Youre the Boss: Become the Manager You Want to Be (And Others Need) (Paperback)

Winner of the gold medal in the 2025 Axiom Business BookAwards

Former Microsoft Executive and Fortune 500 CEO coach, Sabina Nawaz, delivers apractical guide for managers, at a time when managing is harder than ever.

This book explains why top performers inevitably turn into terrible managerswhen their behaviour, compounded by the power and pressure that come fromclimbing the corporate ladder, engenders toxic work cultures and saps everyoneelse’s enthusiasm around them. The very traits that they believe have gottenthem to top, may that be loose personal boundaries, perfectionism or a bullishcommunication style, when at the altitude of leadership, self-sabotage theirefforts and that of their team.

Top Executive coach and former adviser to Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, SabinaNawaz, does not advocate for a leadership personality transplant, or a lengthyjourney in self-development. Instead, she introduces simple strategies that youcan implement today that rail-guard against the common pitfalls of management.By managing pressure and collapsing distance, Sabina ensures top performerseffectively manage others, navigate relationships and communicate effectivelyin every context.

About the Author

Sabina Nawazis an Executive Coach for C-Suitetalent and teams at Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, non-profits,and academic institutions around the world. A former executive at Microsoft,where she worked with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer directly, she understandsthe pressures and challenges leaders face.

Her work has appeared in publications such as theHarvardBusiness Review,Wall Street Journal,Forbes,Inc.,andFast Company.