Understanding and Changing Your Management Style
Assessments and Tools for Self-Development
J-B Warren Bennis Series

2. Auflage September 2013
352 Seiten, Softcover
Praktikerbuch
An update of the classic book that reveals the 6 keys to successful management In this new edition of his best-selling book, Robert Benfari explains that the best mangers are not born that way but share a mix of characteristics that can be analyzed, understood, and most importantly changed. He identifies the six characteristics of successful managers (Psychological Type; Needs/Motivation; Use of Power; Conflict Style; Our Basic Values; and Our Reaction to Stress) and uses these building blocks to show how anyone can use personality-specific strategies for resolving conflicts, solving problems, managing stress, handling difficult situations at work, and positively influencing others.
* Includes a proven pathway for becoming an effective manager
* Contains new information on management style and leadership, human nature and neuroscience, and the dark side of management
* Includes a self-assessment for each of the six building blocks to successful management
This research-based book offers the tools leaders need to improve their management style and succeed in the workplace.
About the Author vii
Introduction: What Leaders and Managers Need to Know About Human Nature 1
1 Assumptions, Perceptions, and Feelings: How They Influence Performance 17
Pre-Chapter 2 Activity: What Is My Psychological Type? 51
2 Psychological Type: A Cognitive Approach 63
Pre-Chapter 3 Activity: What Are My Needs? 115
3 Needs: Our Pathways to Competence 125
Pre-Chapter 4 Activity: What Are My Power Bases? 145
4 The Bases of Power: The Uses and Abuses of Influence 153
Pre-Chapter 5 Activity: What Is My Conflict Style? 181
5 Conflict: Getting to Resolution 193
6 Values: Our Compass in Life 223
Pre-Chapter 7 Activity: What Is My Stress Quotient? 243
7 Stress: Responding to Pressure 255
8 Management Scenarios 289
9 Integration of the Building Blocks 317
Bibliography 331
Index 337