Manager to Leader Skills and Insights for a successful transition

Author: Abi O’Neill
Publisher: CCH Australia
ISBN: 9781921701535
Published In: March 2011
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Disclaimer:
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All too often people who are successful in their jobs are promoted to management without an appropriate level of support. They are often unaware of the implications of managing a team and their need to develop new skills to lead and inspire people to do their best work. Instead, many merely focus on “getting the job done”. The significant missing element is that which involves “people”. Managers typically understand the task-related aspect of the work and underestimate the importance of the human element. This is the area that really counts in leadership. It is not only new managers who must pay attention to this vital element.

This book seeks to address the widespread needs of managers in the quest for success in their leadership.

You will learn:

An insightful look into building confidence and developing your own leadership style
Learn how to effectively communicate and overcome common communication barriers
Develop key skills for building relationships, providing constructive feedback and coaching others

Customer review:

"Good managers are usually also good leaders, O'Neil tells us, but no matter how good they might be there would be few who couldn't learn something from this little pearl of a book. In fact, there would be few people who couldn't. O'Neil has captured the essence of what true leadership is all about and she's managed to explain it very clearly in non-preachy prose in less than a hundred pages. This is a very special little book."

Features:

taking on the role of manager/leader
styles of management and leadership
communication and listening
relationship building
power and infl uence
culture and values
motivation and engagement
performance management
coaching, delegating and development.

Chapter 1: Taking on the role of manager

Chapter 2: Management and leadership

Chapter 3: Communication

Chapter 4: Building relationships

Chapter 5: Power, control or influence?

Chapter 6: Culture — the organisational context

Chapter 7: Leading the team — motivation and engagement

Chapter 8: Focus on performance

Chapter 9: Developing others

Chapter 10: Self care, development and leadership

Abi O’Neill

MBus, GradDip (AIS), DipTchg, Dip Transpersonal Counselling, AssocDip Admin, AdvCert Mgt Skills, TAA40104 Cert IV in Training and Assessment Abi O’Neill is a highly experienced management and leadership development facilitator, consultant and coach. She has over 15 years experience as a business, management and leadership educator. Prior to this she spent 15 years working in various capacities in organisations, consulting, managing, and owning businesses.