Management Rules

Let's face it, if you want to get ahead in business you cannot avoid people management but we're often promoted because we're good at what we do, not because we display great management skills. We owe it to the people we manage to read up on the subject and get skilled! Luckily Jo Owen has laid out 50 essential lessons we need to learn to become the best manager we can be. Jo has studied what makes a good manager everywhere from British soap powder companies, to inner city schools and Japanese banks. So whether becoming a manager has brought out the inner dictator in you or left you feeling painfully awkward, Management Rules will have you relaxed, confident and effective in no time.

Let's face it, if you want to get ahead in business you cannotavoid people management - but we're often promoted becausewe're good at what we do, not because we display great managementskills. We owe it to the people we manage to read up on the subjectand get skilled! Luckily Jo Owen has laid out 50 essential lessonswe need to learn to become the best manager we can be.Jo has studied what makes a good manager everywhere from Britishsoap powder companies, to inner city schools and Japanese banks. Sowhether becoming a manager has brought out the inner dictator inyou or left you feeling painfully awkward, Management Ruleswill have you relaxed, confident and effective in no time.

INTRODUCTION: MANAGEMENT RULES xiMANAGE YOUR TEAM 11 WHAT YOUR TEAM WANTS FROM YOU 32 VISION: SETTING A DIRECTION 73 HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM: PRINCIPLES 114 HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM: PRACTICE 155 MAKING DECISIONS IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD 216 HANDLING CRISES 277 HONESTY AND INTEGRITY: DITCH THE ETHICS COURSE 338 SETTING TARGETS 379 HOW TO DELEGATE 4110 WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DELEGATE 4511 MANAGING OTHER PROFESSIONALS 4912 HOW TO COACH 53MANAGE THE ORGANISATION 5913 TAKE CONTROL 6114 BUILD YOUR TRUSTED NETWORK 6715 INFLUENCING DECISIONS 7116 NEGOTIATING YOUR BUDGET 7717 MANAGING YOUR BUDGET 8118 CONTROLLING BUDGETS 8519 HANDLING BAD NEWS 9120 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 95MANAGE YOUR COLLEAGUES 10121 MANAGING YOUR PEERS 10322 STYLES OF MANAGEMENT: THE THEORY 10723 MANAGING DIFFERENT STYLES: THE PRACTICE 11324 PUTTING PRAISE AND FLATTERY TO WORK 11925 PERSUASIVE CONVERSATIONS 12326 HOW TO SAY "NO" 13127 HOW TO DEAL WITH MR AND MRS NASTY 13728 PROFESSIONAL GUARD 143THE DAILY SKILLS OF MANAGEMENT 14729 THE DAILY SKILLS OF MANAGEMENT 14930 MANAGE TIME EFFECTIVELY 15331 MANAGE TIME EFFICIENTLY 15732 HOW TO READ 16133 HOW TO WRITE 16534 HOW TO LISTEN 16935 HOW TO TALK 17336 THE ART OF A GOOD MEETING 17737 THE USE AND ABUSE OF POWERPOINT 18338 PREPARING SPREADSHEETS 187MANAGE YOUR CAREER 19339 MANAGE YOUR CAREER 19540 THE MANAGEMENT JOURNEY 19941 WHAT IT TAKES TO GET AHEAD 20342 HOW TO GET PROMOTED 20743 HOW NOT GET PROMOTED 21144 HOW TO GET FIRED 21745 WHEN TO MOVE ON 22146 FIND THE RIGHT BOSS 22747 WHAT YOUR BOSS WANTS FROM YOU 23148 MANAGE YOUR BOSS 23749 FIND THE RIGHT ASSIGNMENT 24350 MANAGEMENT OR LEADERSHIP? 247