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Tables of Contents for A Manager's Guide to Self Development
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
The philosophy of this book
3
4
How the book works
7
2
PART I Setting and meeting goals for management self--development
9
44
A career/life-planning activity
11
12
Some ideas about management and the qualities of successful managers
23
6
Assessing yourself and setting some goals for self-development
29
16
A guide to the selection of activities
45
4
How to use the activities
49
4
PART II Activities for management self-development
53
Extend your knowledge of situational facts
55
Networking
58
Managing your time
61
Keeping up to date
69
Facts and assumptions
75
Personal journal
78
Powerlines
82
Differences and discrimination
86
Micro-political mapping
91
Credulous listening
96
Saturated life
99
Decision making
103
Planning and decision-making techniques
109
Choosing solutions with a chance
116
Role set analysis
119
Planning change
123
Analysis of experiences
129
Catastrophic contingencies
134
Budgetary control
136
Asserting yourself
145
Response to conflict
150
Practising new group behaviours
160
Interpreting yourelf and others
167
Counselling-style inventory
170
Getting to know you
177
Getting to yes
180
Collaborative working
184
Looking after yourself
188
Relaxation
193
Fitness
196
Managing your feelings
197
Stability zones
201
Thriving and surviving in the virtual revolution
204
Be your own personal trainer
209
Who's the boss?
216
Practising change
219
Action planning
224
Imaging
230
Managing upwards
233
Accepting other people's ideas
239
Brainstorming
242
Approaches to creativity
244
Attribute alternatives
246
Coping with complexity
248
Quick thinking
252
Developing a helicopter mind
254
Managing your dependency
257
Understanding your learning process
260
Study skills
265
How do you learn?
270
Surfing for learning
274
Mind your learning
277
Conversations with yourself
282
Backwards review
284