Focus on This, Not That
How to Engage Employees, Manage Performance, and Get Results
Description:... Being a manager is a job; it takes work. Being an incredible manager, however, is a choice.It requires focusing on "this"--establishing employee expectations, setting goals, giving recognition and feedback, and delegating as a means to develop your team, and not "that"--whatever you did yesterday. But where can busy managers find the time in their already busy schedules to do these things? Help is here in this next title in SMARTER IN AN HOUR series from master of productivity & learning Kimberly Devlin. In one-hour, managers will learn where to start, what to do, and how to follow through to engage their employees, manage performance, and get results.
Where you focus your attention is where the vehicle you're driving ends up.What is true for driving a car is also true for managing people. What you focus on matters. But with so many priorities and responsibilities vying for your attention, where does a busy manager start? With 60 minutes and this book, you will learn how to:
- Avoid and fix three common mistakes managers make
- Craft work goals that take employees out of their comfort zones, into their growth zones, without encroaching on their panic zones
- Deliver sincere, specific recognition and provide feedback in a flash to boost engagement, performance, and results
- Entrust employees with greater responsibility without micromanaging them
- Use no-nonsense strategies to address three threats to productivity: inefficient practices, time wasters, and bad habits
You can be the manager you have always wanted to have with the powerful techniques presented in Focus on This, Not That. Purchase this book today and let Kimberly Devlin be your professional coach to becoming a great manager!
Check out KimberlyDevlin.com for more information about Kimberly's books and work.
Focus on This, Not That is part of the SMARTER IN AN HOUR series.
Everyone is busy.But anyone can find an hour to learn how to run a better meeting, lead effective teams, manage conflict or improve their business writing. Whether you need to brush up on your business acumen skills--or acquire them for the first time--commit just 60 minutes to reading a SMARTER IN AN HOUR book, and you are guaranteed to optimize your productivity and start getting the results you want. Each volume is complete with practical but powerful strategies and tools you can put to work right away.
SMARTER IN AN HOUR is not just a book series. It is a movement to help people become leaders with greater impact and less stress.
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