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 Articles for Managers
These short, succinct articles, written by Ian Cook, speak directly to managers in their critical role as a leader. They reflect the range of topics and issues we cover in our leadership and team building programs and they present the reader with helpful perspectives for leading employees in today’s challenging work environment.
Book Reviews for Managers
Several times a year Ian Cook reviews a book that he feels is a worthwhile read for busy managers. These books present cutting edge concepts and approaches, practical advice and constitute a relatively easy read (i.e. are not academic or too theoretical).
He sends these out to clients and attendees of past programs who have expressed a desire to stay informed of significant writings in the field of management. You are most welcome to add your name to this list. Please go to the linked Book Review page.
Tips for Managers
Here, at your fingertips, are some practical actions you can take right away to bring out the best in your employees? For example, do you need to confront poor performance? Or would you like to create a motivating environment in your unit? Take a look at our “Solid 7’s.” For each situation–and all of them are familiar to you–we offer seven solid, proven tips to address the challenge successfully.
Solutions That Work
We share with you answers to the questions managers most often ask us in our workshops. Each response first lays out the underlying psychological dynamic at play and then presents a concrete solution designed to get you the results you seek. These are short, easy to read and effective.
Diagnostic Audits
- How are the managers in your organization currently performing?
- How about the particular team you lead or belong to? How well is it functioning?
- What skills do you most need to be developing among the managers in your enterprie?
Our audits provide a quick, convenient way for you and key others in your organization to review the skills and behaviors that generate high performance. Then you can identify exactly where you want to focus in order to increase overall leadership effectiveness.
Special Notice to Editors (of journals, newsletters, company intranets, etc):
- We invite you to publish any of our articles and book reviews. All we require is that you include, verbatim, the attribution found at the end of the text. We also ask that you notify us of the intended publication and date.
- If you would like to receive such items as they are published on our site, please register below.
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