Effective Management : 20 Keys to a Winning Culture / A. Keith Barnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, A. Keith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 pages)

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, VA : ASTD Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In any organization, there are key players--individuals who set the tone and the culture. Effective Management offers tips for them to become the instruments of change. The keys in this book will help managers support teams of people who rise to the occasion, solve problems proactively, and take advantage of positive opportunities. Culture is at the root of organizational health. But culture comes from leaders. So winning culture only arises when an organization has effective management. There are many long books about how to become a better leader, but Effective Management gets right to the point: To engage with your employees, you need to practice the 20 keys. With practical stories of a fictional leadership team supplementing each chapter, A. Keith Barnes illustrates the concepts presented in the book. It is easy to see what goes right and wrong, rather than only finding out about leadership theory. Some of the 20 keys to a winning culture include meeting dos and don'ts, who gets the credit, dealing with underperformers, and how to feature the benefits. Instead of reading 20 books on each issue, you should read this book to get to the real core of each issue, and see why changing your approach makes such a big difference in organizations.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Content

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1 Hiring, Interviewing, and Evaluating Performance

Chapter 2 Mentoring and Training

Chapter 3 Meeting Dos and Don'ts

Chapter 4 Office Relationships

Chapter 5 Who Gets the Credit?

Chapter 6 Dealing With Underperformers

Chapter 7 Orchestrate

Chapter 8 Cheerleading

Chapter 9 Lower the Cultural Boundaries

Chapter 10 Matchups

Chapter 11 Trust Building

Chapter 12 Feature the Benefits

Chapter 13 Budgeting Downfalls

Chapter 14 Efficiency and Your Vital Signs

Chapter 15 Know Your Achilles' Heel

Chapter 16 Quality: What and How

Chapter 17 Flexibility and Constraint

Chapter 18 Growth Traps

Chapter 19 Difference, Conflict, Competition

Chapter 20 Issues and Your Environment

A Final Word

Appendix: About the "Day in the Life" Exercises

References

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (page 108) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60728-520-7