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SHINING SKILLS |
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increased effectiveness through increased expertise |
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Resources |
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There are some resources I have found particularly useful. If you have others that you feel would fit in here, please let me know so that I can check them out. |
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The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson |
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A modern classic that talks a lot of sense about the basics of good management, particularly the key skills of setting standards and giving Feedback. |
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Understanding Organizations by Charles Handy |
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A great outline of how organisations work and what the implications are for the manager. Full of anecdotes that illuminate the ideas. |
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Maverick by Ricardo Semler |
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A young man takes over an engineering company in Brazil and makes changes, and changes and still more changes. The book is a real eye-opener about what is possible at work. |
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The Human Equation by Jeffrey Pfeffer |
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The sub title building profits by putting people first says it all. A book that usefully helps to shift the emphasis back to the people in the organisation |