Managing Yourself for Excellence

Managing Yourself for Excellence
Author: Beverly Potter
Publisher: Ronin Publishing
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2009-06-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1579511066

For those who telecommute, work from home, do “brain work,” and those who must continually acquire new skills to keep up with today’s changing workplace, knowing how to self-motivate and self-manage is a requisite for success in the 21st century. Unfortunately, most people have poor self-management skills. In a quest for excellence, some set unattainable standards and fall victim to nitpicking and criticism. Others procrastinate until their anxiety levels are so high that only fear propels them to perform. These methods are not only suboptimal, they’re self-defeating. In this book, Dr. Beverly Potter offers tools and techniques for becoming a better self-manager. Readers learn how to overcome negative thinking and redefine problems as challenges, how to set compelling goals, how to make action plans with “doing” steps, and how to maintain high motivation with self-rewards. Both empowering and informative, Managing Yourself for Excellence helps readers put an end to self-derailment and get back on the track to success.

Managing Oneself

Managing Oneself
Author: Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2008-01-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1633691012

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren't managing their knowledge workers careers. Instead, you must be your own chief executive officer. That means it's up to you to carve out your place in the world and know when to change course. And it's up to you to keep yourself engaged and productive during a career that may span some 50 years. In Managing Oneself, Peter Drucker explains how to do it. The keys: Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself by identifying your most valuable strengths and most dangerous weaknesses; Articulate how you learn and work with others and what your most deeply held values are; and Describe the type of work environment where you can make the greatest contribution. Only when you operate with a combination of your strengths and self-knowledge can you achieve true and lasting excellence. Managing Oneself identifies the probing questions you need to ask to gain the insights essential for taking charge of your career. Peter Drucker was a writer, teacher, and consultant. His 34 books have been published in more than 70 languages. He founded the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, and counseled 13 governments, public services institutions, and major corporations.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen)

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article
Author: Harvard Business Review
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2011-01-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1422172031

The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror. If you read nothing else on managing yourself, read these 10 articles (plus the bonus article “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles to select the most important ones to help you maximize yourself. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself will inspire you to: Stay engaged throughout your 50+-year work life Tap into your deepest values Solicit candid feedback Replenish physical and mental energy Balance work, home, community, and self Spread positive energy throughout your organization Rebound from tough times Decrease distractibility and frenzy Delegate and develop employees' initiative This collection of best-selling articles includes: bonus article “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen, "Managing Oneself," "Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?" "How Resilience Works," "Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time," "Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform," "Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life," "Reclaim Your Job," "Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership," "What to Ask the Person in the Mirror," and "Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance."

Lift

Lift
Author: Ryan W. Quinn
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1626564027

Just as the Wright Brothers combined science and practice to finally realize the dream of flight, Ryan and Robert Quinn combine research and personal experience to demonstrate how to reach a psychological state that elevates us and those around us to greater heights of achievement, integrity, openness, and empathy. It's the psychological equivalent of aerodynamic lift, and it is the fundamental state of leadership. This book draws on recent advances in positive psychology and organizational science to describe four questions that, when asked in any situation, will help us experience the fundamental state of leadership. Engaging personal stories illustrate how the Quinns and others have applied these concepts at work, at home, and in the community. --

Managing Yourself

Managing Yourself
Author: Chartered Management Institute
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1847659764

The experts' guide to how to manage the most important person you are responsible for: yourself. Here are the checklists compiled by the CMI's experts on the aspects that are most crucial to your personal performance as a manager, on such topics as: Starting a new job; Fitting in and getting on; Handling workplace relationships; Developing your network; Making an impact; Succeeding as a new manager; Handling the politics; Testing for personal effectiveness; Personal development planning; Working out a career plan; Writing your CV; Managing your time effectively; Handling information and avoiding overload; Solving problems; Stress management, and putting yourself first; Emotional intelligence; Marketing yourself; Managing (your relationship with) your boss; and Networking. It is all here, from the basics to the more nuanced and difficult to get right, and included among the essential checklists are profiles of leading management thinkers on key topics.

Managing for Excellence

Managing for Excellence
Author: Robert Heller
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 864
Release: 2009-10-26
Genre: Management
ISBN: 9781405341561

New edition of this bestselling practical guide to managing for excellence which will give you the information and skills to succeed. Perfecting your skills and achieving excellence are key to high performance in a management role today. Learn everything you need to know to get the best out of yourself and your team by developing 12 core business skills: from effective leadership and controlling budgets to making the most of technology and e-business. Discover how to explore your options and put them into action with the aid of charts and diagrams. Plus, pick up over 1,200 power tips for maximising performance. Read it cover to cover, or dip in and out of topics for quick reference. Handy tips for experienced managers or those looking to pick up new skills - take it wherever your work takes you.

Managing Yourself Managing Others

Managing Yourself Managing Others
Author: Steven M. Darter
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2015-08-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781514237458

Are you highly motivated by the work you are doing? Are you are performing at your best? If you are a manger or leader, are your employees highly motivated and performing as well as they can? Through "Managing Yourself, Managing Others: How to Improve Effectiveness, Productivity, and Work Satisfaction," you will learn about SIMA (The System for Motivated Abilities) and how to apply its concepts and techniques to become a more effective manager of people and yourself. You will learn how to: 1. Tap into the heart and soul of your motivation (and that of your employees) to improve job fit, work satisfaction, and performance. 2. Select and engage in work and activity that makes you (and your employees) feel productive and alive--work that provides a sense of meaning, purpose, satisfaction, and fulfillment. 3. Create a work environment that brings forth the 'best' that people have to give, increasing the odds that your organization, teams, and employees will maximize their potential. 4. Prevent motivated strengths from becoming weaknesses that damage performance and productivity because they are not understood and managed well. 5. Apply what you have learned to family and loved ones.

Mastering Self-leadership

Mastering Self-leadership
Author: Christopher P. Neck
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This brief, inexpensive paperback on self-management is a guide for self-help that uses solid research and proven principles. Powerful advice and tools emphasize the following idea: first learn to lead yourself, and then you will be in a solid position to effectively lead others. Mastering Self Leadership explores methods for achieving personal goals using self-assessment, self-reward, self-talk, mental imagery, teamthink, and other cutting-edge concepts. An excellent resource for sales managers, department heads, team leaders, and others in leadership positions.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself and Your Career 6-Volume Collection

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself and Your Career 6-Volume Collection
Author: Harvard Business Review
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 1327
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1647822041

If you read nothing else on managing yourself and your career, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. As we live and work longer, we're reinventing ourselves, sometimes several times through the course of our career. How can we balance our work with our other interests and commitments? How can we continue to learn and grow and expand our skills? HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself and Your Career Collection features the best thinking from Harvard Business Review to help you build your emotional strength and resilience, keep your skills fresh, cultivate a learning mindset, make the right career moves, navigate setbacks, and achieve high performance. Included in this six-book set are: HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness HBR's 10 Must Reads on Career Resilience HBR's 10 Must Reads on Lifelong Learning HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, Vol. 2 The collection includes sixty articles selected by HBR's editors from renowned thought leaders including Clayton M. Christensen, Herminia Ibarra, Rob Cross, and Laura Morgan Roberts plus the indispensable article "What Makes a Leader" by Daniel Goleman. With HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself and Your Career Collection, you’ll boost your professional and emotional skills—and your career success. HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

Flying Without a Net

Flying Without a Net
Author: Thomas DeLong
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 142216229X

Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. Packed with practical advice and inspiring stories, "Flying Without a Net" explains how to draw strength from vulnerability.