How to Manage People

Bestselling author Michael Armstrong provides valuable insight into the skills required to be an effective manager, helping you get the best from your staff through motivation, reward and leadership.

This fully updated 6th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips, alongside advice on managing virtual teams, enhancing employee engagement and managing conflict. Essential reading for anyone who wants to get the best from their teams, How to Manage People distils the essence of good management into one handy, easy-to-use book.

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• Section - 00: Preface;
• Section - 01: What managers do;
• Section - 02: Treating people right;
• Section - 03: Leadership;
• Section - 04: Motivating people;
• Section - 05: Enhancing engagement;
• Section - 06: The process of organizing;
• Section - 07: Defining roles;
• Section - 08: Team building;
• Section - 09: Managing remote workers;
• Chapter - 10: Performance leadership;
• Section - 11: Performance leadership skills;
• Chapter - 12: Delegating;
• Section - 13: Selection interviewing;
• Section - 14: Developing people;
• Section - 15: Rewarding people;
• Section - 16: Managing change;
• Section - 17: Managing conflict;
• Section - 18: Approaches to handling people problems;
• Section - 19: Dealing with disciplinary problems;
• Section - 20: Managing under-performers;
• Section - 21: Dealing with negative behaviour;
• Section - 22: Dealing with absenteeism and timekeeping issues;
• Section - 23: Handling challenging conversations;
• Section - 24: Giving bad news;
• Section - 25: Managing bias;
• Section - 26: Dealing with bullying and harassment;