1. Read the case study from the Harvard course pack: Growing Managers: Moving from Team Member to Team Leader

1. Read the case study from the Harvard course pack: Growing Managers: Moving from Team Member to Team Leader

By: Brenda Ellington-Booth, Karen L Cates and review the below for this assignment.

2. Construct an academic paper that answers the following questions:

1. What does Richardson think makes a good manager? What is the difference between an account or sales representative and a sales manager?
2. What did Richardson do right when she started her new job?  What mistakes did she make? What might have helped Richardson get off to a better start?
3. Critique Richardson’s first meeting.  How could she have made a stronger impact on her team that first day?  Describe some ways Richardson might effectively build her team.
4. In your opinion, who is at fault for Richardson’s poor performance? Why?

3. eight hundred to one thousand word paper adhering to the following structure and format:

• Includes a short introduction.

1. What does Richardson think makes a good manager? What is the difference between an account or sales representative and a sales manager?
2. What did Richardson do right when she started her new job?  What mistakes did she make? What might have helped Richardson get off to a better start?
3. Critique Richardson’s first meeting.  How could she have made a stronger impact on her team that first day?  Describe some ways Richardson might effectively build her team.
4. In your opinion, who is at fault for Richardson’s poor performance? Why?

• Provide a summary and conclusions.
• Make sure to have at least three outside sources cited including the case study reading.
• Use in text citations by American Psychological Association format.