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		<title>How best to use a management book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth.Best</dc:creator>
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Question
Hi Elizabeth,
Thanks for your recommendation on books&#160; to help with Change Management. I must say your own book Effective Management Skills &#8211; Doing the Right Things in The Right Way is just great and I would recommend that one too.
Have you any advice on how to use a management book? I have to say most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Conflict Management Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth.Best</dc:creator>
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My boss has just declined my request to go on a conflict management course but says he will pay for a few books on the topic. Can you recommend any?
Are there any downloadable books? For me they’re better than hard copy.
Do you think management books are the best way for me to learn management? Are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The dreaded departmental monthly meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth.Best</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Jack and Elizabeth,
I&#8217;ve just been given a permanent new role as chair of our departmental monthly meeting and it feels like a huge weight round my neck.
It&#8217;s the booby prize. It feels like someone is punishing me!! These meetings have been a nightmare and a joke for years. Nobody takes them seriously, nobody does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow up to the concerns about an older employee coping with new systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth.Best</dc:creator>
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Hi Elizabeth. It wasn&#8217;t easy finding the right moment to ask a few casual questions but I have the information now &#8230;.It&#8217;s love of everything about the work and fear of retirement.  PL
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Hi PL,
I&#8217;m pleased you didn&#8217;t rush in to get the information you needed. The right moment usually presents itself if time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning and Assessing Staff Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth.Best</dc:creator>
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At the weekend we had a question about staff training. The question just said &#8221; can you give some pointers about staff training please&#8221;. I&#8217;m not too sure what focus the questioner had in mind so today I wrote a 5 Minute Guide. I hope it helps the person who asked the question and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An older employee concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth.Best</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have on my team a person who has been with the company 30 years. This person is still a great worker and the company has no criticisms to make of the person&#8217;s work or the way they relate to younger workers. In fact, I feel quite embarassed to say that we want the person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open door or door ajar ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth.Best</dc:creator>
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I started my management job 9 weeks ago and I manage a team of 12 people. I really want to have an &#8220;open door&#8221; policy of access to me for my team and that&#8217;s what I told them when I started. Trouble is &#8211; they took me at my word which is what I thought [...]]]></description>
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