Product Description

A Manager’s Guide to Self-Development has become the indispensable guide for building management skills. Now in its fifth edition the book details a self-development programme aimed at helping readers improve their managerial performance, advance their careers and realize their full potential.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #84169 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Mike Pedler leading academic and consultant on management and leadership issues. He is Revans Professorial Fellow at Salford University and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Leadership Development in the University of York.

John Burgoyne is Professor of Management Learning at Lancaster University and Henley Management College. He recently completed a secondment as consultant to the Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership

Tom Boydell is director of Inter-Logics, a consultancy specializing in face to face and online ways of developing relational or connected leadership process and managing strategic relationship.

Customer Reviews

A useful, practical and theoretical self-development guide
This book is divided into two parts that enables either the potential, new or experienced manager to acquire the skills necessary for improving workplace performance. The first part allows the manager to understand their capabilities through fairly thought provoking tasks and questions. This section culminates in a useful questionnaire, from which the manager can ascertain his or her strength and weaknesses based on the eleven key qualities that managers should possess. This then leads into the second part of the book where the 49 activities for self-development can be taken either in order or individually, allowing you to focus on your weakest skills (as indicated in the questionnaire). At the end of the day this book is only as good as the practical use made of the tasks (and the learning strategy you develop), nevertheless it is well written and presented and should make a useful addition to most managers' bookshelves.

An excellent resource
I've found this an excellent resource for coaching developing managers. The material has an excellent evidence-base and is very accessible. The exercises are open-ended allowing for development whatever your level, though it may appeal less to more experienced managers.

very easy to use
For the would-be manager this book offers a simple and readable guide to developing one's management style.