Management

by Michael Heath

The management secrets that experts and top professionals use. Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Management. Includes how / Build a goal-oriented team / Successfully manage individuals, teams and projects / Set clear goals and give quality feedback / Get things done on time and on budget / Deal with difficult situations

Genres: Nonfiction, Business

130 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

About the Author

Google my name and you will see that it was as a business author that I had initially established my writing reputation, with invitations from the likes of HarperCollins and the Dragons’ Den production team who were keen to employ my knack for making complex business concepts accessible.

But, thankfully, life changed and, now that I was not driven by the same commercial need, I quickly moved on to completing and publishing my first novella, ‘Killing Time in Kenton’.

I love stories. Other people’s stories. Stories that capture those small snapshots of imperfect living. Like so many writers I collect other people’s anecdotes and tales and squirrel them away ready for the wintery landscape of an empty page.

I am convinced that every good conversation hides something precious that’s waiting to be mined. And it can happen in the most ordinary of circumstances: waiting for a plane; meeting another dog walker; chatting to someone in a supermarket queue. Young, old or some vague point in between, no person’s life is private when a writer is listening.


Behind the Books

Having devoured the great Victorian novelists in my youth, I have always wanted to fashion a series of books with a strong sense of place and time. It was only when I moved to East Anglia that I found the geographical ‘voice’ that I was searching for and which is so apparent in the first of my ‘Winifred Smy Mysteries’, Killing Time in Kenton. The novella’s events all unfold against the backdrop of a small East Suffolk hamlet in the uncertain years that immediately precede the First World War.

With a keen sense of the need for historical accuracy gained through extensive research, I incorporate real locations and local stories; even the surnames in my fiction are those that have emerged from my scouring of local churchyards and parish records, usually in the company of my very badly-behaved Lhasa Apso dog, Coco.

What about outside of writing? Well, I am a keen pianist, guitarist, and composer, regularly partnering with other musicians online under the band name ‘The One Beneath’.

I also support Coventry City Football Club am keen to point out in my defense that it was because I was born there. #PUSB

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Over recent years distinctions which were once made between managers and leaders are no longer being made in the same way. The cliche was that managers were efficient with things and leaders were effective with people. The truth is that while some managers are clearly not leaders; the best leaders are also good managers. This excellent book brings home the importance of not shooting from the hip but thinking clearly and carefully how you are going to produce the results which are so important to you. Heath firstly brings management to your own front door and emphsises the importance of living the message before you share the mesage with others. This is followed by sections on empowering people, making things happen, communication, recruitment, team-building and making the money work for you. There is so much here that is worth embedding in our management practice. I especially liked the idea of being tactful. As, Heath sums it up: T=think, don't peak; A=ask questions; C=clarify your understanding and T=talk with care. Super book. Loved it!

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was another good book from this series of business books. Management is such a dynamic topic that I didn’t get as much out of this book as I did the others. I probably need to listen to it again, to be honest. I really like the series though and will probably read all of them.

[Andrzej Kozdęba · Rating 3 out of 5]

Krótka, praktyczna pozycja dotycząca podstaw zarządzania. Pod względem merytorycznym nie dała mi zbyt wiele, ale wynotowałem z niej 2 ciekawe techniki udzielania informacji zwrotnej i wspierania wzrostu pracownika.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid quick-read. The book has chapters and every two pages is a sub-chapter. The only one I wasn’t fond of was 2.5, as the wording in the example reminded me of passive aggressive micromanaging tactics. That being said, the rest of the book had some solid reminders to glean from.

[Saurabh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book with hands on approach! The points are precise and clear and it is easy to relate to the tips mentioned and also derive actionable item from them.