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Developing Great Managers

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Developing Great Managers

20 "Power Hour" Conversations that Build Skills FAST

ASTD Publications,

15 min read
10 take-aways
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What's inside?

Managers are too busy and stressed to attend long seminars. Train them in short, interactive, frequent sessions.

Editorial Rating

6

Qualities

  • Well Structured
  • Overview
  • For Beginners

Recommendation

Training managers is a great idea in theory but often not so great in practice. Managers are intensely busy professionals who don’t have any extra time. Lengthy training sessions just put them further behind and add to their stress. Consultant and speaker Lisa Haneberg and the American Society for Training and Development have developed a training approach that avoids those problems. Using their “Power Hour” curriculum, which consists of what they call “learning conversations” about relevant management problems, managers can upgrade their skills quickly. Although not much in this book is new, getAbstract recommends it to management trainers, and to middle and senior managers who are responsible for developing other leaders and management teams, and who want a quick review.

Summary

Training Managers

Managers are the engines of your business; they keep everything moving toward the destination. If your company is not getting the results you want, your engine may need a tune-up. This is where “Power Hour” training can help. Power Hours are hour-long management training modules.

During Power Hour sessions, trainers make connections between the information and skills they are teaching and your company’s goals. The organization and scope of this training arise from these basic precepts of management training theory:

  • “Managers are much too busy” – Training sessions must be short and sweet.
  • “Managers...suffer from fuzzy priorities, competing priorities, scope creep and meeting overload” – Training should show them how to deal with these challenges.
  • “Many managers feel overwhelmed and stressed” – Training should reduce managers’ stress, not add to it.
  • “Many managers work well below their capabilities” – This is usually because they do not know how to use their time effectively. Training sessions should help them focus and prioritize their activities.

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About the Author

Lisa Haneberg is a consultant, speaker and author. Her areas of expertise include leadership, management, and organizational and personal achievement.

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