manager. Although it is better to say the leader. In our country, even cleaners are called cleaning managersJ In this case, it will be necessary to deal with resentments, conflicts and differences in the temperaments of employees, and there will be less time to do their favorite work.

In his book “ Management for those who do not like to manage ”Devorah Zach argues that there is a solution even for hardened individualists who, to put it mildly, do not consider themselves natural leaders. The author is well versed in psychology, and that is why he does not offer "automatic" solutions for managers. Every boss (big or small) must understand that a leader is not only a status, that he will have to delve into the psychology of his employees and take into account their characteristics. But that's not all. First of all, you need to understand yourself, namely you need to find a management method that suits your inner self.

Deborah Zack emphasizes the existence of two types of people, depending on the manner of making decisions: Thinking and Feeling (by the way, there are also mixed options). From example to example, the pros and cons of each type are given. With all this, the author brings us to the most important thing - you need to be flexible.

Since I have already mentioned examples, there are a lot of them in the book. These are not just isolated passages. These are small pieces that come together in a huge puzzle and make the author's thoughts simple and clear. All of these stories are accompanied by Deborah's excellent sense of humor.

Deborah Zack does not teach how to overcome yourself for a successful career - it gives you the opportunity to transform your “dislike of management” without harming your own psyche and for the benefit of the result

The book will be useful to all managers … Both for beginners and those "who have been in the big chair." It will be useful whether you like driving or not. I especially recommend it to those who are approaching the prospect of becoming a leader.