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1) Management and Leadership Questions and Answers ~ Suresh Basandra, 929 pages, published June 22, 2014.
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Amazon's Description:
Who Is This Book For?
Many folks become leads or managers by chance. Someone assigns them the management of a group, team, product, project, or program because of their area of expertise while not taking into account they have never had any management education or training. And without the specific skills and techniques necessary to clarify objectives, avoid serious errors of omission, and eliminate costly mistakes, the whole enterprise can quickly become a recipe for disaster. But for those without the formal background who want to become acquainted with the discipline of management and leadership, help has indeed arrived.
You would have probably realized that managing or leading is not as easy as telling other people what to do, then sit back to watch things get done. You need to be able to:
hire, motivate and retain great people
communicate clearly with them
train, mentor and coach them often with limited resources and time
evaluate their performance and take necessary steps to improve it
manage office politics
juggle a full load of your own responsibilities at the same time
Your ability to lead and get work done by others can always be improved. Even the most confident, experienced leaders are facing challenges they could not have imagined a few years ago. Without new skills to meet those challenges, it is next to impossible to get ahead or sustain business success. But, this book covers every challenge you are likely to face on releasing the individual and collective performance potential of your employees. The questions here reflect the information you need to be the best that you can be in your position. Fundamentals on delegation, influencing, job descriptions, scope of responsibility and authority, performance reviews, and giving directions, plus many others are described in an easy to understand format.
This book is concise and to the point. You should be able to absorb all the information in one informative weekend that will open your eyes to positive ways to manage the people in your professional life. Each section is direct and packed with relevant and practical knowledge every manager, experienced or novice should read for review or to commit to memory before heading back to the office. No fluff or difficult to interpret flow charts and graphs. All solid realistic information that makes this a must read. It can be assigned reading and study in any management or leadership development program.
How This Book Is Organized?
Arranged by topic, this book makes it easy for you to locate the information you need quickly. Each section starts with an overview of a given topic. If you think of it, effective and efficient management is not just one skill but a collection of skills, each section representing one of the skill areas. Together, they form a framework for management success.
Key Topics Covered in about 650 Questions and Answers:
Management and Leadership
Vision, Mission and Values
Roadmap
Effective Communication
Meetings Management
Empowerment
Effective Delegation
Conflict Management
Influencing People
Negotiation
Emotional Intelligence
Team Building
Change Management
Recruitment, Hiring, Orientation, and Retention
Coaching, Counseling and Mentoring
Motivation
Managing Up and Across
Managing Managers
Office Politics
Performance Management
Discipline and Termination
Stress Management
Management Templates
2) Job Interview Questions and Answers ~ Suresh Basandra, 381 pages, published June 22, 2014.
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Amazon's Description:
Who Is This Book For?
A few years ago we could basically pick and choose the job we wanted. If we were dissatisfied we moved on. Job mobility was the order of the day. Now, in far too many cases, outsourcing, downsizing, and/or rightsizing seem to be the order of the day. Job stability often appears to be little more than words found in a dictionary.
Here is a book that will enable you to beat out the competition. Your competition is all those people trying to get the same job you are trying to get. Let us face it, as far as you are concerned there is only one person that is going to get each job. As for the job you want, you want it to be you, not them. If you play your cards right, try as hard as you can, prepare yourself, and never give up, you will succeed. And this is what this book is all about … preparing and succeeding.
How This Book Is Organized?
Arranged by topic, this book makes it easy for you to locate the information you need quickly. Each section starts with an overview of a given topic.
Key topics covered include in about 500 Questions and Answers:
1. Resume and Cover Letter
2. Phone Interview
3. Interview Techniques
4. Personal
5. Educational Background and Training
6. Character and Behavior
7. Initiative and Creativity
8. Handling Failures and Setbacks
9. Management and Leadership Skills
10. Stress Questions
11. Career Objectives
12. Company and Industry Knowledge
13. Job Suitability
14. Interview Questions for Students
15. Interview Questions
16. Career and Life Skills
17. Compensation
18. Career Transition
19. After The Interview
20. References
21. Analytical
22. Templates
23. Sample Job Descriptions
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