This April, Skyhorse Publishing will release All I Know About Management I Learned from my Dog, an adorable, entertaining, and extremely practical book by 92-year-old management guru Martin Levin. In the book, Levin explains how, when he first got a dog after building a successful publishing empire and starting a second career in law at the ripe age of 65 (which he still practices to this day), he realized that all of the skills necessary to be an effective leader and manager in the board room can be learned through the natural relationship between a man or woman and their dog. Qualities like strong communication, earning trust, and perseverance in training are what make your relationship with your dog so special, but Levin explains how those same skills can be applied at work with tremendous success!

“This tiny gem of a book will give you the mental construct you need to become an effective leader and manager. It contains the distillation of one man’s very long and very successful career into just a few well chosen words to guide your goal.” – Forbes.com

“I think every leader should have a dog – they keep us grounded and reduce stress. Martin Levin’s delightful dog, Angel, has helped him discover surprising parallels between owning a dog and effective leadership.” – Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager, the world’s all-time bestseller on managing your work and life

“An entertaining, thought-provoking discussion on basic rules for effective management framed in the heartwarming story of the author’s rescued dog, Angel.” - Elise Lufkin, author of To The Rescue: Found Dogs With a Mission

Martin P. Levin led an extremely successful career in publishing, spending years at Grosset & Dunlap, and Times-Mirror Book Company, and a term as chairman of the Association of American Book Publishers. While he was thriving in the book world, he attended New York Law School at night, and was admitted to the New York Bar at the age of 65. Now, at 92, Levin still works as a counsel at Cowen, Liebowitz & Latman in New York City. With six decades of experience in effective boardroom management under his belt, Levin is uniquely capable to show us all how to succeed as strong leaders, and the secret – though obvious – isn’t something you would have assumed on your own. All you have to do is get a dog!

In All I Know About Management I Learned From My Dog, Levin follows in the great tradition of two legendary books on management The One Minute Manger and Who Moved My Cheese, both of which established that management doctrine need not be dense and difficult to read.

The book begins with the author, Levin, adopting an aging golden retriever named Angel after his wife’s death. Angel inspires Levin to find an easier and more efficient way to make their lives productive – the ultimate goal of management, for dogs and men. Along the way, Levin comes to recognize surprising parallels between owning a dog and effective leadership, such as:

You sometimes have to earn trust

Clear communication is essential

Most problems can be solved with determination and a caring heart

Perseverance leads to success

And many, many more!

Levin draws on his own six decades of experience, stories of success and failure, and how he adapted to the challenges he faced. He explains how fables and body language can make communication more effective, how intelligent problem solving and decision making, along with determination and perseverance, lead inevitably to success.

Before the book has even been published in the United States, seven countries have already bought translation rights to this powerful and precious volume. We all love dogs, but who knew that they were the key to getting ahead at work?  With Levin’s book, and your own pup, anything is possible!

MARTIN P. LEVIN has decades of experience in law and publishing. In June 1999, Levin received the highest award for lifetime achievement in publishing given by the Association of American Publishers. He lives in Rye, New York.  Visit http://martinlevinandfriends.blogspot.com

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