The Boss's Survival Guide - Softcover

Rosner, Bob; Halcrow, Allan; Levins, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071362738 ISBN 13: 9780071362733

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001

Synopsis

This book contains strategies for managing today's new breed of "Their Way or the Highway" Employees. Modern employees are expected - and eager - to voice their opinions...Average job tenure is now 3.5 years - and falling...Employees demand instant results - and immediate rewards. Being a boss in today's MTV attention-span workplace is more frustrating than ever before. It can also be more rewarding. The "Boss' Survival Guide" provides hands-on, real-world advice on how to hire, motivate, and keep today's higher-educated, lower-loyalty employee. Filled with examples, exercises, checklists and more, it is a step-by-step guidebook for successful twenty-first-century employee management.Refer to it often for invaluable information including: 12 steps to better bossing; different leadership styles for different results; where to find the best job candidates; how to structure a job package they won't turn down; 10 things to do to keep your best people; how to use and manage e-mail appropriately; techniques for coaching, team-building, and setting realistic expectations; ways to effectively discipline - and terminate - problem employees and more."WOW!!!" - Tom Peters, author, "In Search of Excellence". "This book has everything you'll ever need to know about being an effective boss, but don't have time to learn." - Ken Blanchard, Ph.D., coauthor, "The One-Minute Manager", "Raving Fans", and "Gung Ho". "At last, a definitive guide for bosses on the hiring, care, and feeding of employees." - Richard N. Bolles author, "What Color Is Your Parachute?"

About this title

About the Authors

Bob Rosner (Bainbridge Island, WA) is creator of "Working Wounded," a nationally syndicated column and Web site.

Allan Halcrow (Irvine, CA), is a consultant and the former editor-in-chief of Workforce magazine.

From the Back Cover

Strategies for Managing Today's New Breed of "Their Way or the Highway" Employees

Modern employees are expected­­and eager­­to voice their opinions. ... Average job tenure is now 3.5 years­­and falling. ... Employees demand instant results­­and immediate rewards.

Being a boss in today's MTV attention-span workplace is more frustrating than ever before. It can also be more rewarding. The Boss's Survival Guide provides hands-on, real-world advice on how to hire, motivate, and keep today's higher-educated, lower-loyalty employee. Filled with examples, exercises, checklists and more, it is a step-by-step guidebook for successful twenty-first-century employee management. Refer to it often for invaluable information including:

• 12 steps to better bossing
• Different leadership styles for different results
• Where to find the best job candidates
• How to structure a job package they won't turn down
• 10 things to do to keep your best people
• How to use and manage e-mail appropriately
• Techniques for coaching, team-building, and setting realistic expectations
• Ways to effectively discipline­­and terminate­­problem employees
• and more

Praise for The Boss's Survival Guide ...

"WOW!!!"
­­Tom Peters, author, In Search of Excellence

"This book has everything you'll ever need to know about being an effective boss, but don't have time to learn."
­­Ken Blanchard, Ph.D., coauthor, The One-Minute Manager, Raving Fans, and Gung Ho

"At last, a definitive guide for bosses on the hiring, care, and feeding of employees."

­­Richard N. Bolles
author, What Color Is Your Parachute?

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071362738
• ISBN 13: 9780071362733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448