Top 10  Readsfor Busy

Managers

Kerry Anne's

Managing people is not easy.  

Start with these 10 books, which offer practicalinsights on developing your team.

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you Engage Your Teamyou Engage Your TeamOne: Think ing Fast, Thinking Slow - Daniel Kahneman

Two: Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Bradberry and Greaves

Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economics, breaks down all of humanthought into two systems: the fast and intuitive "System 1" and the slow and deliberate " System 2."Using this framework, he lays out a number of cognitive biases that affect our everyday behavior,from the halo effect to the planning fallacy.

As you transition into people management, Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow  will help you anticipatethe psychological stumbling blocks you and your team will encounter, and give you scientificstrategies for overcoming them.

By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction—it’s no secret that EQ is critical to yoursuccess. But knowing what EQ is and knowing how to use it to improve your life are two verydifferent things.

Emotional Intelligence 2.0  delivers a step-by-step program for increasing your EQ via four, core EQskills that enable you to achieve your fullest potential: 1) Self-Awareness 2) Self-Management 3) Social Awareness 4) Relationship Management Emotional Intelligence 2.0  is a book with a single purpose—increasing your EQ

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you Engage Your TeamThree: The One Thing You Need to Know by MarcusBuckhingham

Four: StrengthsFinder 2.0

According to Buckingham, great managers are able to identify their employees' individual strengthsand capitalize on them. This approach, he argues, is considerably more effective than trying toimprove people's weak points.

Among the tips he offers for motivating high performance: Set clear expectations, offer praise andrecognition, and show people you care about them.

The One Thing You Need to Know is a compelling read that will make the transition from managingyourself to managing others that much easier.

Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best everyday? Chances are, you don’t. All toooften, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixingour shortcomings than to developing our strengths.To help people uncover their talents, Gallupintroduced the an online assessment, StrengthsFinder which you will work through in thebook.Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, the book and accompanyingassessment will change the way you look at yourself — and the world around you — forever.

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you Engage Your Teamyou Engage Your TeamFive: Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader - HerminiaIbarra

Six: How to Win Friends and Influence People, DaleCarnegie

. Act Like a Leader" is chock full of unconventional advice for both current and aspiring managers.

For example, Ibarra, a professor at business school INSEAD, suggests leaders act firstand then think, so that they learn from experimentation and direct experience. There's even anentire chapter devoted to the dangers of being too authentic at work.

Overall, the book is a reminder that, in order to lead your team to greatness, you'll have to stepoutside your comfort zone.

Eighty years after its initial publication, this book is still a bestseller. Legendary investor WarrenBuffett has even named it one of his favorite books, noting that it helped get him through roughtimes in high school.

Carnegie's advice focuses on maximizing your interactions with other people --something that willbe crucial to your success as a leader (and in life generally). For example: Encourage people to talkabout themselves, instead of dominating the conversation. Emphasize the things you both agreeon. Overall, the book will help you build the self-confidence necessary to lead, motivate, and inspireyour team.

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you Engage Your TeamEight: People Styles at Work and Beyond by Robert andDorothy Bolton

Eight: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers

Why is it so hard to work well with some people? 

People Styles at Work...and Beyond presents a comprehensive, practical, and proven methodreaders can use to: 

1. Recognise how they come across to other coworkers 2. Read others' body language and behavior to identify the best ways to work with them 3. Make small adjustments that will dramatically increase the quality and productivity of their

interactions 4. Find common ground with different people while retaining their individuality 5. Relate less defensively and more effectively-no matter how others act 

The book reveals the strengths and weaknesses of four different people styles, providing practicaltechniques that work both on the job and off. 

What are you afraid of? Public speaking; asserting yourself; making decisions; being alone;intimacy; changing jobs; interviews; going back to school; ageing; ill health; driving; dating; ending arelationship; losing a loved one; becoming a parent; leaving home, failure, believing in yourself... 

Internationally renowned author Susan Jeffers has helped millions of people overcome their fearsand heal the pain in their lives with her simple but profound advice. Whatever your anxieties, FeelThe Fear And Do It Anyway  will give you the insight and tools to vastly improve your ability tohandle any given situation. An empowering and life-affirming book, Feel the Fear and Do ItAnyway will help you triumph over your fears

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you Engage Your TeamNine: The One Minute Manager

Ten: To Sell is Human by Daniel Pink

For decades, The One Minute Manager® has helped millions achieve more successful professionaland personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless, our world has changed drasticallysince the book’s publication. The exponential rise of technology, global flattening of markets, instantcommunication, and pressures on corporate workforces to do more with less—including resources,funding, and staff—have all revolutionized the world in which we live and work.

Now, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson have written The New One Minute Manager to introducethe book’s powerful, important lessons to a new generation. In their concise, easy-to-read story,they teach readers three very practical secrets about leading others—and explain why thesetechniques continue to work so well.

Now that you're in charge of a team of people, how will you inspire them to perform at theirbest? In this bestselling business book, "To Sell is Human ", Pink explains why, contrary to popularbelief, extrinsic incentives like money aren't the best way to motivate high performance. Instead,employers should focus on cultivating in their workers a sense of autonomy, mastery, and purposein order to help them succeed.

Using real-life anecdotes and research, Pink walks readers through each of these three conceptsand why they're absolutely crucial in the business world.

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"Once you begin working

on your inside game,

everything on the outside

will begin to change too."

Kerry Anne Cassidy

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I hope this book list will help you to grow as a manager - I know howvaluable a really good book can be from my own leadership journey!

Reading a book can give you new insights and ideas into managing yourteam.  But, sometimes you need more than a good book to help you onyour journey.  That's why I am on hand to give you a helping hand.

Let me know how I can help you in your current role as a manager:

1. Coaching programmes tailored for your particular needs2. 10 Signature Programmes specifically developed for managers and

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workshops and programmes4. Speaking at Conferences, Corporate Events and Lunch and Learns

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