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Management Essentials booklets

Management Essentials booklets
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These four booklets by Nancy Slessenger, give you the absolute management essentials you need to get going with Performance Managementt.

Each booklet is developed specifically for busy managers who don’t have time to read lots of books and go on hundreds of courses, each one focuses on one topic. The set includes:

  • Feedback for the Faint Hearted
  • How to Write Objectives that Work
  • Praise and the Appraisal
  • How to Motivate Yourself and Others

 

"Feedback for the Faint-hearted"

62 tips on how to give feedback that improves performance by Nancy Slessenger

Badly given feedback actually reduces performance. That includes phrases like:

‘Great job’
‘You were wonderful’
‘You are brilliant’


In this simple, step by step guide you will discover:

  • What feedback really is.
  • How to give feedback.
  • Why there is no such thing as ‘positive or negative’ feedback.
  • Damaging and dangerous ways of giving feedback that you must avoid.
  • The three key ways of giving feedback.
  • 20 Specific examples of how to give feedback
  • 10 examples of how not to do it.
  • How to give feedback in really difficult situations.
  • How to give written feedback and specific examples
  • What you should absolutely never ask when you need feedback
  • A really easy strategy for dealing with unwanted, unfair or unpleasant feedback

 

"How to Write Objectives That Work"

55 Tips & Techniques by Nancy Slessenger

In this simple, best-selling step by step guide you will discover:

  • Easy ways to write your objectives from scratch
  • The five steps you need to take in order to write your objectives
  • How to make them SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bounded)
  • Eight dangerous words and phrases you must avoid and what to do instead
  • Three examples of objectives people really struggle with including  “Go on a presentation skills course” You’ll find out what’s wrong with that and how to write really effective development objectives.
  • How to write objectives for Personal Development
  • How to write really difficult Health and Safety objectives so they are meaningful and help you. All the examples are real ones. You’ll probably recognise most of them.
  • The acid test to ensure your objectives are right


"Praise and the Appraisal"

105 Tips & Techniques to Make Appraisals Work by Nancy Slessenger

In this simple, step by step guide you will discover:

  • How to plan for the appraisal
  • How to structure the appraisal
  • How to make difficult discussions about performance easy
  • How to apply scoring systems, gradings and ratings in a way that is fair and consistent
  • How to handle those awkward moments
  • What to do if an individual has not achieved their objectives
  • How to phrase written comments on a review form
  • How to work out a development plan
  • How to make the process motivational

 

"How to Motivate Yourself and Others"

67 ways to make sure you get things done by Nancy Slessenger

In this simple, step by step guide you will discover:

  • What motivation is
  • The easy first step that really helps in every situation
  • Examples of different kinds of motivation and how to work with them
  • How to keep people motivated once you’ve got them going
  • How to deal with negativity and complaints
  • How to motivate ‘negative’ people
  • How to motivate highly creative people
  • How to motivate people to be more proactive
  • How to motivate people to do mundane jobs
  • How to motivate people to improve quality and accuracy
  • How to motivate people to work well in teams
  • How to motivate people to accept change
  • How to motivate yourself when you lose interest
  • How to motivate yourself to complete unpleasant tasks
  • How to motivate yourself when you are stressed

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