Developing Great Managers
Let these 20 "power hour" conversations help you build manager skills fast! Power hour conversations are high touch, low tech, and adaptable—a low-cost manager training solution with no licensing fees, expensive training materials, or fancy training facilities needed! They enable you to inspire lively and productive dialogues, build stronger relationships with managers, and ultimately create effective, sustainable results.
Written with managers and management trainers in mind, Developing Great Managers offers a thorough explanation of the power hour methodology. You'll also find practical, ready-to-use tools to help make the most of the power hour conversations, including trainer's objectives, sample agendas, discussion questions, and trainee handouts (available in both the appendix and in the download).
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Full ProfileLisa Haneberg has 25 years of experience as a coach, trainer, writer, and consultant, and is currently vice president for MPI Consulting, an organization development practice in Cincinnati. When it comes to delivering fresh, practical approaches to the art of coaching, you can't beat Haneberg. Her upbeat, no-nonsense style makes her books engaging, applicable, and unquestionably valuable. Never one to get hung up about corporate formality, Haneberg is quick to point out that "we all drive each other bonkers," and to provide a sound framework for improving coaching and communications despite individual differences.
But don't let her lighthearted approach fool you: Haneberg has heavyweight experience in the fields of organization development and management and leadership training. She has worked with leaders in organizations as varied as Intel, Black & Decker, Amazon.com, Mead Paper, and the Royal Government of Thailand. With a degree in behavioral sciences from the University of Maryland, Haneberg is the author of 10 other books, including Organization Development Basics and Coaching Basics (both from ASTD Press). She is also author of numerous articles and essays and the popular blog Management Craft. Haneberg enjoys tooling around country roads on her purple motorcycle named Hazel, and she lives in Cincinnati with two cats, two big dogs, and one husband.
