Financial Times Guide to Management, The: How to be a Manager Who Makes a Difference and Gets Results (Financial Times Series) (The FT Guides) - Softcover

Francke, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273792865 ISBN 13: 9780273792864

Publisher: Ft Press, 2013

Synopsis

‘Practical, concise and full of tips that every manager needs to know, The Financial Times Guide to Management provides a powerful guide for leaders at every level.’

Arianna Huffington, Chairman, President and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Media Group

 

‘This is clear, encouraging and packed with good sense – just like its author. A winner.’

 Eleanor Mills, Editorial Director, The Sunday Times

 

‘Amidst the myriad of books on leadership, this guide presents an unusually concrete, comprehensive and practical set of principles and learnings for managers at every level.’

John Pepper, Former CEO & Chairman P&G; Former Chairman Walt Disney

 

From motivating a team and developing star talent to controlling budgets and fostering innovation, The Financial Times Guide to Management is your authoritative guide to becoming an effective manager.

 

Full of practical tips and advice, this defi nitive handbook offers

solutions to the everyday challenges of:

 

• Managing yourself

 

• Developing communication skills and emotional intelligence

 

• Managing others

 

• Setting strategic direction

 

• Managing change

 

• Managing money, resources and technology

 

There is also on-the-ground advice from the executive frontline,

with insights from leaders including Paul Polman (CEO, Unilever),

Steve Marshall (Chairman, Balfour Beatty) and Cilla Snowball

(Chairman and CEO, AMV BBDO).

 

Whether you’re a new team leader or an experienced director,

this book contains everything you need to know to become an

outstanding manager.

About this title

About the Author

Ann Francke is the CEO of the Chartered Management Institute. Prior to working at CMI, Ann was global MD of the BSI Group, and has also held executive board positions at Boots and Yell and was European Vice President at Mars. She hosts numerous CMI conferences every year and writes a regular column for Professional Manager.

From the Back Cover

‘Practical, concise and full of tips that every manager needs to know, The Financial Times Guide to Management provides a powerful guide for leaders at every level.’

Arianna Huffington, Chairman, President and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Media Group

 

‘This is clear, encouraging and packed with good sense – just like its author. A winner.’

 Eleanor Mills, Editorial Director, The Sunday Times

 

‘Amidst the myriad of books on leadership, this guide presents an unusually concrete, comprehensive and practical set of principles and learnings for managers at every level.’

John Pepper, Former CEO & Chairman P&G; Former Chairman Walt Disney

 

From motivating a team and developing star talent to controlling budgets and fostering innovation, The Financial Times Guide to Management is your authoritative guide to becoming an effective manager.

 

Full of practical tips and advice, this defi nitive handbook offers

solutions to the everyday challenges of:

 

• Managing yourself

 

• Developing communication skills and emotional intelligence

 

• Managing others

 

• Setting strategic direction

 

• Managing change

 

• Managing money, resources and technology

 

There is also on-the-ground advice from the executive frontline,

with insights from leaders including Paul Polman (CEO, Unilever),

Steve Marshall (Chairman, Balfour Beatty) and Cilla Snowball

(Chairman and CEO, AMV BBDO).

 

Whether you’re a new team leader or an experienced director,

this book contains everything you need to know to become an

outstanding manager.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ft Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273792865
• ISBN 13: 9780273792864
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376