The Simple-Minded Manager: Cutting Through Your Work-Life Chaos (Mass Market Paperback)

"I remember a discussion I had many years ago with a supervisor..." (more)
Key Phrases: Board of Directors, Ockham's Razor

Editorial Reviews

Review
"Dr. Greenslade led us to levels of growth and productivity previously unachievable by our organization. His strategic vision, management skills and solid scientific background were invaluable tools for us. His book reveals these tools." -- Pouru Bhiwandiwala, MD, Chair, Ipas Board of Directors

"Dr. Greenslade understands that healthy organizations are simply healthy individuals bound together by common vision" -- Robert Ferguson, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist / Executive Coach

"Everyone serious about their careers, no matter how competent or experienced, will benefit from The Simple-Minded Manager. Each of us needs to learn, or re-learn, to be simple-minded" -- John Vacek, Executive Search Specialist

"I have worked with Dr. Greenslade at various times throughout the past 20 years, and have watched his model evolve through practice and success. This insightful book provides the tools and philosophy to help us all cope with our increasingly complicated professional and personal lives." -- Lance J. Bronnenkant, PhD. President & CEO, FEI Enterprises, Ltd.

"Key resource for people who want to advance in their careers" -- Dr. Chandra Louise, author, Jump Start Your Career in BioScience

"Pragmatic guidance crisply communicated" -- Peter Knudsen, Novelist, Television and Radio Producer,

I have worked with Dr. Greenslade at various times throughout the past 20 years, and have watched his model evolve through practice and success. This insightful book provides the tools and philosophy to help us all cope with our increasingly complicated professional and personal lives. -- Lance J. Bronnenkant, PhD. President & CEO, FEI Enterprises, Ltd.

Pragmatic guidance crisply communicated -- Peter Knudsen, Novelist, Television and Radio Producer, District 37 Governor, Toastmasters International

Product Description
The Simple-Minded Manager is for managers or people striving to be managers. It helps professionals cut through today's work-life chaos and manage their own success. The Simple-Minded Manager shows you how to: serve yourself-interests; script your own professional mission statement; identify your personal values; make time for what is important to you; sell yourself and your ideas; supervise others and prosper; speak, listen and learn; grow a decisive organization and leave your own legacy. Complex times demand simple-minded leaders. Simplify, simplify, simplify!

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Intercare 21st Publishing (July 18, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967877008
• ISBN-13: 978-0967877006
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,879,892 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Straightforward, sensible, August 18, 2000

By A Customer

This book dispenses with the double-speak and presents practical advice in a straightforward manner. I think it would be useful to people in a leadership position, and also quite helpful for those working their way up the corporate ladder and trying to develop a better understanding of where their managers are coming from.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lazer focus on what really counts, August 13, 2000

By A Customer

Great concepts, masterfully presented. This book covers the basic ideas that each of us needs to navigate through work, through life. Beautifully presented,and illustrated, each chapter contained an idea to put to use right away. The author used stories to really bring home the point. A good read for anyone looking for a way to get to the important things in life.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple but not simplistic!, August 10, 2000

By	Ruth Ledesma "Ruth Ledesma, Creative Strategist" (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Forrest Greenslade has written a book which should be on every manager's reference list. Unlike many authors from the corporate environment who take forever to express a concept, he gets right to the point. His example of William of Occam and the reality of "the simplest of theories is preferable" is incredibly refreshing in this age of obfuscation.

I particularly appreciate that Dr. Greenslade understands that the corporate setting is not just for the good old boys anymore. He offers a most concise list of how to adapt to the changing environment in such a way that business can obtain maximum benefit from the expertise of the women, as well as the men, who are now running the top corporations of America and the world.

This book is a delightful example of capable, creative, expert thinking which readily takes on chaos and wins.