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Assessing the under-management epidemic

Assessing the under-management epidemic

- [Interviewer] I got turned on to your work through Chris Deferio on the show earlier. And he was raving about your book, "It's Okay to Be the Boss." And I too became quite intrigued as I dug into a little bit. And so, could you share a little bit with us there, sort of what's the main idea behind this book? And why do you think it's really just connecting with folks and striking a chord here? - [Bruce] Yeah, well that book, "It's Okay to Be the Boss" comes out of another line of our research. Now our research on leadership and management best practices and the experiences that leaders and managers are having every day. And we've been tracking under-management, is what we call it, it's the opposite of micromanagement (chuckles). And we've been tracking what we call the under-management epidemic, that so many leaders, managers and supervisors, in the real world, they're just not doing enough leading, managing and supervising.…

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