A Manager's Guide to Self-development - Boydell, Tom

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Auteur(s) : Boydell, Tom - Burgoyne, John - Pedler, Mike

Editeur : Routledge

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/12/2025

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 356.0

ISBN : 9781032973128

Résumé :

This book is an indispensable guide to building your management and leadership skills and abilities. It includes activities which can be undertaken alone, in a group or as part of a programme.

In its seventh edition, the book is a carefully designed self-development programme aimed at helping leaders improve their performance, advance their careers and achieve their full potential. You are invited to complete a diagnostic career and life-planning activity first, before making a self-diagnosis of learning goals and priorities. Choose from 56 self-development activities covering a range of skills and competencies, including change management, coaching, collaborative working and emotional resilience. New activities include environmental scanning, using artificial intelligence, mindfulness and working effectively with groups. This new, updated edition reflects key changes in management and leadership practices over the last decade and is aligned to relevant professional frameworks.

This book encourages people to believe in themselves and their abilities. It aims to empower you to reflect on your experiences of tackling challenges in the workplace and shows you how to move to the next level in your career, to become the best leader and manager that you can be.

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Biographie:

Part 1 Introduction, Chapter 1 The Philosophy of This Book, Chapter 2 How This Book Works, Part 2 Planning Your Self-development, Chapter 3 Career and Life Planning, Chapter 4 The Qualities of Successful Managers and Leaders, Chapter 5 Where to Start? Choosing Your Learning Priorities, Chapter 6 How to Select and Use the Activities, Part 3 Activities for Leadership and Management Self-development, Activity 1 Know Your Facts, Activity 2 Networking, Activity 3 Managing Your Time, Activity 4 Keeping Up to Date, Activity 5 Find a Mentor, Activity 6 Communication Tools, Activity 7 Facts and Assumptions, Activity 8 Reflective Practice, Activity 9 Use Your Power, Activity 10 Action Learning, Activity 11 Political Awareness, Activity 12 Active Listening, Activity 13 Decision Making, Activity 14 Environmental Scanning, Activity 15 Role Set Analysis, Activity 16 Planning Change, Activity 17 Crisis Management, Activity 18 Critical Thinking, Activity 19 Risk Management, Activity 20 Asserting Yourself, Activity 21 Handling Conflict, Activity 22 Working Effectively with Groups, Activity 23 Exploring Your Core Values, Activity 24 Getting to Know You, Activity 25 Getting to Yes, Activity 26 Collaborative Working, Activity 27 Be a Coach!, Activity 28 Virtual Leadership, Activity 29 The Saturated Life, Activity 30 Dealing with Difficult Situations, Activity 31 Are You Stressed?, Activity 32 Managing Stress in Your Team, Activity 33 Meditation, Activity 34 Mindfulness, Activity 35 Manage Your Feelings, Activity 36 Stability Zones, Activity 37 The Virtual Revolution, Activity 38 Using Artificial Intelligence Tools, Activity 39 Who's the Boss?, Activity 40 Practising Change, Activity 41 Action Planning, Activity 42 Imaging, Activity 43 Managing Upwards, Activity 44 Beyond 'Yes... But...', Activity 45 Generating New Ideas, Activity 46 Approaches to Creativity, Activity 47 A Helicopter Mind, Activity 48 Your Multiple Intelligences, Activity 49 Coping with Complexity, Activity 50 Just a Minute, Activity 51 Where To Next?, Activity 52 Managing Your Dependency, Activity 53 Learning to Learn, Activity 54 Study Skills, Activity 55 Your Learning Cycle, Activity 56 Backwards Review, Part 4 Notes for Facilitators, Notes for Facilitators, Appendix Part 1 CMDA Standard Level 6/MGSD Mapping Matrix, Part 2 SLA Standard Level 7/MGSD Mapping Matrix

Sommaire:
An indispensable guide to building management and leadership skills and abilities, which can be undertaken alone, in a group or as part of a training programme. Now in its seventh edition, this book is a carefully designed to help managers and leaders improve their performance, advance their careers and achieve their full potential....