Works
- Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader, 2011
In Tactics of Organizational Politics
Ideas
Managing a network. Hill and Lineback name three imperatives for managers: manage yourself, manage a network, and manage a team. Managing a network means understanding how power and influence work in the organization and building mutually beneficial relationships with the people a manager needs beyond his or her own team.
What it explains
Hill explains why a manager's formal authority is never enough: results depend on relationships with peers, superiors, and outsiders who control what the team needs. The book is a practitioner guide for new and developing managers.