Successful Manager's Handbook, 6th Edition (Paperback)

by Lisa A. Stevens (Author), Carol J. Skube (Author), David G. Lee (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"The [Successful Manager's] Handbook is excellent with regard to both quantity--the number of topics and material covered--and quality." -- HR Magazine, April, 2001

"Thorough, succinct, and insightful, the 'Successful Manager's Handbook' . . . belongs on every manager's bookshelf, the closer to hand the better." -- Anne Fisher, FORTUNE Magazine's

Product Description
Mangers often learn how to lead and manage while doing their jobs. The 'Successful Manager's Handbook' helps you fulfill two of your most important roles as a manager--developing yourself and coaching others.

Develop Yourself More than 800,000 managers around the world have used these proven and trusted development suggestions to answer on-the-job questions, build leadership qualities and map their road to success. You can too! Whether you're looking for down-to-earth advice, building a development plan, or working to improve specific skills, this book can help you.

Coach Others Never coached before? Need new coaching ideas? Don't worry, effective coaches are developed, not born. You can use the 'Successful Manager's Handbook' to develop your coaching skills and in the practice of coaching others. This book shows you how to attract and retain the talent you need for success, provide effective feedback, orchestrate learning opportunities, and groom high potential performers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 689 pages
• Publisher: Personnel Decisions, Inc.; 6th edition (May 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093852920X
• ISBN-13: 978-0938529200
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #246,618 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference for any management question., April 27, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Successful Manager's Handbook : Development Suggestions for Today's Managers (Paperback)

Successful Manager's Handbook has been used as the text for all Southwest Airlines Leadership programs. Over 1500 participants have received this invaluable resource and reference guide. The information and tips are practical, precise and right on target.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read this if you are not a dummy or an idiot, November 21, 2001

By A Customer

A serious book that covers the entire scope of good management practices. No cutesy language, and definitely neither for dummies nor idiots. The first few pages on goal setting and the model they provide alone are worth the price of the book. I actually started reading the book backwards. The chapters are self contained and well written.

That said, the book suffers a certain dryness in delivery. What would enliven it and make the content easy to remember is well placed diagrams. I do not mean the kind of useless icons one finds in Dummies books, but serious business oriented diagrams that visualize the concepts.

You buy yourself a great education in managing when you buy this book. You will not become a manager by reading the book; but if you are already a manager you can be a great one.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Useful Management Book Around, April 27, 2002

By	Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

With a thorough examination of the issues a business faces, this book is as close as it comes to distilling a complete MBA degree into a single useful book.

The book breaks the critical areas of business into four basic areas: Thought Leadership, Results Leadership, People Leadership, and Self Leadership. In addition it breaks down those four areas into nine core factors that determine business success. These core factors include Strategy, Judgment, Business Knowledge, Planning and Execution, Motivation and Courage, Leadership, Interpersonal, Communication, and Self-Management.

The organization of the information was logical and useful. Some of the subjects covered include Strategic Advantage, Customer Loyalty, Sound Judgment, Thinking Strategically, Applying Expertise, Managing Technology, Planning, Managing Change, Influence, Coaching and Developing Others, Building Relationships, Managing Conflict and many, many others.

This is by far the most thorough and useful single reference book on managing that I have ever come across. For ease of use it can't be beat with each section having it's own introduction and a list of the most valuable tips in that section. Then to make it even more useful, at the end of the book is a listing of resources by chapter. These resources include available books and seminars that relate directly to the items in that chapter.

If you are involved in business management pick up a copy of this book and keep it close at hand you will find yourself referring to it often.