Managing for people who hate managing : be a success by being yourself / by Devora Zack ; illustrations by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Welcome to the Electrifying World of Management -- One : Why You Hate It, Why I Wrote This -- Two : Who Are You? -- Three : Feelers Think and Thinkers Feel -- Four : But I Liked My Real Job! -- Five : Flex for Success -- Six : Lonely @ the Top -- Seven : Being Bossy -- Eight : Don't Cry in My Office ... I Have a Deadline to Meet -- Nine : Inside, Outside, Upside Down -- Ten : Charisma 'n' You -- Eleven : Bonus Track : This Amp Goes to Eleven! -- Signing Off : You're STILL Here? -- Notes -- Relevant Reads -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About Only Connect Consulting, Incorporated -- Author Trivia.

People hate managing because they think they have to pretend they're somebody else to do it. It's hard to measure up to some impossible ideal of the charismatic, take-charge boss who never hesitates or makes a bad call.