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