| Get Peak Performance Every Day: How to Manage Like a Coach Contributor(s): Potter, Beverly A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 157951071X ISBN-13: 9781579510718 Publisher: Ronin Publishing (CA) OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: When people are poorly managed, work is hell, employees burn out, and productivity plunges. Managers always have powerful corrective tools at hand but may not be aware of their power or how to use them effectively. Get Peak Performance Every Day explains how to use scientific principles drawn from social learning theory to manage people effectively, emphasizing careful observation and non-confrontational critiques. Beverly Potter covers such strategies as reinforcement and reward, which require surprising skill; making the work itself a motivator, an obvious but often overlooked approach; and the most powerful resource: attention. Potter reminds the reader that as a manager, you provide valuable attention at no cost to the company, and a well-timed encouraging nod or public praise can be highly motivating. Chapters are devoted to such topics as "The Issue of Control," "Intervention Strategies," and "Managing Others by Managing Yourself." Charts and tables help the manager - seasoned or novice - track results. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Management - General - Self-help | Personal Growth - Success - Psychology | Industrial & Organizational Psychology |
| Dewey: 658.3 |
| LCCN: 2004096983 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.44" W x 8.34" (0.58 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How to use scientific principles drawn from social learning theory to manage people more effectively. Often managers lament that they don't have the resources to reward employees. They mistakenly think that money and benefits are the most important motivators. But this is not the case. Attention is the most universally powerful motivator. The manager's attention is free. A well-timed encouraging nod from one's superior can be quite motivating, as can being praised in front of one's peers. Another powerful motivator is opportunity. The opportunity to work of projects one enjoys or that advance one is very motivating to achievement oriented employees. Managers always have powerful behavior management tools at hand. The problem is that they don't know how to use them. Too often managers use their attention and other management tools poorly. When people are poorly managed work is hell, employees burnout, and productivity takes a nose-dive. But when people are managed skillfully, working is stimulating, employees gain a sense of control and pride, peak performance is a daily event and productivity soars. |