A quick-and-easy companion volume to Essential Manager's Manual provides more than 1,200 tips and techniques to implement and improve management skills, along with helpful checklists, diagrams, flow charts, diagrams, and photographs.
Best Practice puts the expertise and insight of the world's business thought leaders in your hands. Featuring 100 original essays and interviews, Best Practice captures the state of the art in management thinking and practice today-from Warren Bennis on "the four critical aspects of leadership" to Jim Collins on "growing from good to great" to Thomas Stewart on "managing intellectual capital." Edited by internationally recognized management journalists Tom Brown and Bob Heller, and featuring an introduction by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Best Practice offers unique access to the issues and ideas that will drive business forward into the twenty-first century.
4Social philosopher Charles Handy is widely regarded as the chief prophet of the modern workplace. Many of his predictions have already come true, including the decline of the traditional organization and job, and the emergence of the portfolio career. In this volume, Robert Heller reveals the key ideas shaping Charles Handy's radical approach to business management and presents a series of masterclasses showing how to apply his unique insights. Explore Handy's views on seeing businesses as communities, the four gods of organizational culture, challenging dogma, making groups work, living by the "doughnut principle", the benefits of a horizontal career and curing role stress.
Provides managers advice on forming realistic objectives, developing skills, and fulfilling ambitions.
The narrative explores Robert Heller's remarkable transformation from a childhood in wartime Germany to a prominent career in the United States. It highlights his ascent to significant positions, including Governor of the Federal Reserve Board and President and CEO of VISA U.S.A., showcasing his resilience and the impact of his experiences on his professional journey.
When Rebecca Stephens first formed her goal of climbing Everest she was a young journalist with hardly any climbing experience, but with a strong vision and limitless determination to achieve her dream. It was a highly ambitious goal for such an inexperienced climber.
Learn all you need to know about successful team management, from building up a team that functions effectively to achieving the desired results. Managing Teams shows you how to establish a productive environment and exploit group dynamics, and it also provides practical techniques to try in different settings. Power tips help you handle real-life situations and develop the first-class team-management skills that are the key to a productive and informed workplace. You yourself will be both more productive and more informed after reading this clear, efficient guide. Part of the DK Essential Managers series. Experienced and novice managers alike can benefit from these compact guides that slip easily into a briefcase or a portfolio. The topics are relevant to every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses. Concise treatments of dozens of business techniques, skills, methods, and problems are presented with hundreds of photos, charts, and diagrams. It is the most exciting and accessible approach to business and self-improvement available.
The four new guides in this best-selling series are ideal for managers at every level. These compact references -- the most accessible single-subject business guides on the market -- demonstrate techniques and skills useful in any work environment.
bull; The ultimate, one-stop guide to management excellence bull; Understand business strategy, financial management, the impact of new technology and the fundamentals of managing resources and operations bull; Learn how to make presentations and conduct meetings, build teams and develop people, solve problems and manage change bull; Master the essentials of doing business globally and working with different business cultures bull; Develop a career plan and manage your path to success
Enhance your communication skills to convey your message confidently across various forms. Identify time-wasting traps to create space in your day and plan your time effectively. Improve your managerial techniques by making informed, productive decisions. Learn to delegate effectively to free up your time, build trust, and develop strong staff relationships. Encourage individual initiatives and reward achievements to bring out the best in your team. Maximize team performance by fostering creativity and achieving targets. Make meetings effective through careful planning, understanding procedures, and successful conclusions. Boost your presentation skills by preparing thoroughly, speaking confidently, and engaging your audience. Master negotiation by starting strong, finding common ground, and closing deals effectively. Learn to conduct interviews skillfully by reading body language and analyzing information to find the right candidate. Adapt to new situations by anticipating change and understanding its impact. Improve your work processes by prioritizing, delegating, and reorganizing tasks to reduce stress. This innovative series covers a broad range of management and personal development topics, serving as a compact reference for those in or aspiring to leadership roles, focusing on enhancing professional management practices.
