The Talented Manager [electronic resource] : 67 Gems of Business Wisdom /
Furnham, A.author.
In this new collection of articles on talent acquisition and retention, Adrian Furnham, author of The Elephant in the Boardroom , offers an engaging and witty look into the world of the talented manager. Based on solid research this book offers a substantial introduction to the importance of talent in the workplace.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Introduction; A walk in the woods; Aberrant self-promotion at work; All the questions and all the answers; Appraisal systems; Beware of creatives; Blamestorming; Career success; The catch-phrase technique; Change; Charlatan detection; Child support; The content of job advertisements; Could do better; The dangers of forecasting; Different perspectives; Does coaching work?; The drive for money; The emotional contract at work; Esthetics at work; Evidence at work; Expansion; Faking it; Face-ism and shape-ism at work; Food at work
Gender and job satisfactionGossip is good for you; Hating HR; How management style leads directly to profit and loss; The hyper-moral obsessive; Improving references; Incentive schemes; Inspirational teachers; Interview techniques; The leader profit chain; The legacy problem; Lie detectors; Loafers, suckers and free-riders; Market research; Mentoring at work; Money as a motivator; The narcissistic manager; Nutters at work; The obsolescent CEO; Peanuts and monkeys; Power and status in organizations; Processes, profit and people; Protecting vulnerable customers; Quant Jocks and qual Jills
Recognition programs that don't workReligion at work; Resilience and hardiness; Resistance to change; The scientific understanding of the public; Seven lessons for appraisal; Showing off the CEO; Smarts; Spirituality at work; Striving for power; Surveillance at work; Taking care and taking charge; Taking offense; To do a Ph.D.; What is conscientiousness?; Whistle-blowing at work; Wit at work; The work ethic; Writing as therapy; Writing your own obituary
In this new collection of articles on talent acquisition and retention, Adrian Furnham, author of The Elephant in the Boardroom , offers an engaging and witty look into the world of the talented manager. Based on solid research this book offers a substantial introduction to the importance of talent in the workplace.
Leadership.
Management.
Personnel management.
Industrial management.
Public relations.
Business ethics.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Management.
Human Resource Management.
Innovation/Technology Management.
Corporate Communication/Public Relations.
Business Ethics.