Tough Minded Management

Download or read book Tough-Minded Leadership written by Joe D. Batten and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-08-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tough-minded Leadership offers new insights, focus, and motivation for anyone committed to greater personal effectiveness as a leader. At a time when self-confidence and self-esteem are desperately lacking, it provides specific techniques and tools to help restore them. Joe Batten helps you make the transition to tough-minded leader by explaining the thirty-five essential conversions you must make in your attitudes and the fifteen challenges you must learn to confront.

Download or read book Tough-Minded Management written by Joe D. Batten and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2002-12-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sound advice that can be adapted by managers at all levels." 'B/M Book Review' The excellence of the book lies in the basic information it has to give the relatively new manager." 'Personnel Psychology' Must reading for anyone who thinks all management books are just a rehash of planing, organizing, staffing, controlling, etc.... Especially recommended...." 'NRHA Magazine' A totally fresh description of how to turn MBO into a 'living system'...practical and highly motivational. 'Buffalo Law Journal' Many useful suggestions to offer the executive." 'West Coast Review of Books'

Download or read book Tough-Minded Management 1st ed. written by Joe D. Batten and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book (originally published in 1963) author J. D. Batten, at the time himself the Chairman of the Board of a management consulting and human resources firm in Iowa, imparts sound advice and tips to aid managers and management in their important task of improving their effectiveness at all levels. “The excellence of the book lies in the basic information it has to give to the relatively new manager.”—Personnel Psychology “Must reading for anyone who thinks all management books are just a rehash of planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, etc....Especially recommended...”—NRHA Magazine “A totally fresh description of how to turn MBO into a ‘living system’....practical and highly motivational.”—Buffalo Law Journal “Many useful suggestions to offer the executive.”—West Coast Review of Books

Download or read book Tough Management: The 7 Winning Ways to Make Tough Decisions Easier, Deliver the Numbers, and Grow the Business in Good Times and Bad written by Chuck Martin and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on more than two years of surveys of more than 2,000 senior executives and managers, Tough Management may be one of the most important and practical business books of our time. Bestselling author, weekly columnist, and sought-after speaker Chuck Martin has tapped into his research firm's vast network of business connections to discover that 80 percent of executives and managers are experiencing increased levels of work stress. On the bright side, Martin has found that tough times have brought out the best in the world's most successful leaders and managers. And now, in his groundbreaking new book, he offers a refreshing bottom-line approach to what really matters in today's difficult market--and what really works in today's demanding workplace. The seven skills every manager should know: 1.Focus on Results 2.Force the Hard Decisions 3.Communicate Clearly 4.Remain Flexible 5.Prove Your Value to the Company 6.Force Collaboration 7.Don't Be a Tough Guy Using these practical, powerful, and proven techniques, Martin reveals how other business leaders have met the demand to do more, deliver more, and increase more--without raising stress levels. By focusing on actual results and forcing the hard decisions, you can learn to communicate and collaborate while remaining flexible. It's one of the few business books available that provide real solutions to real challenges. Because when the going gets tough, smart managers get Tough Management--and get real results.

Download or read book Mind Management, Not Time Management written by David Kadavy and published by Kadavy, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OVER 40,000 COPIES SOLD “An exhilarating but highly structured approach to the creative use of time. Kadavy’s approach is likely to spark a new evaluation of conventional time management. ” —Kirkus Reviews You have the TIME. Do you have the ENERGY? You’ve done everything you can to save time. Every productivity tip, every “life hack,” every time management technique. But the more time you save, the less time you have. The more overwhelmed, stressed, exhausted you feel. “Time management” is squeezing blood from a stone. Introducing a new approach to productivity. Instead of struggling to get more out of your time, start effortlessly getting more out of your mind. In Mind Management, Not Time Management, best-selling author David Kadavy shares the fruits of his decade-long deep dive into how to truly be productive in a constantly changing world. Quit your daily routine. Use the hidden patterns all around you as launchpads to skyrocket your productivity. Do in only five minutes what used to take all day. Let your “passive genius” do your best thinking when you’re not even thinking. “Writer’s block” is a myth. Learn a timeless lesson from the 19th century’s most underrated scientist. Wield all of the power of technology, with none of the distractions. An obscure but inexpensive gadget may be the shortcut to your superpowers. Keep going, even when chaos strikes. Tap into the unexpected to find your next Big Idea. Mind Management, Not Time Management isn’t your typical productivity book. It’s a gripping page-turner chronicling Kadavy’s global search for the keys to unlock the future of productivity. You’ll learn faster, make better decisions, and turn your best ideas into reality. Buy it today.

Download or read book Tough-Minded Leadership written by Joe D. Batten and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-08-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tough-minded Leadership offers new insights, focus, and motivation for anyone committed to greater personal effectiveness as a leader. At a time when self-confidence and self-esteem are desperately lacking, it provides specific techniques and tools to help restore them. Joe Batten helps you make the transition to tough-minded leader by explaining the thirty-five essential conversions you must make in your attitudes and the fifteen challenges you must learn to confront.

Download or read book Hard Heads, Soft Hearts written by Alan S Blinder and published by Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1987-01-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of Alan Blinder's regular Business Week column appreciate his concise, thought-provoking opinions and his eloquent prose. In Hard Heads, Soft Hearts he brings to life the inner workings of America's economy and in so doing explains what's wrong and how to fix it.