The Effective Manager: Skills and Strategies

Section 1: Manager’s Personality
Effectiveness Personified • Effectiveness through Indian Scriptures • The Ethical Manager • The Criticality of Creativity • The Winning Streak • Basic Business Etiquette • Introspection and Manager • Diverse Skills of a Manager • Manager as a Consultant • Manager with a Thinking Cap Section 2: Manager’s Working Relations
Presentation as a Basic Skill • The Great Art of Listening • Counselling to Help • Managerial Decision-Making • Change with Conviction • Manager and Strategy • The Give and Take of Negotiations • Boss, You are Right … Then • Manager’s Time and Stress: The Inseparables • Say “No” When You Have To Section 3: Leadership Skills of a Manager
Manager and Leader: A Perfect Combination • Working in a Team for Results • Planning and Organizing Skills • Bonhomie at Workplace • The Rough Weather Manager • Networking and the Manager • Manager and CSR • The Entrepreneurial Manager • The Global Manager • Sense of Humour for a Managerial Leader
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The Effective Manager: Skills and Strategies deals with the roles of a manager at three levels: at the individual level, working level and at the leader’s level. Various skills required at each level have been presented in a lucid, simple and down-to-earth style with easy-to-follow suggestions listed out. The skills covered range from the traditional to the contemporary, finally leading to the new age. With no complex theoretical concepts, it certainly is not yet another book on executive skills but a different repository altogther with new insights