Some complex problems simply do not have "solutions." The key to being an effective leader is being able to recognize and manage such problems. Polarity Management presents a unique model and set of principles that will challenge you to look at situations in new ways. Also included are exercises to strengthen your skills, and case studies to help you begin applying the model to your own unsolvable problems.

Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems

Business & Money

Johnson Ph.D., Barry

Management & Leadership

H R D Press

This book outlines the 4 different writing "personality types": the correspondent, the technical writer, the creative writer, and the analytical writer. Readers will learn their own natural type and be better able to flex their writing style to more appropriate WriteTypes as the need calls for them.

WriteType: Personality Types and Writing Styles

Gladis Ph.D., Stephen D.

Economics

The Manager's Pocket Guide to Performance Management clearly spells out the specific steps a manager can take to ensure improved performance in any work unit. Investing in workforce development may be the most important strategic decision any manager can make.

The Manager's Pocket Guide to Performance Management (Manager's Pocket Guide Series)

Sharon G. Fisher

This complete guide to effective meetings will show you how to prepare for success and end with results. It includes structured activities that keep everyone focused on your issues, practical techniques for dealing with unproductive participants, and essential considerations for high tech meetings. If you hold meetings, this book is a must!

The Managers Pocket Guide to Effective Meetings

Kaye Ph.D., Steve

No matter how you arrived at your supervisory position, you need a specific set of skills to work successfully with your employees. Feeling positive about yourself, making effective decisions, and solving problems are still a part of your daily life, but added to this are the challenging leadership skills of communicating, delegating, coaching, motivating, hiring, and leading. Your achievement is measured by your staff's performance. Knowing how to work with your staff increases your department's effectiveness: your employees can become your best support as you become one of today's successful leaders. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Leadership Skills concisely describes the skills you need to become a strong and competent supervisor or manager. This book contains information and illustrations as well as "Tips for Success" and "Action Plans." It is written for those who want to not only survive, but thrive in their leadership role!

The Manager's Pocket Guide to Leadership Skills (Manager's Pocket Guide Series)

Peter B. Stark

Jane S. Flaherty

Whether you're a manager in charge of a group of writers, or a person interested in just improving his or her writing skills, The Manager's Pocket Guide to Effective Writing will help you write better using easy, practical, how-to steps that will guide you towards more effective writing, which will, in turn, allow you to make a better impression on others.

The Manager's Pocket Guide to Effective Writing (Manager's Pocket Guide Series)

Gladis PH.D., Steve

Conflict causes stress, low morale, and decreased productivity. This pocket guide is for leaders who want to learn skills that will prevent and resolve conflicts and ensure a better working environment. Readers will learn how to recognize patterns of conflict, identify causes of conflict, prevent conflicts from developing and escalating, and apply conflict resolution techniques.

The Manager's Pocket Guide to Dealing with Conflict (Manager's Pocket Guide Series)

Lois B. Hart

This time saving guide presents project management concepts and tools simply and effectively for the manager or administrator who is finding themselves managing and devoting more and more time to special projects. The methods and tools are taken straight from the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge.

The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management (Manager's Pocket Guide Series)

Michael Greer

Make your training count! Whether you are a seasoned or inexperienced training professional, making your training count is the number one way to influence the future success of your organization. The way to do this is to match all training directly to the needs of the organization and the people in it. This unique manual will show you how to do just that! Use this Toolkit as a resource for analyzing training needs, selecting training strategies, and developing training plans to meet the identified needs.

The Training Needs Analysis Toolkit, 2nd Edition: A resource for identifying training needs, selecting training strategies, and developing training plans

Bartram, Sharon

Gibson, Brenda

Flip Chart Magic takes you step-by-step through the process of building and using effective flip charts in training sessions. Divided into three sections with color coded pages (Need to Know / Nice to Know / Where to Find), the book comes with its own set of flip chart markers so that you can immediately begin applying the concepts and principles presented. Flip Chart Magic is literally "A Seminar In A Book!" The front half of the book is a more basic course and the back half of the book is a more advanced course on the subject of effective flip chart use. Flip Chart Magic also contains a "Bonus Section" with seventeen transparency masters for combining the overhead projector with the flip chart to increase its effectiveness even more!

Flip Chart Magic: 77 energizing ideas for novices and experts

Dave Arch

Ivar Torgrimson

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