Individual Performer To Manager received praise as a career and management guide from highly respected reviewers:
Kirkus: “Individual Performer to Manager” was assessed to be among the top 10% of Indie reviewed books (Nov’19): “The book recounts the author’s best and worst moments at work, along with providing a thoughtful discussion of what readers can learn from his experiences... Oshiro is an excellent storyteller…an authoritative and ethical mentor. An effective guide to succeeding in corporate leadership.”
San Francisco Book Review, Star Rating 5 of 5 (Dec’19): "He captures snapshots of his experiences...thereby demonstrating the real-world application of his advice...which makes his guidance all the more accessible and user-friendly. Through this approach...although it covers some of the hard business management aspects, it covers more of the day-to-day interactions and challenges, and 'soft' aspects... The approachability and implications of Oshiro's book garner a resounding 5 stars."
Publishers Weekly/BookLife (Jan’20, w/ sponsored author Q&A, June 29, 2020 Ed.): "Taking the tone of a trusted mentor, Oshiro sets out to impart hard-won knowledge… Oshiro's clear account of his career--including both achievements and failures--gives readers confidence in his advice… Takeaway: Managers at any stage of their careers can benefit from this mix of thoughtful memoir and timeless business advice." Great for fans of Bill George’s “True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership,” and Peter F. Drucker’s “The Effective Executive.”
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"A barefoot kid’s journey from climbing coconut and guava trees in Hawaii to climbing the corporate ladder.”
The author grew up in a small town in Hawaii: surfing, spearfishing, and hunting exotic fruits in the local rainforest, never imagining that he would one day work for a multinational corporation in Los Angeles. He started as a computer programmer with the highly demanding, and business suits only, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), founded by Ross Perot. He rose through the ranks to become team leader, supervisor, project manager, manager, and eventually, the head of EDS’ 192-person Southern California Systems Engineering/Solution Center in Los Angeles/Orange County. He retired after 32+ years with the company.
The author provides hard-earned career and management advice that he learned through years of excellent management/leadership training, as well as through trial and error, while working in the trenches with people, teams, projects, customers, and organizations. Throughout the book, he uses personal examples to vividly describe the interactions, confrontations, successes and failures, and lessons learned. You’ll get a sense of the highs of thanking and rewarding, coaching and mentoring, and celebrating with people on their achievements, to the lows of performance warnings and terminations, to holding all-hands meetings to announce salary freezes and layoffs.
Kirkus: “Individual Performer to Manager” was assessed to be among the top 10% of Indie reviewed books (Nov’19): “The book recounts the author’s best and worst moments at work, along with providing a thoughtful discussion of what readers can learn from his experiences... Oshiro is an excellent storyteller…an authoritative and ethical mentor. An effective guide to succeeding in corporate leadership.”
San Francisco Book Review, Star Rating 5 of 5 (Dec’19): "He captures snapshots of his experiences...thereby demonstrating the real-world application of his advice...which makes his guidance all the more accessible and user-friendly. Through this approach...although it covers some of the hard business management aspects, it covers more of the day-to-day interactions and challenges, and 'soft' aspects... The approachability and implications of Oshiro's book garner a resounding 5 stars."
Publishers Weekly/BookLife (Jan’20, w/ sponsored author Q&A, June 29, 2020 Ed.): "Taking the tone of a trusted mentor, Oshiro sets out to impart hard-won knowledge… Oshiro's clear account of his career--including both achievements and failures--gives readers confidence in his advice… Takeaway: Managers at any stage of their careers can benefit from this mix of thoughtful memoir and timeless business advice." Great for fans of Bill George’s “True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership,” and Peter F. Drucker’s “The Effective Executive.”
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"A barefoot kid’s journey from climbing coconut and guava trees in Hawaii to climbing the corporate ladder.”
The author grew up in a small town in Hawaii: surfing, spearfishing, and hunting exotic fruits in the local rainforest, never imagining that he would one day work for a multinational corporation in Los Angeles. He started as a computer programmer with the highly demanding, and business suits only, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), founded by Ross Perot. He rose through the ranks to become team leader, supervisor, project manager, manager, and eventually, the head of EDS’ 192-person Southern California Systems Engineering/Solution Center in Los Angeles/Orange County. He retired after 32+ years with the company.
The author provides hard-earned career and management advice that he learned through years of excellent management/leadership training, as well as through trial and error, while working in the trenches with people, teams, projects, customers, and organizations. Throughout the book, he uses personal examples to vividly describe the interactions, confrontations, successes and failures, and lessons learned. You’ll get a sense of the highs of thanking and rewarding, coaching and mentoring, and celebrating with people on their achievements, to the lows of performance warnings and terminations, to holding all-hands meetings to announce salary freezes and layoffs.
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