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Managing For Dummies: Management Coaching Tools For Success
Management by the "seat of the pants" that used to suffice in the pa and ma world of business will no long suffice in today’s high-tech business climate. Modern executives need a great deal of training in the use of modern management techniques in order to efficiently utilize their workforces. Management coaching programs are one option to provide them with the necessary skills. Another choice is one-on-one business coaching using a professional coach. Other managers still prefer to use books and online resources for self-training.
Nearly everyone is familiar with the "Dummies" instruction book series, covering topics as diverse as golf and trigonometry. Now, "Managing for Dummies" has been added to this always useful product line. Regardless of whether you are a rookie manager who is just getting your feet wet, or a seasoned veteran looking to sharpen your trouble shooting and management skills, "Managing for Dummies" has useful and well-organized information to help you excel.
Like all in the company’s library, Managing for Dummies does not assume that you know anything, but does not talk down to you. The company used wit to soften the embarrassment of being a rookie in s field and provides a structured and easy to follow description of the major components of management and what it takes to be successful.
One key point of this book is that managers need to learn to delegate. A manager should be managing a hand-picked staff instead of trying to do everything himself. To make sure the staff works well, managers need to learn how and who to hire.
Teamwork is the wave of the future as companies are discovering that more and more specific problems as well as the successful implementation of new or changed policies are handled better by team effort. Skill areas that are covered are conflict resolution, employee coaching, team development, and joint effort.
The book "Managing for Dummies" places a lot of emphasis on the importance of good communication skills. Without communicating effectively, the knowledge or innovative thinking of any manager won’t amount to much. You can’t motivate without communicating, and good communicators get great results in terms of performance from their employees.
Not only do managers need to be able to adapt to sudden, rapid changes and critical deadlines, but they need to be able to help the people that they supervise adapt as well. This book also details ways in which to effectively deal with office politics, and the importance of developing a corporate ethical standard.
One of the most important skills for a manager that the book explains is how to assess the performance of both the company and the employees, which can be difficult and awkward. The book helps prepare the manager, teaching about constructive criticism, how to reward outstanding performance, and how to choose whether or not an employee is further benefiting the company or not. Similar to other "Dummies" books, this is a great way for a manager to refresh on the basics and get a new angle on the topic.
Modern executives have recognized that management by the "seat of the pants" method is rarely enough in the current business world. Nearly everyone is familiar with the "Dummies" instruction book series, covering topics as diverse as golf and trigonometry. Now, "managing for dummies" has been added to this useful product line. Regardless of whether you are a rookie manager in need of business coaching, or a seasoned veteran looking to sharpen your trouble shooting through management coaching, this book has useful and well-organized information to help you excel. As with all of the ’Dummies’ line of books, this one gives fresh perspective on the basics of this topic.
