Essential Managers: Learning To Lead
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This handy-dandy little book aims to prove that not only are great workplace leaders made, not born--they can be made in 72 visually snazzy pages or less! In a quick-reference thumbnail format, it shows you how to learn from others and develop the personal strengths that will make you into a good leader, form and lead effective teams, exercise authority and delegate tasks, communicate clearly and set clear goals, and, finally, to inspire excellence in others through motivation, establishing a shared vision, managing "openly," boosting achievement, and being adventurous. A seminar's worth of boxed tips, checklists, and flow charts bring it all to life for you, from getting the most out of meetings to assessing your own leadership skills. Granted, if you're looking for very specific or in-depth guidance, you may find this book too cursory and general in its approach. But if you're looking for a thumbnail guide to the basics, it'll do you just fine.
It's worth mentioning that the book is also part of reference publisher Dorling Kindersley's Essential Managers series--20 itty-bitty li'l books on business and career topics ranging from communication, leadership, and decision making to the management of time, budgets, change, meetings, people, projects, and teams. Combining the For Dummies book series's talent for breaking down a lot of information into bite-size bits and sidebars with Dorling Kindersley's signature design style of crisp, classy graphics on a gleaming white backdrop, they don't represent the cutting edge of business thinking and they don't necessarily reflect any unique individual perspective. Instead, it's as though someone collated the best general thinking on these 20 topics and rolled them out into 72 brightly designed and easy-to-read pages, studded along the way with boxed tips, color shots of a multiracial cast of "coworkers" animatedly hashing through the workplace issues of the day, and a self-test of one's skills in the topic at hand on the last few pages of each volume. Again, they're not for anyone looking for more in-depth or focused help on any of the subjects they cover, but they're perfect as a quickie general-interest reference... and let's face it, they're so cute and look so smart in a neat little stack or row that you'll probably want to buy a whole bunch to give to your entire staff or department. --Timothy Murphy
Book Description
Practical techniques show you how to use your initiative, handle problems, encourage others, and inspire excellence.
Learn all you need to know about leadership and understand the core skills and personal attributes needed to be an effective, responsible, and empowering manager. Learning to Lead not only shows you how to gain your staff's trust and commitment, but also provides practical techniques for you to use when hiring employees, delegating authority, running meetings, and resolving conflict. Power tips help you to handle real-life situations and develop the first-class skills that you need to become a dynamic and inspirational leader. The Essential Manager have sold more than 1.9 million copies worldwide! 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.
Essential Managers: Learning To Lead
Essential Managers: Learning To Lead,Robert Heller,DK ADULT,0789448629,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Economics - General,Leadership,Management,Management - General,Business & Economics / Leadership
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