Whether you have just started your first management job or still vying for a leadership position, learn

how to get through those first confusing, challenging days and months as the team leader. Here is the
basic knowledge needed to be a manager, as well as advice on how to deal with the problems that
may crop up.

Becoming A Manager
Whether you are just wondering whether a management career is for you or have made a decision to
try it, this section helps you understand what managers do, and how to get the knowledge and skill
needed to land that first management job.
Management 101
Here is a basic look at management, a primer. Management is both art and science. It is the art of
making people more effective than they would have been without you. The science is in how you do
that. There are four basic pillars: plan, organize, direct, and monitor.