The Management Centre

JANUARY 26, 2023

In this blog we take a look at how to learn from reading, and have book recommendations for you. There are thousands of management and leadership books, on all kinds of topics. Books are particularly useful if you want to take your time to digest ideas and to process information. What do their critics say?

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Asamby Consulting

MAY 4, 2022

Reform your team’s meeting habits to boost productivity and business impact as a CEO (a post-pandemic approach). If you work at a small business or growing company, you'll eventually face the problem of too many meetings. A scenario like this leaves people feeling their time is being wasted in meetings, which makes them disengaged.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 20, 2021

New Books on Leadership and Change. Earlier this year, we shared a list of 31 books on leadership and change. Comprised of books we have found helpful in our careers and ones we often recommend to leaders, the list included recent publications and ones that have stood the test of time. 8 Insightful New Reads.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 6, 2022

Managers have many things in common – and some of those “things” happen to be the miserable mistakes they make. A management promotion gives you the title to do a job, but that is just the beginning. Not all managers are leaders, and not all leaders are managers. 4 Miserable Mistakes. Can your team?

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2020

I told the story of Cliff, a manager who wanted to understand why the projects were so late. ” I said, “Managers might spend as little as a quarter and as much as a year or two. .” ” In my experience, when organizations want to use agile approaches or transform in some way, the managers start with the teams.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Fun activities to include in your online team meetings. Fun activities in team meetings can help our team members connect to each and remind them of all the brilliant people they have on their side. You can include a fun activity in every team meeting if you like but keep it short and focused. Don’t make them a competition.

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Girard Training Solutions

APRIL 17, 2024

Now that you’re a manager, your job is to get results through your team members and guide them to perform at their best. However, many managers struggle to get their team committed to doing their work to the best of their abilities. As a new manager, you will be dealing with each team member’s history with prior managers.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We manage the risks of long-term commitments (decisions) by gaining experience with that person in many circumstances. (I Create a yearly budget as a guideline for our specific goals, but manage that budget every week and month to manage our risks. That's how we manage all our decisions: the Important and the Urgent.

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Halo Psych

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you’ve ever heard me talk at conferences, or on podcasts, you’ll know I feel strongly about the role of the people manager. I think a big part of this is down to the quality of management in organisations. Good communication Good communication is the bedrock of good management. They were helpful and co-operative.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 5, 2022

Product managers have a dynamic role within companies, sitting at the intersection between business leaders, customers, engineers, and designers. They help to organize the development process so that products meet customer needs and business goals. Managing the Product Lifecycle. How to Break into Product Management.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 31, 2020

Managing a remote team of people – who are not sitting anywhere near you and may not even be in the same time zone – can be a huge challenge. Yvette Gyles, Director of =mc, looks at how to manage effectively at a distance. Commit to the ‘meeting’. You wouldn’t do that in a real life meeting, so don’t do it remotely.

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Rick Conlow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Managing your time, leads to managing your life. Real time management is self-management. As on manager said, “Everyone gets more than I deserve.” 4 Successful Techniques to Manage Your Time for Results. 4 Successful Techniques to Manage Your Time for Results. You can manage yourself!

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 11, 2015

If you want to submit a review on a book you’ve been reading, we’d love to hear from you! This is not just your normal business book about a company. This is a book about Starbucks, a company that has managed in the short time of its existence to change cultural and societal norms, and make a $5 cup of coffee normal.

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The Consultants Peer Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yesterday I was a presenter on a national Zoom ‘webinar’ on the ‘High Cost of Ethics Lapses’ in the management consulting profession. Back in the early 70’s when I started in management consulting the worst reputational hit we took was in the form of some jokes told at our expense. Then books about consulting and TV shows.

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Epicflow

MARCH 22, 2024

This article is inspired by the webinar featuring Epicflow co-founder Jan Willem Tromp and professor Mario Vanhoucke based on his latest book “The Illusion of Control: Project Data, Computer Algorithms and Human Intuition for Project Management and Control”. So, what do you need for an efficient risk analysis?

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Kai Davis

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The best new book I read this year was Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: [link]. After I finished reading it (in March of 2022), I sent a text to a friend saying something like this: Four Thousand Weeks will probably be the best new book I read this year—six out of five stars. I wish everyone would read this book.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 10, 2021

The book cover should work at any size, because most people will see it before they buy it, and they will see it online, at just a one inch square size. The book cover should not only reflect the genre it’s in, it should send a powerful signal within that genre. If you’re looking for a book like this, this is a book like that.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Today is an interesting book review on Start-Up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer. This book is a fantastic summary of creative ideas, innovations, startup and entrepreneurial genius that have been churned up by Israel. 3 INTERESTING BOOK INSIGHTS. Buckle up for an exciting ride into Israel’s entrepreneurial history!

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Jim, a relatively new manager said, “I don't have nearly enough time. I'm in meetings all the time. I asked him to eyeball the Management Time Sheet (link is to the google sheet) and see where he spent his time. Isn't that the right way to manage?” ” “Delegate my meetings? I'm not sure.”

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Several people on social media have denigrated the terms “project manager” and “program manager.” ” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. Facilitating the team's collaboration.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

However, too many managers still work independently. That’s a problem when the teams have organizational problems a single manager can’t solve. Instead of managers working alone, what if we had teams of managers? He said, “As a manager, I'm supposed to be on the hook for what the team does.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 21, 2015

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at E-Myth , an insightful book written by Michael Gerber (a marketing genius who has built a world-wide web of products and services to help small businesses grow). One helpful little feature of this book is the story of Sarah that runs through its core.

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Girard Training Solutions

MARCH 29, 2024

You’ve been promoted to your first management position, and many people have high expectations of you and are analyzing your every move. Ironically, most new managers don’t understand their new jobs. Ironically, most new managers don’t understand their new jobs. Shift your mindset to think like a boss.

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 20, 2020

I’ve been writing a lot about the importance of setting up meetings with prospective clients and those who can lead you to prospective clients. How to Get 100 Meetings. More Meetings = More Clients. But what do you actually say in such a meeting that will move things forward and lead to more valuable connections?

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 7, 2020

Three Tips for Managing Your Newly-Remote Day (your schedule). This Is Not and Cannot Be “Business as Usual ” (Manage your expectations). Five Meeting Tips for Newly-Remote Teams (meetings!). Five Tips for Managers of Newly Dispersed Teams (ideas for managers). I also wrote a series about Team Resilience.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 29, 2022

A book is much larger than a presentation. And while I'm working with an editor on the book, I don't need to work with anyone else for anything else I do. Does that outcome meet the idea of a Minimums? Instead, I use continuous flow. That's because working in flow allows and creates ease in my development. I work in flow.

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ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

Our list of highly recommended books to help you succeed as a consultant. You can meet the challenges, reclaim your life, and grow your business at the same time. By the end of this book, listeners will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. But take heart!

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Steve Shu Consulting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

For example, people can read books. Where students are receptive, I also try to make some time for students to meet me and one another outside of the classroom (e.g., meeting for coffee, drinks, breakfast, potluck dinner). The book is about 50-pages long with simple to-the-point language, a lot of cartoon-style drawings.

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Rick Conlow

APRIL 22, 2022

In addition, most managers are ill-trained, overworked, and unappreciated. Rick describes the negative impact of poor management behavior on employees. Furthermore, see the examples of below of management practices loses the trust of employees. Great Resignation Examples Due to Poor Management. Countless examples abound.

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Markovitz Consulting

APRIL 7, 2020

I really didn’t want to read this book. Yet another deathly dry, turgid, tedious book about lean is not what I need right now. My bookshelves are filled with lean books that provide all the enlightenment of a one-watt bulb. I did get up to make a cup of coffee, which seemed like an appropriate break in a book about Starbucks.)

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Epicflow

AUGUST 3, 2022

For this purpose, a great number of organizations started to set up a project management office (PMO) – according to the 2021 report on the state of project management [1], 82% of organizations reported to have one. . Does every company need a project management office? What are the functions of a project management office?

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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 27, 2011

In any case, I thought I’d share some answers I’ve provided to several management consulting and leadership questions posed on the site: What will be the most important skill for business during the next decade? What are the best management consulting books available in the market? Let me know what you think.

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Makarios Consulting

JUNE 29, 2021

In our series on emotional intelligence (EQ), we have discussed self-awareness , self-management , and social awareness. We now turn to the fourth and final skill that drives emotional intelligence: relationship management. Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves define relationship management in their book Emotional Intelligence 2.0

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Makarios Consulting

JUNE 29, 2021

In our series on emotional intelligence (EQ), we have discussed self-awareness , self-management , and social awareness. We now turn to the fourth and final skill that drives emotional intelligence: relationship management. Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves define relationship management in their book Emotional Intelligence 2.0

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The Management Centre

MARCH 31, 2020

Managing a remote team of people – who are not sitting anywhere near you and may not even be in the same time zone – can be a huge challenge. Yvette Gyles, Director of =mc, looks at how to manage effectively at a distance. Commit to the ‘meeting’. You wouldn’t do that in a real life meeting, so don’t do it remotely.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

Sure by the end of being coached by you, someone might get rid themselves of false beliefs, bad job or toxic relationships and you might apply your 5-step process in your consulting, but that isn't what is going to get a client to excitedly book a free consult with you to learn more about what you do. Go to Amazon. Yes, emotions.

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Makarios Consulting

MAY 19, 2021

Travis Bradberry, author of the bestselling book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 , reports that 83 percent of people with high self-awareness are top performers, while only 2 percent of bottom performers display this trait. Rip invited me to attend one of their monthly meetings which he was facilitating.

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