Inspirational Manager

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Inspirational managers earn more respect, suffer less stress and produce better results than other managers. Want to be one? This book tells you how.

Drawing on the experiences of real inspirational managers, facing real challenges and managing real people, Inspirational Manager, now in it’s second edition, gives you the tools and techniques to ensure that people notice you and say – “now there’s a great manager!”.

Acknowledgements

1 It’s got to be better than this!

The benefits of being an inspirational manager
The Field of Dreams
Now over to you

2 What it takes to be an inspirational manager

So you want to be an inspirational manager
What sort of manager are you?
Moving from effective to inspirational
Summary
Action plan

3 The beliefs of an inspirational manager

What inspirational managers believe in
The benefits of being an inspirational manager
Managing upwards in an inspirational way
Summary
Action plan

4 Keep on learning

Developing your emotional muscle
Where will I find this learning?
Yourself as a role model
Summary
Action plan

5 Focusing your attention

Why focus matters
Identifying your natural focus
Crisis of focus
Can I have balanced focus and still be ambitious?
Summary
Action plan

6 The inspirational manager as coach

The differences between coaching and mentoring
Using a coaching style
Purpose of coaching
Coaching interventions
Stages in a coaching session
Giving advice
Summary
Action plan

7 Building inspirational teams

Team framework
Developing your own team style
Summary
Action plan

8 The performance management process

Performance management feels very demanding
Valuing performance management
The essence of inspirational performance management
Setting up inspirational performance management
Examples of inspirational performance management
The inspirational performance management process
Summary
Action plan

9 Making the most of delegation

What is delegation
Assess your workload
The process of delegation
Making the best use of mistakes
Summary
Action plan

10 Day-to-day talent management

Stages of talent management
How will I fit it all in?
Lack of opportunity in the organisation
Summary
Action plan

11 Managing serial achievers

The Life Alignment Curve
Managing through the Life Alignment Curve
Summary
Action plan

12 Setting up your team for success

Getting to grips with core talent
Understanding achiever style
Creating an environment for success
Summary
Action plan

13 Holding the tough conversations

Addressing performance issues