"Now you've earned your reward: a staff to manage. From now on, your success no longer depends on just your technical abilities and specialized knowledge. You will only prosper if other people do their jobs well."
"Managing people can be an experience that makes you feel really good about yourself—as long as you understand that it's not a tidy, orderly, predictable business. Flexibility and maturity will come in handy. So does a dose of good-natured humor that brightens everyone's day."
"Your job as a manager isn't to teach employees everything they need to know, but to let them learn on their own. Then you wind up with a more motivated and intelligent team."
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