Benfari Understanding and Changing Your Management Style

Assessments and Tools for Self-Development
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-42207-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B Warren Bennis Series

An update of the classic book that reveals the 6 keys tosuccessful management In this new edition of his best-sellingbook, Robert Benfari explains that the best mangers are not bornthat way but share a mix of characteristics that can be analyzed,understood, and most importantly changed. He identifies the sixcharacteristics of successful managers (Psychological Type;Needs/Motivation; Use of Power; Conflict Style; Our Basic Values;and Our Reaction to Stress) and uses these building blocks to showhow anyone can use personality-specific strategies for resolvingconflicts, solving problems, managing stress, handling difficultsituations at work, and positively influencing others.
* Includes a proven pathway for becoming an effectivemanager
* Contains new information on management style and leadership,human nature and neuroscience, and the dark side of management
* Includes a self-assessment for each of the six building blocksto successful management
This research-based book offers the tools leaders need toimprove their management style and succeed in the workplace.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benfari, Robert C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface v
About the Author vii
Introduction: What Leaders and Managers Need to Know About HumanNature 1
1 Assumptions, Perceptions, and Feelings: How They InfluencePerformance 17
Pre-Chapter 2 Activity: What Is My Psychological Type?51
2 Psychological Type: A Cognitive Approach 63
Pre-Chapter 3 Activity: What Are My Needs? 115
3 Needs: Our Pathways to Competence 125
Pre-Chapter 4 Activity: What Are My Power Bases? 145
4 The Bases of Power: The Uses and Abuses of Influence 153
Pre-Chapter 5 Activity: What Is My Conflict Style? 181
5 Conflict: Getting to Resolution 193
6 Values: Our Compass in Life 223
Pre-Chapter 7 Activity: What Is My Stress Quotient?243
7 Stress: Responding to Pressure 255
8 Management Scenarios 289
9 Integration of the Building Blocks 317
Bibliography 331
Index 337

Über Autor(innen)

Robert C. Benfari, AB, MBA, PhD, MSPH, is a multidiscipline behavioral scientist who has spent most of his career in teaching, research, and practice as a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Division of Continuing Education. Benfari also consults to industry and government and conducts workshops on developing one's management style.