Food for Thought to a New Manager
     Have kids? You have all the management training you need
     Caring about your group is half the battle

Management Realities
     Congratulations, you get to manage your friends
     The Management Dress code
     Following the company line
     Other managers are now your peers
     Managers live in fish tanks

Managing your Team - The good stuff
     Work is not a democracy it's a dictatorship
     Developing trust
     Motivating your group
     Allowing for employee's personal needs
     Building loyalty
     The better the employee, the more flexible the rules
     The rule of "no surprises"

Managing your Team - The bad stuff
     Making promises you can't keep
     How to discipline a staff member
     The seven types of difficult employees

Navigating Office Politics
     Being the chief cheerleader for your department
     Manager level politics
     Managing up
     Managing down
     Managing across
     Knowing what not to send in an email

The Hiring Process
     What you should know
     In office lingo it's a "Req"
     Getting permission to hire
     Finding people to interview
     Reviewing resumes
     The interview process
     Deciding which person to hire
     Hiring good people

The Good, the Bad and the Other
     Giving promotions
     Parity in pay among peers
     Giving raises
     Span of control rules
     The importance of communication
     Contractor to employee conversions
     Employee training, who needs what
     Firing people
     Laying people off

HR and Vendors and Finance (oh my)
     Working with the Human Resources department
     Working with vendors
     Working with the Finance department

Process to the people (process to the people, right on)
     Performance reviews
     Management by Objectives (MBOs)
     Salary planning
     Succession planning

Budgeting
     About this section
     Importance of your budget
     Components of your budget
     Budget planning process
     Padding your budget (I mean creating budget contingency)
     Expenses versus capitalization

Management No-No's
     No, don't do it
     Playing favorites
     Office gossip about the people that work for you
     Lying to your staff
     Lying to your boss about your staff
     Lying to Human Resources about anything at all
     Leaving salary related things hanging around
     Making promises to your staff that you can't keep
     Sexual Harassment
     Making racial, sexual or other jokes in bad taste with your staff
     Having sex with a subordinate
     Wanting to have sex with a subordinate

Personal Growth
     Make sure you want to be a manager
     Defining your management style
     Watching other managers, and learning
     Finding a mentor
     Leadership verses management
     Consider your next move
     Your continuing journey