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Are you a manager? Do you want to be a manager? Do you work for a manager?

Answered yes to any of those questions?

If so, read How to manage smart people by Scott Berkun.

Quick article that’s full of great little tips like:

The following phrase is one of my favorite tools as a manager: ìWhat do you need from me in order to kick ass on this project?î Asking this question of a report invariably scares the shit out of them. Itís a cut to the chase, where you, as manager, lay out on the table the magic wish list of possibilities, and asks them to put their cards on the table. If a good discussion ensues, you then have the opportunity to actually deliver some of the things they might need. All the pet complaints theyíve been harboring have a chance to surface, and perhaps, simply fade away in the face of your brutal honesty and openness as a manager.