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Successful Manager's Handbook: Develop Yourself, Coach Others

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successful manager's review
Good Reference manual, not textbook
Outstanding Reference Tool
Successful Managers Handbook
Excellent content, very dry style

Successful Manager's Handbook: Develop Yourself, Coach Others
Kristie J. Nelson-Neuhaus , Carol J. Skube , David G. Lee , Lisa A. Stevens , Lowell W. Hellervik , and Brian L. Davis
Manufacturer: ePredix, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0972577025

Book Description

ANSWERS YOU NEED FROM EXPERTS YOU TRUST

How many times have you bought the latest and greatest management book and let it collect dust on your shelf? Management fads come and go, but leaders across the globe know that when they need substance, they'll find it in Successful Manager's Handbook.

Fully updated and revised, this 7th edition continues the PDI tradition of providing smart, practical ideas and suggestions that you can use immediately on the job.

Never simplistic, always relevant, Successful Manager's Handbook is the ideal resource for you, your employees and the people you coach.

"A one-stop shop…a wonderful resource for improving performance." — D. Bradford Neary Director, Executive & Leadership Development Medtronic, Inc.

"No manager's toolkit should be without it…indispensable." — Greg Schaefer Manager, Curriculum Development Learning & Development Rockwell Collins

"Successful Manager's Handbook answers the perennial question, 'Now that I know what my strengths and development needs are, exactly what can I do about it?' This simple, action- and behavior-oriented tool helps everyone prepare specific, meaningful development plans." — Coleman Peterson President & CEO, Hollis Enterprises Retired EVP-People Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

"My team and I count on the processes and suggestions in PDI's Successful Manager's Handbook to help us focus the business and deliver on long-term strategies. The processes and suggestions also challenge me personally to become a more effective leader in our organization." — Andrew F. Nelson Vice President, HP & Executive Director HealthPartners Resource Foundation

Customer Reviews:

successful manager's review.......2006-07-16

i gave this book 3 stars because of the size. although, it is very helpful in many ways, i feel that the writers of this book could have condensed a bit more. other than the size i feel some of the page space was wasted on repetition. that is basically it.

Good Reference manual, not textbook.......2006-03-28

First of all, as the name indicates, this book is a handbook. Merriam Webster defines a handbook as "a concise reference book; manual"

For a manual, I have to give this book high marks - it covers a whole gamut of topics / competencies - enough to assist those who consciously want to improve their professional and leadership skills. The language is easy to understand. The only prerequisite is to be in a work-place for a few years so as to appreciate each competency.

Pros:
(1) Compendium of competencies. Most likely, nothing has been missed!
(2) A person who is keen on gaining skill in a particular competency such as "Manage Change" or "Establish Trust" can quickly gather insights into what behaviors and skills he/she must practice or develop.
(3) Easy to understand.

Cons:
(1) No pictures or maps or schematics shown.
(2) No case studies or examples presented.
(3) Not concise. For example, there are 28 chapters in the seventh edition (2004). At a high level, one should be able to identify less than ten key competencies, with each having additional sub-topics. For example, it is easier on the reader to have one chapter on "Foster open Communication" with sub sections of "Write effectively", "Listen attentively", "speak with Impact", etc. rather than have a chapter each. A person solely relying on this book will have difficulty summarizing key leadership qualities. (Imagine organizing 28 chapters in the mind!).
(4) Systematic methodology for skill development not presented.

All this makes for dry reading. But then, if you look upon this book as a reference manual and not as a textbook, you might develop some compassion for the authors!

Here is how I used this book:
(1) Start a personal development plan (consult web, books or leader).
(2) Understand the competencies required for your profession.
(3) Self-assess on the competencies, assigning a skill level of "Development," "Working," or "Advanced".
(4) Have a competent leader who knows you (e.g. your manager) assess your skills. Compare notes.
(5) Pick the top 2-3 competencies where improvement is needed.
(6) Refer to those chapters in this book which correspond to these identified competencies.
(7) Summarize these chapters in your own words as you develop insights.
(8) Periodically look up summary and use these techniques during your waking hours - home or work - until they are internalized.
(9) Repeat this exercise once in 2-3 years.

In summary, this book is a good reference manual for improving one's professional skills, but should not be used as a text book.

Outstanding Reference Tool.......2006-03-03

Reviewed by William E. Cooper for Reader Views (3/06)

This book is an outstanding reference tool for supervisors, managers, and executives. As a long time manager who dealt with organizational issues, growth, personnel matters, finance, and political influences, and one who teaches undergraduate and graduate school courses in management and leadership, I have experienced most of these issues. The author has done a remarkable job in the detail and accuracy of the work. The work is clear and understandable and organized in such as way as to allow easy access to information. To find such a compendium of information in one book instead of many is an additional benefit. Content is also ratified by the collective skills sets the authors bring.

I highly recommend this book as a desk reference for anyone in a leadership or management role, and highly recommend it for anyone aspiring to the job. The comprehensive nature of the material in the book provides the foundation for new managers. In addition, the reference material leads readers to many other sources, reducing the need for Internet surfing trying to find information, or visiting the local library. As a graduate school faculty member I would also state for the record that this would be a great textbook. The book is written by practitioners who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. This book is a must read. Well done to all the authors - you have provided a book any manager, supervisor, or teacher should have.

Successful Managers Handbook.......2006-02-27

This book is an outstanding reference tool for supervisors, managers, and executives. As a long time manager and one who teaches undergraduate and graduate school courses in management and leadership, I have experienced most of these issues. The author has done a remarkable job in the detail and accuracy of the work. I highly recommend this book as a desk reference for anyone in a leadership or management role, and highly recommend it for anyone aspiring to the job. I would also state for the record that this would be a great textbook. This is a must read. Well done.

Excellent content, very dry style.......2006-01-20

The content of the book is excellent. The authors have created a compendium of the knowledge and behaviors needed for a manager to be successful. One would be hard-pressed to find this much of content in one volume, at the price this book is sold at.

The bad news is that all of the content is in endless streams of paragraphs or bullet points. The total absence of a change in pace (no anecdotes, case studies, sidebars, pictures) makes this a very dry read. The book could be significantly enlivened by the addition of more diagrams that visually illustrate the principles being described.

To make the best use of this material, learn to Mind Map (see Buzan's The Mind Mapping book). As you read through the material, distill the content into mind maps. Continually refer to those mind maps as you practice the behaviors suggested by the authors.

In summary, the content is first-rate, the presentation is lacking.

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Wow - thoughtful AND useful
Amazing!!
Still the definitive work on Change
Envision, introduce, sustain change. or die.
Not about leadership attributes, about change process

Leading Change
John P. Kotter
Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press
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ASIN: 0875847471

Book Description

In Leading Change, John Kotter examines the efforts of more than 100 companies to remake themselves into better competitors. He identifies the most common mistakes leaders and managers make in attempting to create change and offers an eight-step process to overcome the obstacles and carry out the firm's agenda: establishing a greater sense of urgency, creating the guiding coalition, developing a vision and strategy, communicating the change vision, empowering others to act, creating short-term wins, consolidating gains and producing even more change, and institutionalizing new approaches in the future. This highly personal book reveals what John Kotter has seen, heard, experienced, and concluded in 25 years of working with companies to create lasting transformation.

Customer Reviews:

Wow - thoughtful AND useful.......2007-06-28

Kotter's book is a roadmap of how to introduce a culture change effectively into an organization. Similar to "Good to Great" (Jim Collins), the book is much better organized and thorough.

Amazing!!.......2007-06-26

Have no further words to describe how increrable John Kotter brings in a easy way a subject so complex and important now-a-days. Indeed, it is recommend for all leaders who wants to take right decisions during turbulent times.

Still the definitive work on Change.......2007-06-13

I have been working in the change arena for the last 15 years and Kotter's book on Leading Change is still the definitive work. Based on his seminal 1994 HBR article "Leading Change: Why Transformations efforts fail" this is the best down-to-earth guide for both consultants and managers leading change. It has good practical examples and straightforward arguments - no psychological mumbo jumbo.

Envision, introduce, sustain change. or die........2007-05-09

Kotter gives us here a valuable handbook on how to visualize, introduce, and sustain change in an organization. Here are a few quotes:
"Handling new initiatives quickly is not an essential component of success in relatively stable or cartel-like environments. The problem for us today is that stability is no longer the norm. And most experts agree that over the next few decades the business environment will become only more volatile."
"Useful change tends to be associated with a multistep process that creates power and motivation sufficient to overwhelm all the sources of inertia."

Not about leadership attributes, about change process.......2006-10-24

When I first read this book, I had just emerged from a painful and failed change effort that I was leading. I quickly was able to say to myself, "But of course, now I know why I failed in this effort: Not enough communication, not enough internal support, to big of an initial project, just to name a few". I really wish that I had read this book first. It would have reduced the pain and frustration that I went through. Would the change effort have been successful? I do not think so but I also would not have been attempting to lead the charge into oblivian.

I feel that if you are trying to create change in a community, you a foolish not to read this book. If you follow the well researched and documented eight steps necessary to lead change, you will have a much higher success rate. A must read for those of us who are change agents.

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Moderately useful book used in my MBA course!
Of Limited Use to Defense Industry
Dog-earred, highlighted, and still going strong!
Cal Poly student review, Brian Leininger
Cal Poly student review Ben Wallace

The Team Handbook Third Edition
Barbara J. Streibel , Brian L. Joiner , and Peter R. Scholtes
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This updated best-selling, comprehensive resource book provides everything you need to create high performing teams. In addition, book purchasers will be able to download electronic versions of forms and templates found in the book for use within their organization! The third edition provides information on the context teams need to be successful. Organizations using teams to improve efficiency and better serve customers will find information on how to start quality initiatives such as Six Sigma or Lean. New information on different types of teams, and new tools and strategies for leading change are covered as well. Several new tools have been added to help teams work well together: affinity diagrams, prioritization matrixes, effort/impact grids, new planning tools, and additional information on effective presentations. The Team Handbook Third Edition contains a brief description of the Six Sigma improvement method DMAIC, and highlights the methods and strategies that are useful in Lean. Also included is a new strategy for using designed experiments to identify and control sources of process variation. The book includes tools and techniques that go beyond the basics such as creativity tools, force-field analysis, and information to help leaders manage project pipelines.

Customer Reviews:

Moderately useful book used in my MBA course!.......2007-01-16

Moderately useful book used in my MBA course!

Of Limited Use to Defense Industry.......2006-09-12

While this book contains a great deal of useful information on team dynamics and tools, it does not cover the Integrated Process and Product Development (IPPD) framwork which is the basis of co-located Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). Due to this omission, its applicability to the defense industry is very limited.

Dog-earred, highlighted, and still going strong!.......2006-08-27

Like all good improvement tools, this guide for teams has evolved over the years. I began with the original, moved to Edition Two and now have Edition Three. Along with THE LEADER'S HANDBOOK, the TEAM HANDBOOK is probably the most useful and used book I own. Whether you are leading a project team, facilitating your own workgroup, or just want to be a better team member yourself, THIS is the tool you need. Every chapter is jammed pack with helpful tips, traps to avoid, notes and templates to help you be successful. Invest in this book, invest in YOURSELF!

Cal Poly student review, Brian Leininger.......2006-06-03

This book was well written and easy to understand. It gave a lot of information that would be useful for anyone attempting to use teams for projects.

Cal Poly student review Ben Wallace.......2006-06-01

This book was very informative, it covered a wide range of useful information for anyone attempting to improve upon a process. It is well written and easy to understand

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth

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Your mind matters....
Practical Advice plus Reach for the Stars
Great listening
Browse Through This For 30 Minutes & You'll Realise What An Expensive Piece Of Garbage This Is
A mystical pep talk with no solid information

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth
T. Harv Eker
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Release Date: 2005-02-15

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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it!

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the difference found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits, contacts, luck, or their choice of jobs, businesses, or investments?

The shocking answer is: None of the above!

In his groundbreaking Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker states: "Give me five minutes, and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life!" Eker does this by identifying your "money and success blueprint." We all have a personal money blueprint ingrained in our subconscious minds, and it is this blueprint, more than anything, that will determine our financial lives. You can know everything about marketing, sales, negotiations, stocks, real estate, and the world of finance, but if your money blueprint is not set for a high level of success, you will never have a lot of money—and if somehow you do, you will most likely lose it! The good news is that now you can actually reset your money blueprint to create natural and automatic success.

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is two books in one. Part I explains how your money blueprint works. Through Eker's rare combination of street smarts, humor, and heart, you will learn how your childhood influences have shaped your financial destiny. You will also learn how to identify your own money blueprint and "revise" it to not only create success but, more important, to keep and continually grow it.

In Part II you will be introduced to seventeen "Wealth Files," which describe exactly how rich people think and act differently than most poor and middle-class people. Each Wealth File includes action steps for you to practice in the real world in order to dramatically increase your income and accumulate wealth.

If you are not doing as well financially as you would like, you will have to change your money blueprint. Unfortunately your current money blueprint will tend to stay with you for the rest of your life, unless you identify and revise it, and that's exactly what you will do with the help of this extraordinary book. According to T. Harv Eker, it's simple. If you think like rich people think and do what rich people do, chances are you'll get rich too!

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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it!

The shocking answer is: None of the above!

In his groundbreaking Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker states: ""Give me five minutes, and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life!"" Eker does this by identifying your ""money and success blueprint."" We all have a personal money blueprint ingrained in our subconscious minds, and it is this blueprint, more than anything, that will determine our financial lives. You can know everything about marketing, sales, negotiations, stocks, real estate, and the world of finance, but if your money blueprint is not set for a high level of success, you will never have a lot of money -- and if somehow you do, you will most likely lose it! The good news is that now you can actually reset your money blueprint to create natural and automatic success.

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is two books in one. Part I explains how your money blueprint works. Through Eker's rare combination of street smarts, humor, and heart, you will learn how your childhood influences have shaped your financial destiny. You will also learn how to identify your own money blueprint and ""revise"" it to not only create success but, more important, to keep and continually grow it.

In Part II you will be introduced to seventeen ""Wealth Files,"" which describe exactly how rich people think and act differently than most poor and middle-class people. Each Wealth File includes action steps for you to practice in the real world in order to dramatically increase your income and accumulate wealth.

Customer Reviews:

Your mind matters...........2007-06-27

Great book. Maybe not new thesis, but it is one that I need to continually check myself. Easy read with powerful results.

Practical Advice plus Reach for the Stars.......2007-06-26

Seldom do books combine down to earth practical advice with a 'reach for the stars" mentality. Harv Eker manages to pull this off and keep you entertained at the same time. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and use many of the techniques on a regular basis. From saving money and learning to think about money in a new way, to rethinking your own mental make up and your self-worth, this book has many great points.
I recommend it very highly. It literally turned my life and my thoughts around.

Great listening.......2007-06-26

The guy had me laughing all the way to Aspen, Colorado. He repeats much of the same stuff I've read over and over. But, he does it in such an entertaining way that I remember his phrases and say them back to myself in certain situations.

In this day and age of historically low savings rates and high consumer debt, it's a great book for young people to read. We do need to be careful not to become overzealous with our obsession with money and keep things in perspective, however.

Browse Through This For 30 Minutes & You'll Realise What An Expensive Piece Of Garbage This Is.......2007-06-18

The back cover on Eker's book proclaims "Give me 5 minutes and I'll predict the rest of your financial life" or something to that effect. Well I'll say "Browse through this book for 30 minutes and you'll realise what an expensive piece of garbage this is."

I brought this book from a bookstrore in India all thanks to the positive and flattering reviews on Amazon. But now I supect that these reviews are fudged up. Maybe Eker or one of his cronies have spent a day writing them trying to mislead buyers. What do I write about the book? Suffice to say it has those zillion times repeated platitudes of "Think Big", "Be committed to being rich", "Focus on opportunities" and making positive affirmations to oneself. But I'd not even call it a good motivational book. Much better motivational books are available in the market (Robin Sharma is a good one). I have wasted my money. Please do not waste yours.

A mystical pep talk with no solid information.......2007-06-17

This book is very light in terms of content, it does not give you any definate strategy, just a lot of stories and anecdotes to pep you up. Of the 17 "wealth principles", many are worthless cliches, although several were sound and worthy of further reflection. The book is really spoiled by the author's reliance of several mystical beliefs, essentially bordering on the basic idea that if you think wishfully about money all the time, the universe will just provide more of it to you. The book is further devalued by the author's constant references to his additional products-I feel ripped out when I pay money for a book and instead of substantive information, I receive advertising. You can flip on the TV anytime late at night and watch advertising for various get rich quick schemes for free.

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

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going from corporate executive to do gooder champion
A dream realized will inspire many
Anyone Can Make a Difference!!!
Life-Changing Read of Hope, Inspiration and Amazing Change for the World's Children
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
John Wood
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John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work--not at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s--but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something lasting and significant. Stressed from the demands of his job, he took a vacation trekking in Nepal because a friend had told him, "If you get high enough in the mountains, you can't hear Steve Ballmer yelling at you anymore."

See how John Wood came to start Room to Read and write Leaving Microsoft to Change the World in this video clip: high bandwidth or low bandwidth

Instead of being the antidote to the rat race, that trip convinced John Wood to divert the boundless energy he was devoting to Microsoft into a cause that desperately needed to be addressed. While visiting a remote Nepalese school, Wood learned that the students had few books in their library. When he offered to run a book drive to provide the school with books, his idea was met with polite skepticism. After all, no matter how well-intentioned, why would a successful software executive take valuable time out of his life and gather books for an impoverished school?

But John Wood did return to that school and with thousands of books bundled on the back of a yak. And at that moment, Wood made the decision to walk away from Microsoft and create Room to Read-an organization that has donated more than 1.2 million books, established more than 2,600 libraries and 200 schools, and sent 1,700 girls to school on scholarship-ultimately touching the lives of 875,000 children with the lifelong gift of education.

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World chronicles John Wood's struggle to find a meaningful outlet for his managerial talents and entrepreneurial zeal. For every high-achiever who has ever wondered what life might be like giving back, Wood offers a vivid, emotional, and absorbing tale of how to take the lessons learned at a hard-charging company like Microsoft and apply them to one of the world's most pressing problems: the lack of basic literacy.

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John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work—not at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s—but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something lasting and significant. Stressed from the demands of his job, he took a vacation trekking in Nepal because a friend had told him, "If you get high enough in the mountains, you can't hear Steve Ballmer yelling at you anymore."

But John Wood did return to that school and with thousands of books bundled on the back of a yak. And at that moment, Wood made the decision to walk away from Microsoft and create Room to Read—an organization that has donated more than 1.2 million books, established more than 2,600 libraries and 200 schools, and sent 1,700 girls to school on scholarship—ultimately touching the lives of 875,000 children with the lifelong gift of education.

Customer Reviews:

going from corporate executive to do gooder champion.......2007-06-05

This is a good book to understand risk that is inspired by passion. this guy had everything to lose and so much to gain and he did it. Kudos to him and kudos for a well written book.

A dream realized will inspire many.......2007-04-28

I know many people who are passionate about a cause but lost when it comes to what to do next. Wood had the business background to take his passion and turn it into a well-oiled non-profit machine that does tremendous good while appearing to opperate without the ego and bureaucracy that keeps many NPs from accomplishing their altruistic goals.

Wood not only built on his initial idea, but inspires others to turn their passions into action in very practical terms.

I'm a life coach and work with many clients who want to create a more meaningful life through meaningful work. But they are stopped for many reasons, not the least of which is fear they won't be able to survive financially. Because Wood knew life at both ends of the financial spetrum, perhaps it was easier for him to realize how little he could live with. In any case, his book is an inspiration to anyone wanting to follow their dream.

Anyone Can Make a Difference!!!.......2007-04-10

This book reminds us that we can all make a difference. John's candid and entertaining personality. His book is a written account of one man's journey from corporate bureaucracy to making a phenomenal change in people's lives.
Dennis J. Schleicher
Author of an explosive and controversial memoir; Forbidden Love with a Married Man; E-Mail Diaries

Life-Changing Read of Hope, Inspiration and Amazing Change for the World's Children.......2007-04-09

John Wood's book is by far one of the most inspirational books I have ever read and I have felt compelled to tell everyone I know about it. John instills hope and inspiration that anything is possible when your heart is in the right place, you follow your gut/dreams, seek out/focus on solutions and dream big. You will laugh, cry and be moved to action when reading John's book. What John is doing along with his team at Room to Read by providing empowering solutions for children around the world to rise above poverty is remarkable!!

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World.......2007-04-06

Inspirational, insightful, funny. Answers the age old question, "But I'm just one person; can I really make a difference?"

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Good Basic Book on Management
Management
Mgmt. Review
Great Book for Beginning Managers!
Nice package, no Substance

Management (8th Edition)
Stephen P. Robbins , and Mary Coulter
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Robbins and Coulter's best-selling text demonstrates the real-world applications of management concepts and makes management come alive by bringing real managers and readers together. As it successfully integrates the various functions of management, the book establishes a dialogue with managers from a variety of fields. The authors examine managerial issues concerning defining the manager's terrain, planning, organizing, leading and controlling. For managers of all kinds.

Customer Reviews:

Good Basic Book on Management.......2007-01-25

This is a good basic book on management which delves into the application of management concepts in organizations. The book explains how the four functions of management namely planning, organizing, leading and controlling are integrated and how they contribute to the success of a firm.

The authors methodically explain the management concepts and they provide readers with various tools and techniques that they can employ to effectively manage their organizations. The authors reinforced their message with numerous examples, illustrations, stories and case studies that are useful for assimilating the management concepts. There are some useful internet references that the reader can refer to should they need additional information. However, one does not need to stop reading to refer to the internet site but rather can visit it at one's own pleasure.

This is well written book in simple and straightforward English which should allow any reader with basic understanding of English to follow and understand the message. The book is also well laid out and attractive. It also covers ethical considerations that are very critical in today's business environment.

All-in-all, this is a good and comprehensive book on management which should meet the needs of business students at undergraduate levels or for any reader who needs to learn the fundamental management principles and their practical application.

Management.......2007-01-05

A very engaging book with many tools for being an effective leader. Book sites true life stories of success complete with groundbreaking innovation by company executives.

Mgmt. Review.......2006-09-14

The book was simplistic in the concepts and examples, little boring, but good book for high school business major wanna-bees

Great Book for Beginning Managers!.......2006-09-10

I am in a MBA program with little management background. I find this book to be excellent. It has tons of graphs with color and lots of case studies. It comes with an access code for you to get onto the website to take tests. If you are new to business I recommend this book.

Nice package, no Substance.......2006-03-04

This book looks really attractive. The layout is interesting, and makes it easy to find things. That is about the extent of the positives of this book, however.

This book features just about every annoying aspect of todays textbooks:

-The shotgun approach to teaching: instead of actually laying down any principles, the book uses the touchy feely "multiple persepectives" approach which results in a confused student wondering what he or she was supposed to have learned.

-Useless ethics. The book supposedly teaches ethics, but to avoid making anyone mad, it just tiptoes around issues with vague "thinking" questions.

-Poor word definitions. This book defines words in strange runaround ways, which don't make any sense. I've also seen some a lot of words defined as a different type (i.e. an adjective defined as a noun).

-Overly Complex diagrams. Studies of the brain show that we can only remember an average of 7 details about an item. Yet the book is full of diagrams with 11, 15, or 20-something items. It's simply not possible to be able to recall that many elements of a diagram without extensive study.

-Hey look, there's this thing called the internet. We should use it for something useful, but instead lets just annoy the student!
This book is full of annoying little references to internet content. When I'm reading, I just don't want to stop, open a webpage, and look at a silly little quiz. Additionally, students who buy a used book don't get a license for the internet content.

-Requiring professors to use pre-designed "test banks". In my class, our professor is required by the manufacturer to use only the test bank provided by the manufacturer. The questions are horrible! They don't address thing the professor chooses to speak on that our outside the textbook, and are very vague and confusing.

I realize the writers of this book put a lot of effort into it, and it really is an attractive product. To be usable, however,

The One Minute Manager Anniversary Ed: The World's Most Popular Management Method

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A one minute review!
great management book
A must read for every manager
Too long for simple advice
Simple, Elegant and Thought provoking

The One Minute Manager Anniversary Ed: The World's Most Popular Management Method
Kenneth H. Blanchard , and Spencer Johnson
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For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees.

The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands.

The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits.

That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation.

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A one minute review!.......2007-06-03

Sometimes we need somebody who reminds us of what we already know. I guess it's the same with this book. This book points out the 3 key elements on managing people / staff. (It takes more then managing staff to be a good manager). Basic line the three techniques of one-minute management - clear goal setting, one-minute praisings and one-minute reprimands.

The book is written in a way that's easy to read, don't expect rocket science.

great management book.......2007-05-20

I love this book. I use this book when I train my assistant managers. It has some great management tools.

A must read for every manager.......2007-05-19

I read this book when I first started working, and now ask all of my managers to read it when they first get promoted. Nothing complex in the message but it is all very true and helpful for new managers and old alike.

Too long for simple advice.......2007-05-03

Cute allegory, but too long for the advice the author is trying to present. I purchased the CD so I can utilize my travel time, but purchasing the book may have been a better option so I could skim through the text, find the useful advice, and skip the unnecessary filler. While trying to learn how to become a more effective manager I don't need cute allegory. Overall, I would recommend it to new and upcoming managers and supervisors.

Simple, Elegant and Thought provoking.......2007-02-19

A very good and thought provoking book. We overlook the obvious every day. Blanchard and Johnson have explained the fundamental secrets ("One minute Goal setting", "One minute Praising" and " One minute Reprimanding")in a very engaging way. I recommend everybody, especially managers to read this book .This is not a mere management book, the secrets explained in this book could be applied to our personal lives.
-- Chandra Vadamodula

Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change

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Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
William Bridges
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ASIN: 0738208248
Release Date: 2003-05-27

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From the most trusted voice on transition, a revised edition of the classic practical guide to dealing with the human side of organizational change.

The business world is a place of constant change, with stories of corporate mergers, layoffs, bankruptcy, and restructuring hitting the news every day. Yet as veteran consultant William Bridges maintains, the situational changes are not as difficult for companies to make as the psychological transitions. In the best-selling Managing Transitions, Bridges provides a clear understanding of what change does to employees and what employees in transition can do to an organization.

Directed at managers and employees in today's corporations, Bridges shows how to minimize the distress and disruptions caused by change. Managing Transitions addresses the fact that it is people who have to carry out the change. When the book was originally published a decade ago, Bridges was the first to provide any real sense of the emotional impact of change and what can be done to keep it from disrupting the entire organization. With new information and commentary on layoffs, corporate suspicion, and the increasing tumult in the business world, Managing Transitions remains the definitive guide to dealing with change.

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Managing Transitions by William Bridges.......2007-05-13

This book is great! I was/am dealing with some pretty significant transitions -- the sudden death of my 21 year-old daughter, and a major division re-org at an S&P 500 company. Several months earlier, my VP had mentioned the book and suggested that all of his direct reports to read it. I did and it really hit home.

The author does an excellent job of describing the emotional and organizational impact of change and the mechanics of the process we use to get through it. We use the same basic process to deal with all change -- personal and professional -- and it has been very helpful to understand how it works. There is also a section in the book about the life cycle of an organization and that was illuminating. The book provided some tools to help me make critical decisions.

I bought six copies of the book and have given them out to friends and co-workers.

Great ~.......2007-05-07

This was a great book and well needed. If your your in or responsible for transitions. This is for you - an eye opener to some great ideas and the author takes the reader to both sides of the good and bad involving the transitional process and how it should be done. Great insight!

Good Book.......2007-03-02

The book was in good shape and I received it in a timely manner.

Worth it.......2007-02-15

This was recommended reading text for OD grad course. I found it very helpful as evolving coaching practitioner. Happy to keep it and use as reference often.

enjoyed.......2006-03-01

I enjoyed reading this book. It was written in a concise manner and still managed to explore the details of negotiation.

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A Life And Career Altering Tool For Our Century
Leadership
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Brief and Wordy in the Wrong Places

The Leadership Challenge, 3rd Edition
James M. Kouzes , and Barry Z. Posner
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In the 1980s and again in the '90s, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner published The Leadership Challenge to address issues they uncovered in research on ordinary people achieving "individual leadership standards of excellence." The keys they identified--model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, encourage the heart--have now been reexamined in the context of the post-millennium world and updated in a third edition. "What we have discovered, and rediscovered, is that leadership is not the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women," write Kouzes, chairman emeritus of the Tom Peters Company, and Posner, dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. "People make extraordinary things happen by liberating the leader within everyone." After explaining their concept and methodology, the authors detail the five essentials noted above in a pair of chapters apiece that bring clarity to their theories with case studies and recommended actions. The specificity of each (motivating through "the meaningfulness of the challenge, not the material rewards of success," for example, and being able to "accept the mistakes that result from experimentation") is enhanced by advice on sustaining the commitment and making leadership skills accessible to all. The results remain as relevant as when they were first published. --Howard Rothman

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When it was initially written in 1987, few could have predicted that The Leadership Challenge would become one of the best-selling leadership books of all time. Now, faced with the new challenges of our unpredictable global business environment, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner--two of the country's premier leadership experts--have completely revised and updated their classic book. Building on the knowledge base of their previous books, the third edition of The Leadership Challenge is grounded in extensive research and based on interviews with all kinds of leaders at all levels in public and private organizations from around the world. In this edition, the authors emphasize that the fundamentals of leadership are the same today as they were in the 1980s, and as they've probably been for centuries. In that sense, nothing's new. Leadership is not a fad. While the content of leadership has not changed, the context has-and in some cases, changed dramatically.

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Excellent Book.......2007-04-12

Do not let the number of pages keep you from starting the book. Excellent information provided.

A Life And Career Altering Tool For Our Century.......2007-03-03

The Leadership Challenge is without doubt the most practical and useable model for leadership development available today. The authors, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, have built their work during twenty-plus years of scrupulous research and the model is based upon constantly updated statistics.

The book is the cornerstone of their work, however their other books and materials are invaluable as well delving deeper and deeper into "The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership" model. The book and The Leadership Challenge Workshop have had such a profound influence on both my personal and professionally life, I've been moving towards facilitator certification to better share this work.

Kouzes/Posner's model is not about "right or wrong" but is behaviorally based, so examines the frequency of leadership behaviors viewed through five simple yet intriguing practices. Whether read by an experienced business leader, or a new leader getting a foothold in the business world, this book is an invaluable resource.

Leadership.......2007-01-25

A great book for leaders on all levels and would be a great training manual.

One of the Best Books on Leadership Available.......2007-01-09

A perfect book for instructors, students and people looking for information on leadership, personal development and change. Based on rigorous research on successful practices developed by leaders; offers sound cases for developing quality leadership and driving change in organizations. Excellent product, would recommend it to anyone.

Brief and Wordy in the Wrong Places.......2007-01-03

Long on example narratives that are nice as inspiration pieces, but little more. The excellent aspects are the portions where it asks the reader to complete a task, but the instructions and the examples for how to accomplish the task do very little to guide you toward completing the tasks. YOu can figure them out on your own and still reach your goal, but what is the book for at that point? That being the case it could be a 80 page wonder rather than an "Chicken Soup for the Leader" type anchor in your bag or briefcase.

The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed

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The best of the pocket Six Sigma tool guides
The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook
Handy, Practical and Useful Guide for the Practitioner
Concise, to-the-point, very useful
Great refresher

The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed
Michael L. George , John Maxey , David T. Rowlands , Michael George , David Rowlands , and Mark Price
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Bestselling Lean Six Sigma author Michael George provides the first pocket guide for deployers of Lean Six Sigma

The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook blends Lean and Six Sigma tools and concepts, providing expert advice on how to determine which tool within a "family" is best for different purposes. Packed with detailed examples and step-bystep instructions, it's the ideal handy reference guide to help Green and Black Belts make the transition from the classroom to the field.

Features brief summaries and examples of the 70 most important tools in Lean Six Sigma, such as "Pull," "Heijunka," and "Control Charts"
Groups tools by purpose and usage
Offers a quick, easy reference on using the DMAIC improvement cycle
Provides comprehensive coverage in a compact, portable format

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The best of the pocket Six Sigma tool guides.......2007-05-26

This text is simply the best of the various pocket Six Sigma tool guides currently available in the marketplace. Although this book is a quick reference guide as the subtitle suggests, there is enough substance here for it to walk on legs and provide learning material for those readers already familiar with basic quality concepts. Quite honestly, I am not sure how the authors arrived at the "Nearly 100 Tools" portion of the subtitle, because the tools presented here can be numbered in various ways. However, this aspect really does not matter. What matters is that all of the major Six Sigma tools are presented with a lot of nice diagrams, graphs, and other figures to give the reader a good sense of the fundamentals of any given tool. These well-encapsulated nuggets of information should serve as excellent memory joggers for some, and good starting points for those needing additional detail available in other texts or online resources. Especially helpful are the numerous brief "tips" sections throughout that point novices in the right direction. Note that the organization of the book might not be well suited for some, because it is not ordered according to the customary steps of the DMAIC process. To some degree, the first chapter points to various sections of the book during its cursory walkthrough of the DMAIC process, although the street signs are not very well planned. Despite some minor flaws, this book serves its purpose well.

The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook.......2007-05-12

This is an excellent quick reference for Lean and DMAIC projects.

Handy, Practical and Useful Guide for the Practitioner.......2007-03-06

An excellent consolidation of the tools of statistical methods, lean, and problem solving presented in an easy to read and easy to use format. Having developed and taught many seminars on these concepts, I found this to be one of the most useful and practical books on these subjects that I've seen in recent years. It presents just enough information to properly use the tools for one who has some degree of familiarity with them as well as for the newcomer to these concepts.

Concise, to-the-point, very useful.......2007-02-28

This book is very concise and straight to the point. One need not to ponder over thousands of lines to find the definition and application of Lean Six Sigma tools. I am a beginner in Six Sigma and using this book along with my training material.

This book is very much of use when I am looking for a quick refresher or use for some tool, which I think could be of use, but not sure.

Great refresher.......2006-11-17

This is a great book to refresh your memory about the tools. I've had several advanced statistical classes in college and grad school, and the truth is if you don't use it, you lose it. This book hits the high points and includes more than enough information to get you back up and running if you have been away from DOE, ANOVA, and many of the other statistical tools out there. Not a book to read if you trying to learn the tools - again this book is a memory jogger, and a pretty dang good one! As an industrial engineer and lean practitioner, this book has been a great addition to my library!

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