{"product_id":"improving-managerial-talent-9781138559202","title":"Improving Managerial Talent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimed at senior HRM and L\u0026amp;D specialists responsible for improving their organisation's managerial talent, \u003ci\u003eImproving Managerial Talent \u003c\/i\u003ecovers the core findings of the author's and other published research. It provides a highly participative overview of personality and ability psychometrics, involving the opportunity for self-application. It reveals hard evidence of the extent to which such tests can add value to the prediction of managerial success and their link to requisite competencies. It shows how qualified testers, HR and line managers can each make a unique contribution to the selection process. The book goes on to show how management style is a product of personality and habit and how the acquisition and use of a complementary style can improve persuasiveness and the cultivation of interpersonal skill both for the manager and for those whom the manager might need to coach. It regards job-challenge as the primary engine of managerial growth, both for development in key \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction; \u003cb\u003ePART I: RECOGNISING AND SELECTING MANAGERIAL TALENT; \u003c\/b\u003eSection 1. What contributes to overall managerial performance?; \u003ci\u003eA suggested model; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 2. What type of evidence will be considered?; \u003ci\u003eMental abilities, personality traits and personal competencies of average and high performing managers; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 3. Mental abilities and personality traits; \u003ci\u003eAn overview of general mental ability and the Big Five personality traits and how these are distributed across the general population; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 4. General mental ability; \u003ci\u003eDo managers need to be intelligent?; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 5. Extraversion; \u003ci\u003eDo managers need to be extraverted?; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 6. Agreeableness; \u003ci\u003eDo managers need to be agreeable?; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 7. Extraversion and Agreeableness in combination: \u003ci\u003ePossible risks; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 8. Conscientiousness; \u003ci\u003eDo managers need to be conscientious?; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 9. Agreeableness and Conscientiousness in combination: \u003ci\u003ePossible risks; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 10. Neuroticism (aka Emotional variability) or Stability?; \u003ci\u003eDo managers need to be stable?; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 11. Extraversion and Emotional variability in combination: \u003ci\u003ePossible risks; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 12. Openness; \u003ci\u003eDo managers need to be open-minded?; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 13. Summarising the mental ability and personality of managers; \u003ci\u003eIncluding differences amongst the key business functions; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 14. Harnessing personality and IQ test scores to guide selection; \u003ci\u003eA worked example; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 15. Recognising potentially dysfunctional personalities; \u003ci\u003eA need for caution; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 16. Leadership and personality: \u003ci\u003eA review of research;\u003c\/i\u003e Section 17. Is personality stable or ‘plastic’?; \u003ci\u003eAccept it or change it?; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 18. Moving on to personal competencies; \u003ci\u003eSixteen competencies into four common competency clusters; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 19. Competency clusters and overall managerial performance; \u003ci\u003eSome impressive connections; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 20 . Drawing the threads together; \u003ci\u003eIntelligence, personality, competencies and overall performance. Do we need to measure the first two if we have competency ratings?; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 21. Performance in Key result areas; \u003ci\u003eThe missing link between competency and overall performance. The assessment domain most familiar to line managers; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: BEHAVIOURS AND STYLES; \u003c\/b\u003eSection 22. Management behaviours; \u003ci\u003eThe interactive behavioural habits of average and high performing managers; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 23. Behavioural styles; \u003ci\u003eTelling or asking?; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: DEVELOPING MANAGERIAL TALENT; \u003c\/b\u003eSection 24. Developing managerial talent; \u003ci\u003eAn overview; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 25. Coaching around competencies; \u003ci\u003eA performance coaching process based on a practice-demonstration-reflection learning design model; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 26. Coaching for interpersonal competencies: Briefing; \u003ci\u003eWith a worked example; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 27. Coaching for interpersonal competencies: Reviewing; \u003ci\u003eWith a worked example; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 28. Developing line manager coaching skills; \u003ci\u003eAn outline approach and difficulties addressed; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 29. Using contrasting ask\/tell styles to develop interpersonal competency; \u003ci\u003eTelling and asking styles; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 30. Quick coaching; \u003ci\u003eWith a worked example; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 31. High intensity training in influencing and persuasion; \u003ci\u003eBased on the practice-demonstration-reflection learning design model; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 32. The ‘win-win’ perspective; \u003ci\u003eA strategic approach to influencing and persuasion; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: IMPROVING MANAGERIAL TALENT: Reflections and Summary; \u003c\/b\u003eSection 33. Is management right for you?; \u003ci\u003eUseful to know when seeking to recognise, select and develop managerial talent in others; \u003c\/i\u003eSection 34. How to recognise potential, select and help develop effective managers; \u003ci\u003eA final summary and conclusion; \u003c\/i\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Appendix; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577827299671,"sku":"9781138559202","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138559202.jpg?v=1746096871","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/improving-managerial-talent-9781138559202","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}