The Manager's Toolbox: Essential Tools for Effective Managers - Softcover

Mitchell, John Thorburn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1871697964 ISBN 13: 9781871697964

Publisher: Big Time Press, 2000

Synopsis

A unique book which presents fifty essential tools that managers (and aspiring managers) can use immediately to improve their personal effectiveness. And they can be used again and again. The Manager's Toolbox: Essential Tools for Effective Managers is unique because it is totally action-oriented; in full colour throughout; every topic is presented on its own easy to find tabbed page; cartoons or illustrations on every page; stylish design makes the book attractive and accessible; board covers make the book robust and long-lasting; the A5 size is convenient for desk or briefcase; the wiro-binding means the book stays open at the page you want!

About this title

From the Author

As a consultant and user of management books, I have long been frustrated at their inadequacy in providing really useful and accessible help to managers while they are doing their job. The Manager's Toolbox: Essential Tools for Effective Managers aims to fill that void by providing a book that is instantly useable, extremely accessible and fun! Feedback from customers so far has been extremely positive, drawing very favourable comparison with other books on the bookshop shelves. Management books, like most other books, are fine if you have an armchair, two free hands and nothing else to do. But if you work in the real world, like me, you need help when you are at your desk, on the phone, checking your e-mail and preparing for a meeting - all at the same time! Defying conventional publishing and bookshop wisdom, The Manager's Toolbox is designed with the user in mind and has a wiro-binding. This means that the book stays open at the page you want, without recourse to paperweights, elbows, noses or feet. So you can use it, like a real toolbox, to help you get the job done.

What's more you shouldn't have to fill books with Post-it notes, turned down corners and old envelopes to find your way back to the place you need. But you usually do. In most books, reader-friendly design stops when you turn over the cover. In The Manager's Toolbox, the design (by Harry Sutherland-Hawes) and structure help you all the way through. Every topic is contained on a spread of two opposite pages, and every page is tabbed. The book is structured into five sections, each of ten topics, so at most you will only have to turn over four tabs to find the topic you want.

Why shouldn't business books be fun. The Manager's Toolbox is, with almost every page carrying an amusing and pertinent cartoon by Stewart Walton. And the pages that don't contain useful forms and templates that can be photocopied to make your life easier. What more could you want?

About the Author

John Mitchell is a management consultant who specialises in helping organisations to communicate with their people with clarity, conciseness and impact. You can e-mail him at john.mitchell@dial.pipex.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Big Time Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1871697964
• ISBN 13: 9781871697964
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Illustrator: Walton Stewart
• Number of pages: 124