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Announcing: The ASTD Management Development Handbook

QAspire

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) recently released a fantastic collection titled “ The ASTD Management Development Handbook ”. This book provides current thinking on various management aspects by practicing management professionals. I am grateful to Lisa for inviting me to write in this book.

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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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Remote Manager Handbook

The Center For Leadership Studies

As organizations across the globe quickly shift to remote work structures, much of the responsibility for ensuring continued success falls on the shoulders of managers. To ensure success and engagement within their team and the organization as a whole, managers must focus on their employees’ core needs: clarity, communication and consistency.

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Possibility Maximizer: Human Capital Handbook 2011

Sales Wolf Blog

Today I have a great resource from the folks at HubCap Digital with the inaugural volume of its Human Capital Handbook. Each Friday I like to highlight a resource that I feel will aid in your efforts to Maximize Possibility in your organization.

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The Essential Performance Review Handbook

Kevin Eikenberry

By Sharon Armstrong Most all managers and leaders do performance reviews, and most don’t look forward to them. This practical and broad ranging book may help. About the final third of the book is a compilation of sample forms that an organization could adopt or adapt, but the first 130 pages applies to all leaders [.].

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17 Ways to Teach Managers how to Coach

Great Leadership By Dan

For this month’s Carnival, I asked our community of leadership development experts the following question: “ Wouldn''t it be great if we could teach managers how to coach? What one book, website, or other resource would you recommend to a busy yet motivated manager who wants to learn how to be a better coach?”

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The Leadership Equation: 7 Keys To An Awesome Team

Terry Starbucker

It’s not all in the employee handbook and instruction manuals – everybody, and especially customer facing teammates, must be able to make those daily practical judgments that make a huge difference between greatness and mediocrity. These qualities are great, but they need to be amplified by a supervisor or manager.

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