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Manager's Toolkit: The 13 Skills Managers Need to Succeed (Harvard Business Essentials) |
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Published: 2007-02-01 |
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 HBS Toolkit
This book was an assigned reading for a leadership course I am taking as part of my M.S. The skills sets it teaches have enhanced my management options and abilities. Decision making is improved when viable options are presented as they are in this text.
 Very impression book
So good write, I think that this is very usefull to who would like improve your knowledgement in manager business administration.
This book you can undertand so very easy. The examples in book are common in day to day.
Basic Skills
The content covered in the book touches on everything a front-line manager will need to be successful. It is not intended to be a textbook or an exhaustive treatment of the subject matter.
I especially like the section on career management; most managers consider CM to be something employees do on their own. A more enlightened manager realizes that his/her own success is easily measured by the success of his/her subordinates.
If you are familiar with the style & substance of the Harvard Business Review you will be comfortable with this text.
Concise advice for every new manager
Most young managers were outstanding individual performers before promotion to management, and many get the bulk of their basic management training on the job. This concisely written, vastly informative handbook from the Harvard Business Essentials series covers the basic skills all managers need to know. Richard Luecke and Christopher Bartlett divide the book into three sections - learning the basics, reaching the next level and mastering the financial tools a manager needs - with the key topics listed at the beginning of each chapter. We say if you think of this book as the coaching you would receive from a smart, well-connected mentor, you will get an idea of its tone. It contains no esoteric or faddish advice, but solid, practical tips, presented in a way you can use right now.
Very good guide to basic management
If you are a new manager fresh from being an individual contributor, this is the book for you. It takes you through the key skills you will need to become an effective manager and how to move up the ranks. No, it is not a Machiavellian approach to leadership, it is a practical guide for the real world.
The chapters teach you about setting goals for your team with their input. The idea is to get the team moving, but in a way aligned with the enterprise. The next two chapters are on the importance of hiring right (very, very important) and retention. Here the advice in looking for quality rather than quantity rings very true. Also, even though you do want to be careful to retain the right talent, you really do NOT want to keep everyone. Let the slackers go. Encourage them to go!
The chapters on learning to delegate and time management are also good for the young manager who is likely to want to do everything him or herself (you know, as they did when they were an individual contributor) and to take on too many task because they don't want to say no. Of course, learning to delegate can really help the overbooking problem.
Part II talks about managing teams (and when they are best used), appraisals & coaching, and handling problem employees. The advice on how to terminate employees is very good. That is, get familiar and square will all relevant employment laws, involve HR, and realize that if you miss anything it is likely to blow up in your face.
The chapters on developing your career (remember mentor), becoming a leader, and thinking strategically are all important as your career develops. The book's emphasis on knowing yourself and what it is you really want rather than what you think others think you should want is very good advice.
The last four chapters form Part III and are about the basic financial skills you will need as a manager. The book takes you through the generic outline of a budgeting process, about understanding the basics of the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. This is a NECESSARY skill. The next chapters on Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Breakeven Analysis, and Operating Leverage are very good introductions. Also, you will need to understand the Time Value of Money. It's on your business calculator. Really.
A VERY good and handy guide to basic management.
Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI
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