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My New Book is Out - The Management Development Handbook

Thursday, May 24, 2012
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Hello!

Yes, I got all my hair cut off. The Houston humidity is not a curly girl's friend....but I digress... I want to tell you about my new book! It is called, The Management Development Handbook, from ASTD Press. I did not actually write this book, I was the editor. I had the opportunity to invite the people to contribute who I thought had something important to say about management. There are 37 authors and 37 chapters and it is a whopping 538 pages.

Sometimes these compendiums are a bit like verbal museums – they include all the classics and well-known authors. I decided to take a different approach and invite contributors who are active NOW and who are exploring the latest and emerging trends in management. You will recognize a few of the names but may never have heard of many of them. And that is WHY I invited this eclectic group of authors to participate – because they are people I think we should all get to know.

The book is not cheap – ASTD has it price around $100 bucks (wow, I know). But it is like getting 37 little books in one. You can download an excerpt here that includes my introduction, table of contents, the Foreword, and a sample chapter. Some of the chapters are sassy, irreverent, and/or story-like. Some share the latest research. Some are lengthy, while others are more like short essays. One chapter is a set of screen shots from the best employee handbook I have ever seen. One chapter is a collection of provocative columns from one of the authors of the legendary Cluetrain Manifesto (yeah, I know, how cool is that?). Words like “cry,” “love,” and “irreverence,” are shared in this handbook about management.

I love that about the collection! There is something for everyone. I think it offers a lot of value and hope you can pick up a copy for your management library.

Who is this book for? All managers and those who develop managers. The chapters speak directly to managers.

The book’s page on ASTD is here.

I would like to thank ASTD Press for supporting my somewhat non-traditional approach to this book. Doing the museum version is safer because the well-known names ensure a certain number of sales (like having Al Pacino and Meryl Streep in a movie). Projects are always more fun when you work with a partner who lets you color outside the lines.

And I want to thank all 37 contributors!!!! I am a huge fan of your work!

Here is the table of contents with a list of all the contributors. Many of them are bloggers who I have been following for years.

The Management Development Handbook

Table of Contents

Introduction – Into the Future We Go: Lisa Haneberg

Foreword: Betsy Myers

Section1: Fundamental Ideas for Managers         

Complexity and Perseverance: Margaret Wheatley, Ed.D.

The Way We're Working Isn't Working: Tony Schwartz

Irreverence as a Managerial Tool: What managers can learn from Tina Fey, Martin Luther, and Bob Dylan: Michael Kroth, Ph.D.

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Five Universal Themes in Business: Todd Sattersten

Positively Using Your Power: Sharlyn Lauby

New Evidence of Servant Leadership’s Efficacy as a Managerial Approach: Bret Simmons, Ph.D.

The Manager’s Role in Creating a Learning Culture: Kevin Eikenberry

Building Your Craft: 10 Important Perspectives for Effective Managers: Randy Boek

Managing Scenario Projects: Thomas Chermack

Women and Power: Jeffrey Pfeffer, Ph.D

Brainpowered Tone Tools to Manage Excellence: Ellen Weber, Ph.D

Section2:  Managers as Culture Builders

Who Says There's No Crying In Leadership?: Terry (Starbucker) St. Marie

The LKP Field Guide - An Inspiring Model for Communicating Expectations: The LPK Design Team (via Anne Stone)

Rethinking Your Organization as a Community: The Open Source Way: Chris Grams

From Quality to Excellence - Essential Strategies for Building a Quality Oriented Culture: Tanmay Vora

Welcome to the Challenges & Joys of Moving to an Economy Where Access Triumphs Ownership: Lisa Gansky

Should Managers Care about Employee Happiness?: Michael Stallard

The Manager as Extreme Leader: Steve Farber and Steve Dealph

Winning with a Culture of Recognition: Derek Irvine and Eric Mosley

Section3: The Goal - Teams Who Do Their Best Work Together

Creating a Sharing Society: Raj Setty

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Are SMART Goals Dumb?: Mark Murphy

How Team-Building Really Works: Steve Roesler

Get Rid of the Dotted Lines: Accountability and Authority in Managerial Relationships: Tom Foster

Performance Management at Ground Level: Wally Bock

The Improvisation Edge: Secrets to Building Trust and Radical Collaboration at Work: Karen Hough

Engaging Management: Put an End to Employee Engagement: David Zinger

Creating Winning Teams: Vikram Bector

Co-Create: Project Excellence for Teams: Steve Martin

You're Not the Boss of Me: Jodee Bock

Make Talent Your Business: Wendy Axelrod, Jeannie Coyle

Section 4: Management is a Social Act

Unmanaging the Network: David Weinberger, Ph.D.

How to Fascinate: Sally Hogshead

ValYouCasting: The New Workforce Social Competencies: Terrence Wing

Using Social Media to Create Systems of Engagement: CV Harquail

How to Run a Great Web Meeting: Wayne Turmel

Convening: The Ultimate Management App: Patricia Neal, Craig Neal

The multi cultural and multi generational workplace – what are the future challenges to leaders: Alfredo Castro

About the Author

Lisa Haneberg is an organization development, leadership, and management author, trainer, researcher, practitioner, and consultant. She has more than 25 years of experience providing executive and management development training and coaching solutions for large and small organizations, including health care, manufacturing, services, nonprofit, and government. She has particular expertise in the areas of senior team development, performance management, coaching, talent management, succession planning, organizational agility and alignment, and middle management effectiveness. She is a nationally recognized thought leader and speaker and has held both internal and external consulting roles at Memorial Hermann Health System, MedCentral, Black & Decker, Mead Paper, Intel, Amazon.com, Corbis, Royal Thai Government, the FAA, the EPA, Microsoft, and the City of Seattle, among others. Her many ATD books include Organization Development Basics, Coaching Basics, 10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager, Developing Great Managers: 20 Power Hours, and The High Impact Middle Manager: Powerful Strategies to Thrive in the Middle. Lisa’s work has been featured in Leader to Leader, Washington CEO, Capital, and Leadership Excellence. She holds a bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in fine arts from Goddard College.

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