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Management Rules: 50 New Rules for Managers

Name: Management Rules: 50 New Rules for Managers
Author: Jo Owen
ISBN: 9780857082213

by Jo Owen

March 2012

Intermediate to advanced

268 pages

2h 9m

English

Capstone

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INTRODUCTION: MANAGEMENT RULES
MANAGE YOUR TEAM
CHAPTER 1 WHAT YOUR TEAM WANTS FROM YOU
CHAPTER 2 VISION: SETTING A DIRECTION
CHAPTER 3 HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM: PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER 4 HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM: PRACTICE
CHAPTER 5 MAKING DECISIONS IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
CHAPTER 6 HANDLING CRISES

CHAPTER 7 HONESTY AND INTEGRITY: DITCH THE ETHICS COURSE
Values alignmentCredibilityRisk
CHAPTER 8 SETTING TARGETS
CHAPTER 9 HOW TO DELEGATE
CHAPTER 10 WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DELEGATE
CHAPTER 11 MANAGING OTHER PROFESSIONALS
CHAPTER 12 HOW TO COACH
MANAGE THE ORGANISATION
CHAPTER 13 TAKE CONTROL
CHAPTER 14 BUILD YOUR TRUSTED NETWORK
CHAPTER 15 INFLUENCING DECISIONS
CHAPTER 16 NEGOTIATING YOUR BUDGET
CHAPTER 17 MANAGING YOUR BUDGET
CHAPTER 18 CONTROLLING BUDGETS
CHAPTER 19 HANDLING BAD NEWS
CHAPTER 20 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
MANAGE YOUR COLLEAGUES
CHAPTER 21 MANAGING YOUR PEERS
CHAPTER 22 STYLES OF MANAGEMENT: THE THEORY
CHAPTER 23 MANAGING DIFFERENT STYLES: THE PRACTICE
CHAPTER 24 PUTTING PRAISE AND FLATTERY TO WORK
CHAPTER 25 PERSUASIVE CONVERSATIONS
P: PreparationA: AlignmentS: Situation reviewS: So what’s in it for me?I: Idea, stated simplyO: Overcome objectionsN: Next steps
CHAPTER 26 HOW TO SAY “NO”
CHAPTER 27 HOW TO DEAL WITH MR AND MRS NASTY
CHAPTER 28 PROFESSIONAL GUARD
THE DAILY SKILLS OF MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 29 THE DAILY SKILLS OF MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 30 MANAGE TIME EFFECTIVELY
CHAPTER 31 MANAGE TIME EFFICIENTLY
CHAPTER 32 HOW TO READ
CHAPTER 33 HOW TO WRITE
CHAPTER 34 HOW TO LISTEN
CHAPTER 35 HOW TO TALK
EnthusiasmExpertiseEmpathy
CHAPTER 36 THE ART OF A GOOD MEETING
CHAPTER 37 THE USE AND ABUSE OF POWERPOINT
CHAPTER 38 PREPARING SPREADSHEETS
Keep it simpleThe spreadsheet is only as good as the person behind itIt’s not the numbers that count: it’s the assumptions
MANAGE YOUR CAREER
CHAPTER 39 MANAGE YOUR CAREER
CHAPTER 40 THE MANAGEMENT JOURNEY
CHAPTER 41 WHAT IT TAKES TO GET AHEAD
CHAPTER 42 HOW TO GET PROMOTED
CHAPTER 43 HOW NOT TO GET PROMOTED
CHAPTER 44 HOW TO GET FIRED
CHAPTER 45 WHEN TO MOVE ON
CHAPTER 46 FIND THE RIGHT BOSS
CHAPTER 47 WHAT YOUR BOSS WANTS FROM YOU
CHAPTER 48 MANAGE YOUR BOSS
CHAPTER 49 FIND THE RIGHT ASSIGNMENT
CHAPTER 50 MANAGEMENT OR LEADERSHIP?

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CHAPTER 14

BUILD YOUR TRUSTED NETWORK

All managers need a network of influence that spreads beyond their formal area of control. Management used to be about making things happen through people you controlled: now it is about making things happen through people you do not control at all or partially control, as well as through people you do control. Management has become harder.

At the heart of influence is trust: we will work with people we trust much more readily than people we do not trust. We will do favours for people we trust in the knowledge that such favours are likely to be reciprocated in the future. Trust is the oil in the machine which makes both firms and managers work well: without trust, the machinery of the firm grinds to a halt. ...

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