The world needs more incredible managers --
and most managers want to be just that. 

​Here's how...

Being a manager is a job; it takes work...

Being an incredible manager, however, is a choice. It requires focusing on “this”—establishing employee expectations, setting goals, giving recognition and feedback, and delegating as a means to develop your team, and not “that”—whatever you did yesterday. But where can busy managers find the time in their already busy schedules to do these things? Help is here in this next title in the SMARTER IN AN HOUR series.

​In one hour, you will learn where to start, what to do, and how to follow through to engage your employees, manage performance, and get results. Why wait another minute?
Master of productivity Kimberly Devlin acknowledges that being a great manager requires a different set of skills than being a high performer did, and that there is a better way to develop these skills than trial and error. In Focus On This, Not That, the latest title in the SMARTER IN AN HOUR series, Devlin shows you how to :
  • avoid and fix three common mistakes managers make
  • craft work goals that take employees out of their comfort zones, into their growth zones, without encroaching on their panic zones
  • deliver sincere, specific recognition and provide feedback in a flash to boost engagement, performance, and results
  • entrust employees with greater responsibility without micromanaging them
  • use no-nonsense strategies to address three threats to productivity: inefficient practices, time wasters, and bad habits.​​​