About the Book
 |
The essence of good management is letting people know what you expect, inspecting
what is done, and supporting those things that are done well.
Zig Ziglar
Want to create a great place to work? Equip your managers with the tools that
make the difference.
Have you ever noticed how some organizations are energizing, invigorating, and
motivating places to work, while others remind you of a toxic swamp? What makes the difference between loyal, committed
employees, and cynical reluctance?
Syndicated columnist Gene Mage, author of Managing for High Performance (Making it Work Publications, $9.95), believes
that great workplaces begin with great managers.
Exceptional managers set high standards in a spirit of honesty, integrity, and fairness.
What are the elements of a positive work environment?
More importantly, what can managers do to create a high-performance climate with high levels of trust? Mage proposes
that you can combine high trust and high accountability at work by focusing on the two key tools in the manager's toolbox: setting the conditions and
establishing the consequences that lead to desired results.
The book outlines a user-friendly performance management system, a planned series of thoughtful conversations that enable managers and employees to develop
good agreements around performance expectations, conditions for success, performance metrics, and consequences
for results.
Other topics Mage talks about
in Managing for High Performance include:
- The guiding principles for ethical management that must accompany skills and
systems
- The nine dimensions of a positive work environment
- Finding the right performance metrics for business outcomes, behaviors, and interpersonal
characteristics
- Dealing with the underperforming employee
- Creating a workable system for managing performance
- Deploying a performance management system that people will actually use.
|
About the Author
 |
Gene Mage is a Syndicated Business Columnist and Speaker on the topic of creating
a positive work environment. He is author of Managing for High Performance (Making it Work Publications, $9.95) He writes the business column Making
it Work which reaches over 300,000 readers through print and electronic
media each week. He has published over seventy articles on management. Gene served in the Fortune 500 arena for
twelve years, and has deployed management development in five countries. He is a National Speakers Association
member, and President of Soaring Oaks Consulting, Inc. He resides in Horseheads, New York. |