You can excel at managing people when you lead and serve them.You might have only seen managers try to direct and control others. You might think you can't possibly lead and serve others. Especially not with all the pressure you feel. You can.Great managers create an environment where people can do their best work. These excellent managers lead and serve others—not control or direct them. Based on research and backed up by personal stories, this book will show you how modern managers lead and serve others. Through questions and stories, learn how you can:•Change your focus from individuals to teams.•Create more capability in each person and as a team.•Create more engaged teams or workgroups.•Support people as they manage their careers and eliminate the need for performance reviews.•Support teams as they can learn to manage themselves.•And, much more.With its question and myth, each chapter offers you options to rethink how you lead and serve others.Become a modern manager.Learn to lead and serve others to deliver the results everyone needs. "The lessons I learned reading Modern Management Made Easy books make me a better leader. Descriptive examples paint a clear picture of situations at work I often find myself in, and applying the practical advice helps me better serve myself, my team, and my organization. Johanna influenced me to think congruently, and provided the tools needed to excel in my role. I can't recommend these books highly enough." --- Carl Hume, VP Engineering at Homestars "If you are starting a new management role, or simply want a reminder of what it is all about, then these books provide a body of practical wisdom in an easily digestible form. They place the role of the manager in a wider context rather than implying some context-free set of qualities and manage to avoid the platitudes all too common in books of this kind." --- Dave Snowden, Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge "Think of these books like three friends who can offer you advice on your management journey. You'll return to them whenever you want advice, reassurance, challenge, or renewal. I added these books to my library, right next to the late Russell Ackoff's books on the F/laws of management. Use these books to create your modern management and an environment that brings out the best in the people you lead and serve." --- Claude Emond, Organizational Performance-Growth Expert Johanna Rothman, known as the "Pragmatic Manager," offers frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams do reasonable things that work. Equipped with that knowledge, they can then decide how to adapt their product development. With her trademark practicality and humor, Johanna is the author of 18 books about many aspects of product development. Find her Pragmatic Manager newsletter, articles, and blogs at jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com.