Date: Wednesday March 5, 2008
Time: 5:30 PM
Location:Panera Bread
Location:Knoxville Square, Peoria IL
Description:
Don’t have time to read an entire book? That’s ok.
We’re having an informal discussion on three interesting articles about ‘delegation’ & ‘management’ and how YOU can find your fit as a ‘Manager’. Members and non-members are welcome to join us.
Article 1: Some good tips for successful management.
7 Tips for Management Success
by Susan M. Heathfield
Article 2: Using your leadership style to delegate.
Delegation as a Leadership Style
by Susan M. Heathfield
Article 3: The steps you can take to become a leader.
From Manager to Leader
by Leslie L. Kossoff
Articles & Books Recommended During FY2008
An interesting article about the steps you can take to become a leader.
A short article about using your leadership style to delegate.
An article containing some good tips for successful management.
An article describing some characteristics of highly effective teams and team leaders
Team building activities in day-to-day operation of the company summarized in a short article
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Articles & Books Recommended During FY2007
- Dress Smart Women: Wardrobes That Win in The Workplace by Kim Johnson Gross and Jeff Stone
Veteran style mavens Kim Johnson Gross and Jeff Stone walk readers through the basics of building a work-appropriate wardrobe that provides a look of confidence and competence, and expresses personal style.
A brief article with basic points for discussion on work life balance.
An article including a podcast for the technology savvy out there wanting more information on work life balance.
A couple of quick work life balance tips with a short quiz.
Get Jim Collins’ perspective on what books to read.
A rare interview of the universally known writer, thinker, and lecturer.
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Articles & Books Recommended During FY2006
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
We've become so conditioned to think of performance as something that develops along evolutionary lines, that it takes a minute to grasp the notion that competence can actually inhibit achievement. "Good is the enemy of Great", according to author Jim Collins.
- Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office by Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D.
Learn the 101 self-sabotaging behaviors women learn as girls-behaviors and habits that are now holding them back in the workplace. From executive to entry level, every woman needs to know what she is doing to subconsciously sound, look, act, market herself, and/or be treated like a "girl".
- The Big Sister's Guide to the World of Work by Marcelle DiFalco and Jocelyn Greenky Herz
Finally, the answer for every working woman who thought she didn't need and would never read a book about work. Think of this book as a 320-page, hip, savvy mentor/best friend with an untempered, straight-shooting style and an aresenal of uncommon advice for businesswomen in their twenties and thirties.
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