It’s All About You! 10 Leadership Parables for Maximizing Middle Management
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Middle management is the glue that holds organizations together, yet many middle managers encounter a lack of support from upper management and massive employee disengagement. This book is a practical solution. Based on Charlie Retts’ decades of experience in middle management, along with his doctorate in adult education, this book will help you in assessing your own current leadership style, and then guide you to become a more effective and engaged manager. Using stories, Retts helps the reader explore real-life situations to assess all the options that could have been available, as well as assessing what you might have done. Each chapter ends with reflection questions and “key points.” Along the way, brief “stop for a moment” reflections help to focus on the reasons and benefits of different approaches.
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Middle management is the glue that holds organizations together, yet many middle managers encounter a lack of support from upper management and massive employee disengagement. This book is a practical solution. Based on Charlie Retts’ decades of experience in middle management, along with his doctorate in adult education, this book will help you in assessing your own current leadership style, and then guide you to become a more effective and engaged manager. Using stories, Retts helps the reader explore real-life situations to assess all the options that could have been available, as well as assessing what you might have done. Each chapter ends with reflection questions and “key points.” Along the way, brief “stop for a moment” reflections help to focus on the reasons and benefits of different approaches.
Dr. Retts has spent the majority of his career involved in leadership. His goal has been to develop organizations into best-in-class operations, while improving employee attitude, morale, and organizational loyalty. His passion has been to influence and develop professional adults in a way that would increase their effectiveness as leaders and greatly improve the overall quality of their personal and professional lives.
Dr. Retts has worked in leadership positions that included Supervisor of Corporate Training and Development and Skills Training, Manager of Residential Services, Manager in Commercial Customer Services and Dean of Student Affairs. He has also been actively teaching doctoral, masters and undergraduate level leadership and management related courses as an adjunct faculty for seven universities and one community college.
Published leadership articles include: “While the Cat’s Away, Will the Mice Play?” and “I’m Too Nice? Caring Leaders Are Often Misjudged.” Dr. Retts’ international experience includes developing a two-week Management Development Seminar for the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources Department in Egypt and two years of Communications Training for National Panasonic in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.
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| Weight | 4.9 oz |
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| Dimensions | 5 × .28 × 8 in |
| Format | Paperback, ePub, mobi |
