Vincent O'Connell Books

"This is a wonderful book for managers to read. It is comprehensible, concise, and filled with useful wisdom on the human aspects of leadership."--Mike Wilk, partner and practice leader, Ernst & Young "The "9 Powerful Practices of Really Great Bosses" provides an excellent training model that a manager can both fully appreciate and easily implement."--Raymond G. Steitz, senior v.p. of human resources, Olam Americas Why does one management style make employees hate their jobs, while a different style inspires them to perform and commands their respect? Emotionally intelligent people management skills turn out to be the primary reason. In modern organizations keen on retaining their most talented human capital, there may be no more important competency to develop than the skills that motivate people to outperform the competition. "9 Powerful Practices of Really Great Bosses" features a sensible, easily implemented framework organized into three distinct sets of skills--foundational, those that prevent common pitfalls, and those that pertain to advanced relationship management. For the busy manager seeking effective and timely results from leadership development training, this book can become a springboard for solid professional growth and accelerated success in the development of all-important people-management skills.

Increasingly, organizations count on project teams to develop products and deliver services to their customers. Effective teamwork and team leadership become integral components of an organization's success. The authors define the essence of superior performance by project teams, and identity nine attributes of team membership and team leadership that set the stage for accomplishment of group objectives.