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Pixie Dust A Tale of Recruitment Problems in Ten-Tree-Wood
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Motivation? Easy. Leadership? No problem. Performance management? Simple. All of these statements are true if - and only if - you have the right people. That's the really hard bit: choosing the right people. A chief executive's dream is to have scientific help when choosing key people and Pixie Dust is that help - a book written as a fable from the heart. The fable starts when all is well in a community; then, a recruitment exercise ends in the not-unfamiliar 'appointment from hell'. The fable concludes with that fabulous feeling when a selection panel gets it right - that almost spiritual satisfaction when managers come together and it works. The problems encountered when selecting a senior manager are herein set in a woodland community. However, Pixie Dust is far from being a fairy story. It is a vehicle to convey cutting-edge management practices which come from the most up-to-date management research at doctoral level. Pixie Dust is a critical look at the outmoded management selection practices of today and an explanation of what could be achieved by the application of a high-performing management model. Pixie Dust will make you think and change the way you select managers for ever. The book will take about an hour to read and a lifetime to be grateful.
ISBN Number: 978-1-84748-359-1
Pixie Dust II A Tale of Leading Change
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Pixie Dust II is a tale of performance management and change in the woodland community of Ten-Tree-Wood. It consists of a series of stories all about leading change, which the author has experienced during his career and learned painful and salutry lessons. They include the very valued individual, who is facing self-imposed burn out - a more common problem than many of us care to admit. There is a story about a group who decide to challenge the establisment. Another story considers real performance contribution and how change should be introduced when it is found what we are doing the wrong things really well. Sound familar? Finally, there is a story of how we communicate change. Do we do what we have always done or is it time to communicate through our organisations' invisible culture; and before you say anything, you will have one! The stories are supprted by doctoral research from Dr Andy Bibby, the leading expert in leading organisational change. Pixie Dust II is a series of practical management solutions to leading change. The book will take about an hour to read and a lifetime to be grateful.
ISBN Number: 978-1-84748-581-6
Pixie Dust III A Tale of Effective Management Networking
What can we achieve on our own as managers? Imagine playing football alone against 11. Not much of a game. Now put in place players to pass to, the links between the players, a series of set moves and you have the makings of a networking team. Nurture these networks and very quickly a manager can establish an awesome set of allies in today's competitive world. So why do some managers find it difficult to network? Perhaps it's because they have a personl discomfort with the tactics and the stage crafting of networking. Perhaps it's because they are unsure of networking etiquette or the concept of having to read the total communication experience of tonality, body language and eye contact rather than an 'e' mail? By adopting the guidance offered by Dr Howard G Awbery's experience and Dr Geoff Mackey's research Pixie Dust III, managers can quickly understand the chemistry of networking and how it works for social capital creation. By having a focused objective supported by active research prior to networking, the effectiveness of eating meetings, excursions and attendance at formal networking groups can be multiplied. We must be mindful that not all networking meetings and introductions will develop into real business opportunities, for networking is an immeasurable active science. However, consider: do you want to catch all the fish in the sea or just one big one, do you want to land all the best jobs in the world or just one really good one? Pixie Dust III 'A Tale of Effective Management Networking' will take an hour to read and a lifetime to be grateful.
ISBN Number: 978-0-9569540-0-8