Ariel, after moving from a position as an informal supervisor to a formal management role, asked her father - an executive coach - "What does it mean to be a manager?" This book represents a months-long coaching dialogue on various tasks of management including goal setting, workforce capacity, delegation, communication, and performance management. Ariel's Binder serves as a snapshot of the numerous tips and tools discussed in the book. This book is an excellent overview and training for anyone new to management as well as best-practice reminders for the most experienced managers.

This is a companion guide to What Does It Mean To Be A Manager? Five Phases of Employee Performance and Eighteen Tasks of Management. It is designed for someone new to management, an experienced manager, and HR personnel to assist in the selection or training of managers. It can be used as a stand alone set of questions and exercises, but is best used along with the book.

My interior life continues to be a journey in search of ultimate meaning for myself and humanity. This book is a collection of 50 years of my writing - poetry, essays, stories and songs - since my college days beginning in 1967.