Bestselling author Michael Armstrong provides valuable insight into the skills required to be an effective manager, helping you get the best from your staff through motivation, reward and leadership. This fully updated 6th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips, alongside advice on managing virtual teams, enhancing employee engagement and managing conflict. Essential reading for anyone who wants to get the best from their teams, How to Manage People distils the essence of good management into one handy, easy-to-use book. The Creating Success series of books... Unlock vital skills, power up your performance and get ahead with the bestselling Creating Success series. Written by experts for new and aspiring managers and leaders, this million-selling collection of accessible and empowering guides will get you up to speed in no time. Packed with clever thinking, smart advice and the kind of winning techniques that really get results, you'll make fast progress, quickly reach your goals and create lasting success in your career.
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Gain essential skills for career development with practical advice on how to manage performance, deal with difficult people and inspire a successful team.
  • Section - PART 1: Managing people;
    • Chapter - 01: Getting things done through people: The manager’s role;
    • Chapter - 02: Managing people for the first time;
    • Chapter - 03: Treating people right;
    • Chapter - 04: Working with HR;
  • Section - PART 2: Getting work done through people;
    • Chapter - 05: Organizing;
    • Chapter - 06: Defining roles;
    • Chapter - 07: Communicating;
    • Chapter - 08: Delegating;
    • Chapter - 09: Managing hybrid workers;
    • Chapter - 10: Managing change;
  • Section - PART 3: Leading, motivating and engaging people and teams;
    • Chapter - 11: Leadership;
    • Chapter - 12: Motivating people;
    • Chapter - 13: Enhancing engagement;
  • Section - PART 4: People management activities;
    • Chapter - 14: Recruitment and selection;
    • Chapter - 15: Developing people;
    • Chapter - 16: Managing individual performance;
    • Chapter - 17: Managing team performance;
    • Chapter - 18: Managing reward;
  • Section - PART 5: Handling people problems and issues;
    • Chapter - 19: Approaches to handling people problems;
    • Chapter - 20: Dealing with disciplinary problems;
    • Chapter - 21: Dealing with individual performance problems;
    • Chapter - 22: Dealing with negative behaviour;
    • Chapter - 23: Dealing with absenteeism and timekeeping issues;
    • Chapter - 24: Handling challenging conversations;
    • Chapter - 25: Giving bad news;
    • Chapter - 26: Managing bias;
    • Chapter - 27: Dealing with bullying and harassment;
    • Chapter - 28: Managing conflict;
    • Chapter - 29: Appendix: Notes on exercises;
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Provides a complete overview of people management, its most common issues and how to deal with them along with practical tools to get the best from teams

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781398621206
Publisert
2025-05-03
Utgave
6. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Kogan Page Ltd
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

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Biografisk notat

Michael Armstrong is a bestselling author and people management expert. With over a million copies sold, his books have been translated into twenty-four languages. He is managing partner of E-Reward, and an independent management consultant. Prior to this, he was a chief examiner of the CIPD. He is author of the bestselling How to Be an Even Better Manager, now in its 10th edition, also published by Kogan Page. He is based in London, UK.