You're in Charge, Now What?: The 8 Point Plan

This book was like a day-to-day bible on my first 100 days as a General Manager.The book helped me understand the type of challenges I might face and what expectations to expect from others at all levels. I simply say the book is a must for anyone with a new managerial post. I sometimes wonder how I would have went through the first few weeks without reading this book.In addition to the above, one of my friends failed after 1 year as a CEO. Going back to the final chapter of this book, he committed at least 5 of the most common mistakes leaders do, he did not lack any charisma or smartness, but it was the small things that got him down. I wish I gave him a copy of the book earlier!

Just the thing. I have never been a general manager and was just hired as one...uh oh. This little book gives reasonable common sense tips that just confirmed values that I already had. I expected to just skim the book, but found myself reading from chapter one.

My executive coach recommended this book and she was right. It is very well organized with lots of examples on how to get started as the new leader in a large organization. Suitable for small but oriented towards large business of all types. Did not provide Government examples but was still very helpful. I read the book cover to cover and made lots of notes. Try to read at least 3 weeks before reporting. I am three weeks into a Government IT job with a staff of 650 and $100M in budget and all the signs are there that this book was helpful for accelerating my early take-off.

I really enjoyed this book. It is very well written and organized. There was a lot of great insight in it and I can't wait to share it with my other managers.(Ignore The pink highlighter on the book my toddler did that while I wasn't looking)

As a local company CEO supervising 4 people it is hard for me to relate to the challenges of a group CEO of a 30'000 man strong corporation, which is the kind of individuals this book seems to target. If you are a middle manager or a small company boss, you'll find very little to relate to here. Still, I think it's a useful read if you want to grow your general awareness of the business world.A lot of the contents is pretty obvious stuff, although it does help to read some of it to set your own thoughts right. This book is rich on practical examples from real life. A bit too rich, in fact. Most of the time you will be reading about how this and that big corporate CEO did a great job by doing this and that. Not too helpful most of the time, as most of us understand that it's always easy to re-construct and explain why you did the right thing when things turn out your way. Personally I find it much more effective to learn from failure stories and mistakes, and this book offers very few stories like that (for obvious reasons - hard to get first-hand info). Almost all of its "heroes" are huge corporate CEOs living unbelievably unhealthy lives, with very little room for family and hobbies, and the authors seem to encourage such a lifestyle as necessary. Frankly, the tone of this book is at times so ruthless and inhumane, that one begins to wonder whether the authors are exactly the kind of people responsible for the corporate world being such a jungle. My belief in the goodness of mankind was slightly shattered when reading this.

Too many times managers get in charge of an organization and make all the wrong moves, turn off potential allies, and slow the pace of improvement in the organization. This is a plain talk, with real world examples, book that new Managers should read! I have also read the First 90 Days and others. The thing I like about this text is the talk is not college snobby and broken into intelligent sections. I usually buy this and give it to new peer managers in my organization. I lent out my personal hard copy and he like it so much, he would not give it back!

Good read. Information and theory followed by real world examples. I found many practical ideas to implement into future dealings with organizational growth.

The learning in this book was invaluable for me as I transitioned into a new CEO role with a new company that had a 40 year history and lots of employees with significant tenure. The book is very tactical with step by step approaches and insights. The stories are real and significant to highlight the importance of the approach.Highly recommend this book to any leader that is taking over a significant new business.

I have 3 books that I read when starting a new senior man job and this is by far the best. Learn how to hit the ground running and avoid the pit falls. Well written , good diagrams -- excellent value

It gives good ideas and insights to be successful in your next challenge. Don't miss this book if you are moving to a new position!

"You're In Charge, Now What?" mainly focusses on the trials awaiting new CEOs, but has enough helpful tips to make it useful to anyone to has been promoted to a position of responsibility. The executive summaries and bullet points are welcome for speed reading too.

Most focussed on big managers situations, with management of change, but the key items can fit most of the managerial situations