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	<title>Managers Need To Know</title>
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		<title>How best to use a management book</title>
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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>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/how-best-to-use-a-management-book/</link>
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		<title>Best Conflict Management Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question.

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>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/best-conflict-management-book/</link>
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		<title>From the Alamo to Houston</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you so much!
When we announced our “Alamo” initiative, last week&#160; &#8211; promising relief to today’s hard pressed managers &#8211; we didn’t expect a great response. After all, we know most managers are just too busy with their own problems to take time to make suggestions and propose ideas on ways that we can help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/from-the-alamo-to-houston/</link>
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		<title>Hard pressed managers &#8211; on the walls of the Alamo!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth has been away on an arduous nationwide seminar tour. Last night, she flew in from her final seminar in San Antonio, Texas. As her flight was late, I had arranged to collect her from the airport.
Whilst driving Elizabeth home, I thought she seemed distracted and unusually quiet. I knew it had been a long [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/hard-pressed-managers-on-the-walls-of-the-alamo/</link>
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		<title>What do employees want to hear from their supervisors?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Employees want to hear from their supervisors and managers anything and everything to help with motivation. This is particularly true when change is happening within a company.
Change management and the process of change is high on the list of any manager involved in human resources.
- Employees want to know how they are getting on at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/what-do-employees-want-to-hear-from-their-supervisors/</link>
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		<title>Effective Management Skills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Effective management skills are now the currency of success. Whether your organization is concerned with business, commerce or industry, it will need managers who have well developed leadership skills, are excellent communicators and are also effective strategic thinkers.
To manage at all levels, communication skills, leadership skills and time management skills are required. These skills are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/effective-management-skills/</link>
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		<title>The dreaded departmental monthly meeting</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/the-dreaded-departmental-monthly-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Follow up to the concerns about an older employee coping with new systems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Follow up
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>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/follow-up-to-the-concerns-about-an-older-employee-coping-with-new-systems/</link>
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		<title>Planning and Assessing Staff Training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone,
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>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/planning-and-assessing-staff-training/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations C !!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Drum roll …&#8230;.
C has achieved her goal !!
One of our managers has started her own business. We’ve know C for 8 years and she’s already had a successful career in her chosen industry, rising from trainee manager to manager of a sales team of twelve. Eight months ago, C saw an opportunity to strike out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://managersneedtoknow.com/congratulations-c/</link>
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