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McCormack On Managing

Publisher: Arrow, 1996 , 252 pages

ISBN: 0-09-953661-7

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In McCormack on Managing one of the world's most admired entrepreneurs takes takes readers from the basics to the finer points of managing people, crises and growth. You will learn:

Why it's all right to encourage mistakes (but not too many)
The five attributes of a leader
How to define a core business
The signs of a buttoned-up company
How to ask questions that make performance reviews matter
What's wrong (and right) about organization charts
How to manage creative people (they are different, but only slightly)
Simple methods to make meetings effective

This is one of a series of business books in which Mark McCormack, drawing on his personal experience and extraordinary success, focuses on key disciplines and shares his philosophy in the candid, anecdote-rich style that has made him an international bestseller.

Introduction: There Are No Buzzwords here
Chapter 1: How Anyone Can Manage Me
Chapter 2: The Tools at Your Disposal
Chapter 3:How to Acquire and Maintain Authority
Chapter 4:Hiring the Best Talent and Keeping It
Chapter 5:Making Smarter Decisions
Chapter 6:Making Meetings Matter More
Chapter 7:Cutting Costs
Chapter 8:Assessing and Rewarding People Fairly
Chapter 9: Advanced Techniques
Chapter 10:What's Your Managing IQ?

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