Books by author: Johanna Rothman

I have just taken on several new direct reports (I don't think any of them read this blog, but maybe I'll find out otherwise). My team is now the largest it has ever been, so I'm looking for practical advice for project and personnel management. Behind Closed Doors is practical and short, and the techniques it advocates align pretty well with what in my experience has been good practice. The presentation is breezy, consisting mainly of a narrative that follows a new manager through the first few weeks of a job. To start, I'm going to try to apply some of the pointers for how to conduct effective one-on-one meetings.