Where are you on your management journey?

Moving from an individual contributor to a manager is one of the biggest leaps someone can make in his or her career. Management can be thought of as a journey. The Management Map: Navigation Tools for the New Manager offers practical advice for new managers beginning this journey, from navigating company expectations, to coaching your team, to managing your new time commitments.

If you are a new manager, you'll appreciate the readable, step-by-step approach. Experienced managers will benefit from a review of management best practices. Click here to read an excerpt from the book. And enjoy the journey!

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This is a great tool for the first time manager as well as a refresher for any other manager. I saw myself applying it to my current management challenges. The Management Map is what the business world has needed.

Lisa M. Smith, SPHR AVP

Senior HR Generalist/Training Manager, TIB - The Independent BankersBank

Deborah Avrin has written a sorely needed book for new managers. It is thorough and provides practical, essential information for new leaders in all industries… experienced managers may want to take a peek as well.

Al Lucia

President, ADL Associates, Inc.

Deborah Avrin has collected a wealth of information from her own journey as a manager, coach, HR director, and teacher Her book is filled with concrete ideas that can be implemented on day one by a new manager of by an experienced manager who has learned the "hard way" and who is now seeking a source of best practices.

Stanley L. Kroder, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, University of Dallas, College of Business

This is a great book for new managers! Deborah Avrin covers management in an easy-to-understand style which makes the book an excellent resource. In the chapters on company expectations, knowing companions, and license to manage she covers fundamentals that should be in every company's supervisor training and manager orientation materials. The book goes beyond fundamentals to the importance of teamwork, collaboration, and coaching for employee involvement or performance improvement. It includes pitfalls new managers may encounter with delegation, work processes, and change management. What I liked most about "The Management Map: Navigating Tools for the New Manager" was the key points from each chapter as a personal checklist for development planning with ideas for training if a need is identified.

Shirley Fine Lee

Deborah provides an easily readable and engaging book starting with the end goal in mind. Successful management careers include guidance, mentoring and coaching. The Management Map forges such a partnership with the reader in one straightforward resource.

John T. Mooney