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Harvard Business Review on Becoming a High-Performance Manager
The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe.
With offerings ranging from the timeless classic "Management Time Who's Got the Monkey" to innovative, cutting edge ideas, this book provides busy managers with strategies for more effective time and stress management, and offers insights into what a manager's job really entails. This is a must read for any professional wanting to work more effectively and become a better manager.
With offerings ranging from the timeless classic "Management Time Who's Got the Monkey" to innovative, cutting edge ideas, this book provides busy managers with strategies for more effective time and stress management, and offers insights into what a manager's job really entails. This is a must read for any professional wanting to work more effectively and become a better manager.
192 pages, Paperback
First published February 26, 2002
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March 1, 2012
Несмотря на относительную зрелость книги она очень хороша рассматриваемыми примерами, интересными случаями, качественными и эффективными советами и прочими принципами управления персоналом и компанией.
Здесь есть чему поучится и с помощью примеров улучшить личностные качества и продуктивность.
Рекомендую прочитать владельцам компаний, ТОП менеджерами другим структурным руководителям.
Здесь есть чему поучится и с помощью примеров улучшить личностные качества и продуктивность.
Рекомендую прочитать владельцам компаний, ТОП менеджерами другим структурным руководителям.
October 24, 2022
Highlights: Who's got the Monkey and The Making of a Corporate Athlete
August 25, 2008
In this volume, the reader is provided with eight articles whose authors provide a variety of perspectives on how to become a high performance manager. Given when they first appeared in the HBR (1982-2002), some but remarkably little of the material is dated. Here are some of the important business issues to which the contributors respond:
How to delegate effectively so that report-to's are personally accountable for fulfilling their obligations? ("Who's Got the Monkey?," William Oncken, Jr. and Donald L. Wass)
How to focus only on what is most important? ("Beware the Busy Manager," Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghosal)
How to decide what to do despite uncertainty and an enormous amount of potentially relevant information? ("What Effective General Managers Really Do," John P. Kotter)
What is the "performance pyramid" and how can this model increase professional performance and improve quality of life? ("The Making of a Corporate Athlete," Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz)
How can executives effectively organize day-to-day activities, improve their performance under pressure, and get subordinates to become more productive? ("Managers Can Avoid Wasting Time," Ronald N. Ashkenas and Robert H. Schaffer)
What are some of "the very real dangers of executive coaching" and how to avoid them? (Steven Berglas)
How to delegate effectively so that report-to's are personally accountable for fulfilling their obligations? ("Who's Got the Monkey?," William Oncken, Jr. and Donald L. Wass)
How to focus only on what is most important? ("Beware the Busy Manager," Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghosal)
How to decide what to do despite uncertainty and an enormous amount of potentially relevant information? ("What Effective General Managers Really Do," John P. Kotter)
What is the "performance pyramid" and how can this model increase professional performance and improve quality of life? ("The Making of a Corporate Athlete," Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz)
How can executives effectively organize day-to-day activities, improve their performance under pressure, and get subordinates to become more productive? ("Managers Can Avoid Wasting Time," Ronald N. Ashkenas and Robert H. Schaffer)
What are some of "the very real dangers of executive coaching" and how to avoid them? (Steven Berglas)
October 25, 2010
This book is a series of articles collected from issues of the Harvard Business Review, spanning a few decades. It is packed with good advice about becoming a better manager.
Although I really liked this, the tone of the book is unfortunately Old-School Creepazoid Boss, with lots of mentions of "subordinates" and everyone in the book being called "Smith" or "Richardson" as if written in an era where people were known on a last-name basis.
If you look past the book's tone, there is some great information here. For me, the highlight was the article , Saving Rookie Managers from Themselves by Carol Walker, which made me conscious of how many mistakes I'm making as a new manager with good intentions. You can read that article here if you're not otherwise interested in the book: http://hbr.org/2002/04/saving-your-rookie-managers-from-themselves/ar/1
Although I really liked this, the tone of the book is unfortunately Old-School Creepazoid Boss, with lots of mentions of "subordinates" and everyone in the book being called "Smith" or "Richardson" as if written in an era where people were known on a last-name basis.
If you look past the book's tone, there is some great information here. For me, the highlight was the article , Saving Rookie Managers from Themselves by Carol Walker, which made me conscious of how many mistakes I'm making as a new manager with good intentions. You can read that article here if you're not otherwise interested in the book: http://hbr.org/2002/04/saving-your-rookie-managers-from-themselves/ar/1
May 18, 2013
This book in the HBR collection covers some really important topics. Some of which are how roles reverse from the manager to subordinate, motivating, persuasion, and psychology. The latter stood out the most. The comparison of athletes to Executes used and the psychology behind this was astonishing. I empathized when the statement "Athletes and Executes are similar in mindset but not on performance. Athletes practice %90 of the time and perform at high levels %10 while Executives have to perform constantly.". I tend to let work take over my life because success outways having a wife, kids, sociability to an extent, etc. however, when someone works like this they need to have near perfect sleep hygiene, a balanced diet, exercise, and even meditation was mentioned. If all this is done an Executive will perform at much higher levels and maintain a good state of well-being. Great book!
May 30, 2013
One more great book from HBR. It covers several very important topics for newbies and mature managers.
I think significant part of management staff is not effective because they don't really know what managers should do, what is important, how to avoid whirlpool of daily list of unimportant tasks, manage own time in correct way, work on strategic important questions.
All these topics are widely covered by several articles in this book.
What is really important there is no single answer for a problem, all situations are described from different views by people with extensive experience.
This book is really worth reading.
I think significant part of management staff is not effective because they don't really know what managers should do, what is important, how to avoid whirlpool of daily list of unimportant tasks, manage own time in correct way, work on strategic important questions.
All these topics are widely covered by several articles in this book.
What is really important there is no single answer for a problem, all situations are described from different views by people with extensive experience.
This book is really worth reading.
February 23, 2013
Most of the articles timeless, it is still applicable to a certain extent even though most of the articles are more than a decade old, some are a couple of decades. The articles are targetted at middle level managers. I could easily imagine a manager reading his copy of HBR and taking in what the article has to contribute to his management skills. Great read.
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August 5, 2011Wonderful collection of new and old articles from reknown management gurus of past and present day. Definitely worth investing the time!
October 20, 2013
Must review...give insight about manager role
August 19, 2014
Harvard is a smart school
July 16, 2016
Great reference book.
March 30, 2013
A must-read book new managers, executives, and entrepreneurs.
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