Ideas for Managers

Ideas for Managers

Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics). Directorate for Cost Reduction and Management Improvement Programs

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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Questions That Get Results

Questions That Get Results

Author: Paul Cherry

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-10-28

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0470925566

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Ask the right questions and get improved, sustained employee performance Since technology has made it easy to access, share, and distribute company data, many managers avoid live interaction, instead relying on emails, text messages, Web-based seminars to manage their employees. But although technology has changed, people have not. There is still a need for effective face-to-face communication; managers need to have the ability to ask the right questions and use the answers to find solutions. Questions That Get Results is an innovative, powerful resource that provides managers with the questions that lead to real answers for motivating employees, minimizing conflicting priorities, maximizing working relationships, building trust, holding the team accountable, coaching for greater performance, selling ideas, creating change, hiring the best candidates, and negotiating solutions to internal and external conflicts. Each chapter profiles a manager who is struggling to communicate, an otherwise successful leader who is simply missing an element in their managerial toolkit Following each profile are practical tools that will assist any manager faced with a similar situation Together the authors train approximately 30,000 professionals per year Increase your effectiveness and bring out the best in your employees by learning the Questions That Get Results.


The Amazing Link

The Amazing Link

Author: Jon Dario

Publisher:

Published: 2020-02-22

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781657811393

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Businesses are chock full of leaders who have ideas for how they can get better results. The larger the business, the more leaders with ideas. So why doesn't every business end up with great results? The answer is simple - execution. Execution is the Amazing Link that turns good ideas into great results. But, execution doesn't just happen. In fact, consistently good execution is difficult to come by. That's where managers come in. Managers determine the strength of the Amazing Link. The best managers drive execution through effective use of four key behaviors.This book provides detailed insight into the four management behaviors that are most directly tied to good execution. Readers will receive easy-to-understand explanations of the behaviors, personalized stories that bring the behaviors to life, and advice and tips for how best to implement the behaviors. After reading this book, managers will have a blueprint for successfully leading their teams to success.This book is meant for three groups of people. It is ideal for front line managers who are primarily responsible for driving execution from the employees who are the face of the business and are directly in contact with customers. Front line managers will learn fundamental skills that will help them maximize effectiveness in delivering consistent execution, and therefore delivering consistent results. It is also ideal for managers of front line managers, meaning people with titles like District Manager, Area Manager, and Market Manager. Managers of front line managers will receive a road map for developing the skills and effectiveness of the people they directly supervise. Finally, it is ideal for senior executives who decide on the strategies that must be executed on the front lines in order to deliver the results desired. Senior executives will see in this book the foundation of a training and development program that will increase the probability their front line managers will drive more consistent execution.The Amazing Link is more than a concept. It is a formula for management success, and the formula is easy to understand. With the right mind set, that a manager's purpose is to help employees succeed, consistent execution can truly become a reality.


Quick Brainstorming Activities for Busy Managers

Quick Brainstorming Activities for Busy Managers

Author: Thomas Nelson

Publisher: AMACOM

Published: 2012-01-30

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0814417930

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Author Brian Miller helps you explore the most effective brainstorming method for your team and generate the best results using straightforward, focused activities that each take less than fifteen minutes to complete. Filled with clear, concise guidance and quick, easily implemented techniques, Quick Brainstorming Activities for Busy Managers provides supervisors, managers, and team leaders the fun, proven activities they need to get idea-packed brainstorming sessions started, and keep them going. You will discover how to: ask questions that provoke responses and inspire creativity; react to and record ideas in a way that encourages participation and prompts more input; sort and categorize lengthy lists; evaluate ideas; and prioritize the most useful concepts and expand on them. Contrary to popular opinion, great brainstorming sessions don’t just happen. For brainstorming to be a truly productive activity, leaders must create the right environment to let employees’ ideas flow. Complete with sample dialogues and well as resources for virtual team brainstorming, Quick Brainstorming Activities for Busy Managers helps you guide your team to generate great ideas.


Courageous Cultures

Courageous Cultures

Author: Karin Hurt

Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership

Published: 2020-07-28

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 140021954X

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From executives complaining that their teams don’t contribute ideas to employees giving up because their input isn’t valued--company culture is the culprit. Courageous Cultures provides a road map to build a high-performance, high-engagement culture around sharing ideas, solving problems, and rewarding contributions from all levels. Many leaders are convinced they have an open environment that encourages employees to speak up and are shocked when they learn that employees are holding back. Employees have ideas and want to be heard. Leadership wants to hear them. Too often, however, employees and leaders both feel that no one cares about making things better. The disconnect typically only widens over time, with both sides becoming more firmly entrenched in their viewpoints. Becoming a courageous culture means building teams of microinnovators, problem solvers, and customer advocates working together. In our world of rapid change, a courageous culture is your competitive advantage. It ensures that your company is “sticky” for both customers and employees. In Courageous Cultures, you’ll learn practical tools that help you: Learn the difference between microinnovators, problem solvers, and customer advocates and how they work together. See how the latest research conducted by the authors confirms why organizations struggle when it comes to creating strong cultures where employees are encouraged to contribute their best thinking. Learn proven models and tools that leaders can apply throughout all levels of the organization, to reengage and motivate employees. Understand best practices from companies around the world and learn how to apply these strategies and techniques in your own organization. This book provides you with the practical tools to uncover, leverage, and scale the best ideas from every level of your organization.


How to Lead When Your Boss Can't (or Won't)

How to Lead When Your Boss Can't (or Won't)

Author: John C. Maxwell

Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0785231161

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Don’t let a bad boss or manager hold you back from being successful! Every day millions of people with high potential are frustrated and held back by incompetent leaders. New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell knows this because the number one question he gets asked is about how to lead when the boss isn’t a good leader. You don’t have to be trapped in your work situation. In this book, adapted from the million-selling The 360-Degree Leader, and now distilled down for busy professionals, Maxwell unveils the keys to successfully navigating the challenges of working for a bad boss. In How to Lead When Your Boss Can’t (or Won’t), Maxwell teaches you how to: position yourself for current and future success, take the high road with a poor leader, avoid common pitfalls, work well with teammates, and develop influence wherever you find yourself. Practicing the principles taught in this book will result in endless opportunities—for your organization, your career, and your life. You can learn how to lead when your boss can’t (or won’t).


Radical Candor

Radical Candor

Author: Kim Malone Scott

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2017-03-28

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1760553026

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Radical Candor is the sweet spot between managers who are obnoxiously aggressive on the one side and ruinously empathetic on the other. It is about providing guidance, which involves a mix of praise as well as criticism, delivered to produce better results and help employees develop their skills and boundaries of success. Great bosses have a strong relationship with their employees, and Kim Scott Malone has identified three simple principles for building better relationships with your employees: make it personal, get stuff done, and understand why it matters. Radical Candor offers a guide to those bewildered or exhausted by management, written for bosses and those who manage bosses. Drawing on years of first-hand experience, and distilled clearly to give actionable lessons to the reader, Radical Candor shows how to be successful while retaining your integrity and humanity. Radical Candor is the perfect handbook for those who are looking to find meaning in their job and create an environment where people both love their work, their colleagues and are motivated to strive to ever greater success.


Winning Well

Winning Well

Author: Karin Hurt

Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0814437265

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To succeed in today’s hypercompetitive economy, managers must master creating a productive work environment for employees while still making numbers. Tense, overextended workplaces force managers to choose between results and relationships. Executives set aggressive goals, so managers drive their teams to deliver, resulting in burnout. Or, employees seek connection and support, so managers focus on relationships and fail to make the numbers. However, managers need to achieve both. In Winning Well, managers will learn how to: Stamp out the corrosive win-at-all-costs mentality Focus on the game, not just the score Reinforce behaviors that produce results Sustain energy and momentum Be the leader people want to work for To prevent burnout and disengagement, while still achieving the necessary success for the company, managers must learn how to get their employees productive while creating an environment that makes them want to produce even more. Winning Well offers a quick, practical action plan for making the workplace productive, rewarding, and even fun.