Reddit reviews Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Manager's Guide to Getting Results

So, two things: is this something you actually want to do? It's not going to suddenly become your life's path to be a manager if you take this promotion, but if it's something you're pretty sure you don't want to do yet, it's OK to push back against it.

Secondly, if this is something you want to do, I'd like to aggressively recommend the book which helped me to make the transition myself, Managing to Change The World by Allison Green. To me, it's the bar-none best book for new managers to learn how to develop the skills they're going to need to be effective managers. If you can, visiting one of The Management Center's trainings on your company's dime is also almost certainly worth the money, if you have any kind of training budget. The training goes in-depth on the things that the book covers and allows you to spend some time with people in a similar position as you (new managers) to learn from each other over the course of a couple days.

Whichever way you go, best of luck!

Managing to change the world...

It is from a non-profit stand point but some of the tips are universal, and I thought it was a very simple read.

https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Change-World-Nonprofit-Managers/dp/1118137612/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503537038&sr=8-1&keywords=managing+to+save+the+world

This book is amazing. While it is geared towards the non-profit sector, it is absolutely helpful for managers in all fields.

Glad it was helpful! Managing is tough and I've definitely made similar mistakes. I actually didn't have a specific post in mind, though I'm sure it's come up. The whole website is great, and she has lots of great advice about how to communicate well with employees. Her book is really good too, though targeted at nonprofits definitely applies well outside them.

https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Change-World-Nonprofit-Managers/dp/1118137612