The Wizard Knows — Book (Paperback)

Increase your training ROI: The Wizard Knows – Help for the New Manager can be used with frontline supervisors, team leaders, foreman, as a mentor – mentee conversation starter, an interactive HR “Lunch and Learn” or added to an existing leadership program.

The alternative: Continue using the “Trial and Error” training method where mis-steps by new managers lead to costly errors that negatively impact engagement, culture, retention, and more.

The Wizard Knows: Help for New Managers follows a group of employees from “The Make Life Better Company” on an expedition to the summit of Culture Mountain. With HR and the Wizard as guides, new managers learn how to build trust, earn respect, and lead in a way that gets positive results.

• • Main Characters: HR, Wizard, Algorithm, New Manager and Hiring Manager
  • Employees: Grumpy, Status Quo, Numbers the Accountant, Remote Worker, Bare Minimum, Change is Good, Underappreciated, Meaningless Meetings, Leaving Soon and the Boss.

Whether you’re a first-time supervisor or a leader looking to revitalize your department, this book gives you the tools for your own success, your team’s growth, and your company’s culture and bottom line.

Best results: The book can be used by an individual, but you will get the best results with a group using one of the two training modules.