Whether you are finding your way as a manager or you want to enhance the skills you already have, the Instant Manager series is exactly what you need! Written by leading experts, they are inexpensive, concise but above all authoritative guides to the subject at hand. The portable format allows you to carry the book wherever you go and to fit learning and development into your busy work life. Based on the 10 most FAQs, each chapter ends with a quick tip that can be taken on board immediately. A tear out card covering the most salient points allows you to carry the expertise with you wherever you go. The aim of this book is to enable managers to extend, strengthen and enhance their workplace communication skills. Doing this creates many benefits, including increased productivity, higher levels of creativity, improved job satisfaction and reduced staff turnover and absenteeism.Written for aspiring or developing managers and built around the idea that workplace communication is a dynamic, interactive, lively and ultimately enjoyable process, it will tell the reader : - what workplace communication is about; - what the benefits of effective workplace communication are; - how the ways and means of workplace communication can be chosen, planned and organised; - how to successfully develop and use those ways and means; - how to ensure that those ways and means contribute to his or her growth and development as a manager.

Instant Manager: Leading People

by Phil Baguley

Published 31 December 2010

Whether you are building your career as a manager by taking professional qualifications or you simply want to enhance your management skills this Instant Manager title, based on one of the six UK national occupational standards for managers, is exactly what you need! Including a fascinating interview with Michael, Baron Bichard, KCB, Director of the Institute for Government, Chair of the Design Council and former head of the Soham Inquiry, this is an inexpensive, concise but above all authoritative guide to getting results, particularly in the key areas of finance and sustainability. Based on ten key questions, each chapter ends with a summary and action checklist to crystallise what you have learnt. The portable format allows you to carry the book wherever you go and to fit learning and development into your busy work life.

Instant Manager: Leading People provides a readable and practical introduction to the subject, including:

-What is and isn't leadership - establishing a direction or target for collective efforts
-Can you see where we're going - a long-term strategic business plan
-Risk and leadership - taking a look at the nature and origins of risk and risk management
-Can you hear me - getting your communication right

Backed by the authority of the Chartered Management Institute, this is an essential addition to the manager's library.


Project management is becoming a key requirement for the modern manager. The aim of this book is to provide a readable and practical introduction to the subject, including what a project is;how a project can be chosen, planned, organized, and managed; how to create and manage a project team; how to manage the financial aspects of a project; and how to bring a project to a successful completion."

IM: Leading People

by Phil Baguley

Published 31 December 2010
'Instant Manager: Leading People' is for managers who want to take their career all the way. Practical and down to earth, it focuses on the key areas of finance and sustainability and concludes with a fascinating interview with Michael, Baron Bichard, KCB, Director of the Institute for Government and Chair of the Design Council