Why Can't We Get Anything Done Around Here?: The Smart Manager's Guide to Executing the Work That Delivers Results The Smart Manager's Guide to Executing the Work That Delivers Results

by Lefton, R.; Loeb, Jerome

• ISBN13: 9780071430067
• ISBN10: 0071430067
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-25
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

A proven system for ensuring that your business is productive--not just busy!Coauthored by the president and CEO of the prestigious international consulting firm Psychological Associates,Why Can't We Get Anything Done Around Here?Shows business leaders how to get bottom-line results with new methods for designing and implementing business strategies. These proven methods will help any business: Zero in on tasks essential to company success and assign them to the right people Motivate employees to achieve and maintain crisis-level performance without crisislevel stress and burnout Match tasks with technical, interpersonal, and decision-making skills

Author Biography

Robert E. Lefton is cofounder, president, and co-CEO of Psychological Associates, a leading U.S. management and organizational consultancy servicing many Fortune 500 companies. He lives in St. Louis.

Jerome T. Loeb is former Chairman of the Board of The May Department Stores Co. He is currently adjunct professor of marketing at the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis. He lives in St. Louis.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	ix
INTRODUCTION	xi
CHAPTER 1 ARE YOU GETTING TNE RIGHT THINGS DONE?	1	(10)
CHAPTER 2 GOING BEYOND STYLE	11	(8)
CHAPTER 3 TNE TASK MANAGEMENT MODEL	19	(30)
CHAPTER 4 FIVE COMMON MANAGEMENT ERRORS THAT KEEP YOU FROM GETTING THINGS DONE	49	(28)
CHAPTER 5 MANAGING IN A CRISIS MODE-WITHOUT THE CRISIS!	77	(22)
CHAPTER 6 BACK IN STYLE AGAIN	99	(24)
CHAPTER 7 CHECKLIST FOR TOMORROW	123	(26)
CHAPTER 8 WORKING IN FRONT OF A MIRROR DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS AT THE GETTING THINGS DONE WORKSHOP	149	(2)
INDEX	151