Download or read book Middle Management Survival Guide written by Kevin Robert McMahon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middle Management Survival Guidec is intended to be a survival guide for anyone who calls him or herself a middle manager. All too often the wisdom that flows to the middle managers of this world descends from the lofty heights of academia. By point of contrast, Middle Management Survival Guide c flows from the trenches where middle managers carry out their craft. It is a book grounded in common sense and aimed at creating a world-view and mindset for middle managers that will enable them to better combat the daunting forces arrayed against them. From the perspective of a middle manager this survival guide describes the impossibility of the workplace and the paucity of the tools traditionally available to managers. Most importantly this book provides specific strategies, attitudes and values that will help managers maintain balance and sanity while improving their overall performance as managers. The author has worked as a middle manager for the past twenty years. Tasting both the sweet fruit of success as well as the bitter gall of failure he has acquired a unique insider's view of the daunting task faced by those who call themselves middle managers.
Download or read book Middle Management in Schools written by Richard Kemp and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Middle Man written by Greg Miller and published by . This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle Man is the first of a 3 part series. It's simply a survival guide for corporate warriors who happen to have landed somewhere in the organizational middle between Senior Leadership and the Workforce. Miller believes people remember things five ways; - Visual presentation - Personal experience - Participation in successful experiences - Participation in disastrous experiences - and last, but not least, a good old fashioned story. Included within are tools and theory to support you in your pledge to move your company forward. The tools covered in this part of the series are the "Initiative Quadrant" and "The Onion." The "Initiative Quadrant" is a work / project readiness and leadership communication tool which presents senior leadership and the workforce with a single page representation of business value, risks and costs associated with all current and planned initiatives within the organization. The "Onion" is a easy to use and administer staffing methodology which helps management and senior leadership understand the nuts and bolts of supporting all products within your portfolio. These tools help to constantly and consistently answer questions that keep your organization fit and prepared for supporting your organization in abundant or lean times alike; What are all our folks working on, and why? Are our operational and capital budgets being spent on the right initiatives? Are the teams working on competitive and absolutely necessary initiatives? Are our staffing levels right to support these initiatives as well as current solutions? Miller's years of experience in the technology field, and over a quarter century of management responsibility in large international companies, combined with his down to earth story telling abilities, help us to understand how to continually deliver solid business support. His methodologies will help guarantee alignment of "the right folks" working on "the right initiatives" to keep your company ahead of the competitive tsunami.
Download or read book Middle Management in Schools written by Richard Kemp and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook for anyone involved in middle management in secondary schools. It gives advice on routine aspects such as dealing with paperwork and handling meetings, together with guidance on building and leading a team, and staff development, evaluation and
Download or read book 30 Years in the Middle written by Dana Zimmerli and published by . This book was released on 1913-03-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Manager s Survival Guide written by Morey Stettner and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2002-08-12 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now translated into 12 languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for managers at every level All managers, whether brand-new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. In today's fast-changing, uncertain business environment, effective management is more difficult than ever. The Manager's Survival Guide is the first hands-on, broad-brush guidebook for handling difficult management situations with skill, diplomacy, and success. Keying on techniques for recognizing and dealing with problems quicklyor even before they beginit explains how to set priorities, interface with both upper management and employees, implement process management, and more.
Download or read book Adaptive Leadership The Heifetz Collection 3 Items written by Ronald A. Heifetz and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In times of constant change, adaptive leadership is critical. This Harvard Business Review collection brings together the seminal ideas on how to adapt and thrive in challenging environments, from leading thinkers on the topic—most notably Ronald A. Heifetz of the Harvard Kennedy School and Cambridge Leadership Associates. The Heifetz Collection includes two classic books: Leadership on the Line, by Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky, and The Practice of Adaptive Leadership, by Heifetz, Linsky, and Alexander Grashow. Also included is the popular Harvard Business Review article, “Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis,” written by all three authors. Available together for the first time, this collection includes full digital editions of each work. Adaptive leadership is a practical framework for dealing with today’s mix of urgency, high stakes, and uncertainty. It has been used by individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments worldwide. In a world of challenging environments, adaptive leadership serves as a guide to distinguishing the essential from the expendable, beginning the meaningful process of adaption, and changing the status quo. Ronald A. Heifetz is a cofounder of the international leadership and consulting practice Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA) and the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is renowned worldwide for his innovative work on the practice and teaching of leadership. Marty Linsky is a cofounder of CLA and has taught at the Kennedy School for more than twenty-five years. Alexander Grashow is a Senior Advisor to CLA, having previously held the position of CEO.
Download or read book The First time Manager written by Theodore G. Tyssen and published by North Vancouver, B.C. : International Self-Counsel Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bull in the Ring written by M. Shane Putman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bull in the Ring is the Middle Manager's Survival Guide for a Changing Business World. In today's businesses, things can change with lightning speed. For busy managers in the trenches doing the day-to-day work, it's hard to learn new technologies, create new programs, and meet expectations of upper management who send out new policy memos with regularity. How can anyone win at a game where the rules are continually changing? The Bull in the Ring is your lifeline, offering real-world guidance for any middle manager regardless of academic background or organization, whether it be corporate, small or mid-size business, governmental, or military. Middle managers reading this book will find easy to understand tools to help: - ensure daily activities directly support company goals and objectives, - adapt to ever-changing business conditions, and - balance strategic goals with efficient and effective daily business planning. M. Shane Putman, MBA, has 25+ years of consulting experience and has taught business at multiple universities. In this book, he provides the benefit of his experience in a highly practical, non-academic format. The Bull in the Ring will unravel the mystery of corporate strategy and provide a mindset and a toolbox to succeed today, tomorrow and for years to come!
Download or read book Reengineering Survival Guide written by Andrew J. DuBrin and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to lead and manage people in an organization that values process over departments and horizontal organization over vertical structure. DuBrin suggests specific ways and provides tools to free yourself from traditional management paradigms and grasp the new leadership protocol.
Download or read book My Way or the Highway written by Harry E. Chambers and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of the bestselling Bad Attitude Survival Guide (more than 40,000 copies sold), named one of the top business books of 1998 by Executive Book Summaries Everyone thinks they know what micromanagement is, but this book presents a specific, detailed definition illustrated with concrete examples Offers successful strategies for overcoming your own micromanaging behavior and for responding when you are being micromanaged Micromanagement is one of the most widely condemned managerial sins, and one of the most common employee complaints. It results in significant direct, indirect, and hidden costs to organizations, contributing to low morale, high turnover, inefficiency, instability, and lack of continuity. And being perceived as a micromanager can have a significant negative impact on your career. But what, precisely, is micromanagement? More importantly, what can be done about it? In My Way or the Highway, Harry Chambers proves that micromanagement can be objectively identified and successfully resisted, both by those who (often unknowingly) inflict it and by those who are its victims. In an informal, entertaining style Chambers describes five specific defining traits of micromanagers: placing their own self interest above everything else; controlling and manipulating time; attempting to determine exactly how everything must be done; requiring elaborate approval processes; and establishing dysfunctional monitoring and reporting requirements. He even provides a Micromanagement Potential Indicator test so you can see whether (and to what extent) you might be a micromanager. He then devotes a chapter to each trait, providing real-world examples of the trait in action and an analysis of the damage it does. But this is not just a book of diagnosis-Chambers provides treatment as well. He devotes several chapters how to respond if you are the micromanagee (a victim of micromanagement), how to eliminate your own micromanaging behaviors, and what to do if you have to manage a micromanager. Avoiding micromanagement should be a major goal of every manager, would-be manager, team member, or collaborative peer. My Way or the Highway offers detailed, actionable, field-tested strategies that will eliminate the damage that overcontrolling behavior causes and increase creativity, risk-taking, productivity, and initiative in any organization.
Download or read book The Nurse Manager s Survival Guide 4th Edition written by Tina M. Marrelli and published by Sigma Theta Tau. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nurses are already nurse managers. They must manage patient caseloads and care plans as well as supervise aides, technicians, and other care providers. But moving from this type of organic management to a defined nurse manager role is not a natural progression. Nurse managers must command a vast, diverse, and robust skill set, and those skills must first be defined, explained, and operationalized for success. In an environment that offers new managers little support, where do they turn? The Nurse Manager’s Survival Guide (4th Ed.) provides an overview of a nurse manager’s major roles and responsibilities—all the fundamentals needed for success in one easy-to-use, consolidated, practical reference. From tips on building the right team to budgeting basics, time-management tools, and advice on taking care of one’s self (and their team), author Tina Marrelli supplies the resources nurse managers need to excel in day-to-day operations.
Download or read book Business Reengineering written by Dorine C. Andrews and published by Yourdon Press Computing Series. This book was released on 1994 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive book on business survival
Download or read book Sales Manager Survival Guide written by David Brock and published by Partners in Excellence. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally! The definitive guide to the toughest, most challenging, and most rewarding job in sales. Front Line Sales Managers have to do it all - often without anyone showing them the ropes. In addition to making your numbers your job calls upon you for: Constant coaching, training, and team building Call, pipeline, deal, territory, one-on-ones, and other reviews that drive business performance Recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding top talent Responding to shifts in the marketplace - and in your company Dealing with, turning around, or terminating problem employees Analyzing and acting upon metrics to correct performance Managing the business and executive expectations Leveraging sales systems, tools, and processes Conducting performance reviews and setting expectations And more All this and making the numbers! Sales Manager Survival Guide addresses each of these issues, and many others, clearly, honestly, and in-depth. Drawing upon decades of experience in sales, sales management, and sales executive positions from small companies to giant corporations, David Brock gives you invaluable insight, wisdom, and above all practical guidance in how to handle the wide array of challenges and responsibilities you'll face as a Front Line Sales Manager. If you're a sales manager, or want to become one, this book shows you how to survive-and thrive. And if you want to be a great sales manager, this book shares the secrets, tools, and best practices to help you climb to the top-and beyond. "This is THE go-to resource for sales management!" Mike Weinberg, author of Sales Management Simplified
Download or read book The New Manager s Survival Manual written by Clay Carr and published by . This book was released on 1995-06-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical, concise, and easy to understand, The New Manager's Survival Manual breaks down the job of being a manager into its component skills, helps you identify areas you need to work on, and shows you how to acquire the skills to deal with any situation you may encounter. Through instructive stories, dialogues, and examples, the Manual helps build your skills in structuring work; selecting, guiding, correcting, and motivating workers; supporting their efforts; delegating authority and responsibility; and communicating effectively. This new edition expands its coverage of "self-managing teams" with the latest ideas on developing successful teams and understanding what types of teams work best in the new organizational environments of the 1990s. The final chapters introduce you to the concept of "Phase Two Management", those higher-level functions that are of the greatest benefit to your boss and your organization. Using the skills maximization model, The New Manager's Survival Manual strengthens you in the various skill areas through periodic "Stretch-Meters", self-tests that help you accurately evaluate your mastery of a particular skill, and "ASAP" sections that prescribe specific actions you can take to develop key managerial abilities. Packed with solid, practical advice, The New Manager's Survival Manual will put you on the road to successful management: Your employees will be productive, your boss will be happy, and you will again be promotable.
Download or read book The Manager s Survival Guide written by Terri Malinski and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The survival guide handbook for managers with tips and insightful information to help managers understand their role in the company and how to avoid the minefields and pitfalls that are a normal part of a manager's life.
Download or read book Middle Management in FE written by Ann Briggs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a survival guide for middle managers in FE. Ann Briggs provides readers with helpful hints and strategies for dealing with the key issues associated with this role, such as managing people, liaising with other staff, being an effective leader as well as succeeding as a player-manager. Informative and engaging, this practical guide will prove essential readers for all managers in FE.
