The ASTD management development handbook : innovation for today's manager

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Title:

Author:

Haneberg, Lisa.

ISBN:

9781562868246

Publication Information:

Alexandra, Va. : American Society for Training & Development, 2012.

Physical Description:

xv, 538 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Foreword / Betsy Myers -- Introduction: Into the Future We Go -- Section I. Fundamental Ideas for Managers -- 1. Complexity and Perseverance / Margaret Wheatley -- 2. The Way We're Working Isn't Working: More and More, Less and Less / Tony Schwartz -- 3. Irreverence as a Managerial Tool: What Managers Can Learn From Tina Fey, Martin Luther, and Bob Dylan / Michael Kroth -- 4. The Five Universal Themes in Business / Todd Sattersten -- 5. Positively Using Your Power / Sharlyn Lauby -- 6. New Evidence of Servant Leadership's Efficacy as a Managerial Approach / Bret Simmons -- 7. Two Good Things About Cats and Eight More Perspectives for Results / Randy Boek -- 8. The Manager's Role in Creating a Learning Culture / Kevin Eikenberry -- 9. Managing Scenario Projects / Thomas Chermack -- 10. A Note on Women and Power / Jeffrey Pfeffer -- 11. Brainpowered Tone Tools to Manage Excellence / Ellen Weber -- Section II. Managers as Culture Builders -- 12. Who Says There's No Crying In Leadership? / Terry "Starbucker" St. Marie -- 13. The LPK Field Guide - An Inspiring Model for Communicating Expectations / LPK Design Team -- 14. Rethinking Your Organization as a Community - The Open Source Way / Chris Grams -- 15. From Quality to Excellence: Essential Strategies for Building a Quality-Oriented Culture / Tanmay Vora -- 16. The Mesh: Access Over Ownership / Lisa Gansky -- 17. Should Managers Care About Employee Happiness? / Michael Lee Stallard -- 18. The Manager as Extreme Leader / Steve Dealph -- 19. Winning With a Culture of Recognition / Derek Irvine -- Section III. The Goal: Team Members Who Do Their Best Work Together -- 20. Creating a Sharing Society / Rajesh Setty -- 21. Are SMART Goals Dumb? / Mark Murphy -- 22. How Team Building Really Works / Steve Roesler -- 23. Get Rid of the Dotted Lines: Accountability and Authority in Managerial Relationships / Tom Foster -- 24. Performance Management at Ground Level / Wally Bock -- 25. The First Secret of Improvisation - Yes! Space / Karen Hough -- 26. Engaging Management: Put an End to Employee Engagement / David Zinger -- 27. Creating Winning Teams / Vikram Bector -- 28. Co-Create: Building a Successful, Enduring Organization One Project at a Time / Steve Martin -- 29. You're Not the Boss of Me / Jodee Bock -- 30. Make Talent Your Business / Jeannie Coyle -- Section IV. Management Is a Social Act -- 31. Unmanaging the Network / David Weinberger -- 32. How to Fascinate / Sally Hogshead -- 33. ValYouCasting: The New Workforce Social Competencies / Terrence Wing -- 34. Using Social Media to Create Systems of Engagement / CV Harquail -- 35. How to Run a Great Web Meeting / Wayne Turmel -- 36. Convening: The Ultimate Management App / Craig Neal -- 37. The Multicultural and Multigenerational Workplace: What Are the Future Challenges to Leaders? / Alfredo Castro -- Conclusion: Management Is a Craft.

Abstract:

"The ASTD Management Development Handbook is a powerful collection covering many aspects of management in today's business climate. Deftly edited by management expert Lisa Haneberg, 'The ASTD Management Development Handbook' provides insightful thinking from modern management professionals who are in touch with the issues, challenges, opportunities, and dynamics present in contemporary corporate culture. While writing in a range of styles and on a variety of management- and leadership-related topics, these contributors have in common a great deal of real-world managerial experience, passion for their area of expertise, and a desire to share their cutting-edge thinking on best management practices."--Publisher website.

Subject Term:

Management -- Textbooks.

Added Author:

Haneberg, Lisa.

Added Corporate Author:

American Society for Training and Development

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The ASTD Management Development Handbook is a powerful collection covering many aspects of management in today's business climate. Deftly edited by management expert Lisa Haneberg, The ASTD Management Development Handbook provides insightful thinking from modern management professionals who are in touch with the issues, challenges, opportunities, and dynamics present in contemporary corporate culture. While writing in a range of styles and on a variety of management- and leadership-related topics, these contributors have in common a great deal of real-world managerial experience, passion for their area of expertise, and a desire to share their cutting-edge thinking on best management practices.

Through this handbook, you will gain a greater understanding of: complexity, power, and energy dynamics within organizations workplace cultures where authenticity, openness, quality, community, happiness, and recognition flourish the manager's role in creating organizational culture developing, leading, and maintaining successful teams exploring management as a social act creating, inspiring, and engaging productive workplaces.

The ASTD Management Development Handbook suffers from no blind spots or filler chapters. Instead, it is a vital, cohesive compilation of the most current thinking on modern managerial practices available today, filled with concise, focused, and pragmatic lessons and wisdom.