Author: Harvard Business School Press
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Keywords: mentor, pocket, managing
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2008-05-27
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1422122778
ISBN-13: 9781422122778

Managing up is not political game playing. Rather, it’s a conscious approach to working with your supervisor toward goals that are important to both of you. Through managing up, you build a productive working relationship with your boss and create a way to use the complementary strengths of you and your boss to deliver value to your company.This volume helps you:Understand the business results you produce by learning how to manage upCultivate a mutually beneficial relationship with your manager Communicate effectively with your boss about priorities and problems Negotiate win-win solutio

Author: Brian Rowe
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Keywords: mentor
Number of Pages: 119
Published: 2004-11-11
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0741422913
ISBN-13: 9780741422910

Midnight, one of Great Britain’s most talented rock and roll bands, is at its prime. The band’s eccentric leader, Ian Smythe, is arguably Britain’s best songwriter of the era. Fourteen years earlier, while touring the Mississippi Delta, Ian met Quincy Quarles, a respected and reclusive blues player. "You gotsta’ hab thah blues b’fo’ you kin play thah blues." That was the secret Ian learned from Quincy, the turning point in this story. Ian was determined to do whatever it took to become a great musician. Little did Ian know at the time what sacrifice this wou

Author: H
Publisher: Harvard Business School Pre
Keywords: mentor, pocket, goals, setting
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2009-12-14
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1422128911
ISBN-13: 9781422128916

Every day on the job, you face common challenges. And you need immediate solutions to those challenges. The Pocket Mentor Series can help. Each book in the series is packed with handy tools, self-tests, and real-life examples to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and hone critical skills. Whether you’re at your desk, in a meeting, or on the road, these portable, concise guides enable you to tackle the daily demands of your work with speed, savvy, and effectiveness.The latest volume in the series: Setting GoalsSetting goals is a key part of any manager’s job. Through go

Author:
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: mentor, pocket, employees, laying
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2009-09-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1422129683
ISBN-13: 9781422129685

Implementing a layoff is one of the most difficult and painful challenges a manager can face. Handled skillfully and compassionately, a layoff can set your team and your company on a positive new path. But, when handled improperly, layoffs can have negative effects that impact morale, productivity and more. This volume provides managers with valuable advice proven strategies for laying off employees.

Author:
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: mentor, pocket, performance, measuring
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2009-10-19
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1422129705
ISBN-13: 9781422129708

Often managers need to assess both financial and non-financial performance. What process would you use to measure things that are not easily quantifiable?

Author: Felix Markham
Publisher: Signet
Keywords: mentor, napoleon
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1966-10-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0451627989
ISBN-13: 9780451627988

A magnificent reconstruction of Napoleon’s life and legend written by a distinguished Oxford scholar.

Authors:Diane Nash, Don Treffinger,
Publisher: Prufrock Press
Keywords: kit, mentor
Number of Pages: 76
Published: 1993-12
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 188266406X
ISBN-13: 9781882664061

Encourage students to excel in their areas of interest and talent by building a mentor program. Mentoring is appropriate for many types of academic settings: public schools, private schools, and homeschoolers. And ultimately it helps students discover their "voice" or who they are — a rare event for many students. In this comprehensive kit, you will find methods for helping students identify their areas of interest, strategies for recruiting effective mentors, and ideas for helping nurture mentor-mentee relationships. This comprehensive kit provides step-by-step instructions for starting