Managing Yourself

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 national occupational standards for managers, is exactly what you need! Including a fascinating interview with Andy Green, CEO of Logica and former head of BT Global Services, this is an inexpensive, concise but above all authoritative guide to getting results. 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.

From how your personal values affect your career to using your time wisely and developing your personal networks, a practical introduction to being your own manager

Those looking to best self-manage will find help, through this book, with answering such questions as What personal resources do you need to do your job? How can you fill any gaps in your current skills? What do you need to do to develop yourself professionally? How does your work role fit into your organization? and What is important to you? Also included is a fascinating interview with Andy Green, the head of BT Global Services which manages the global networked IT estate for such companies as PepsiCo and Procter and Gamble.

About The Author

Bernice Walmsley has had extensive experience of psychometric testing in a variety of fields, including participation in a management development programme and in selection procedures for a major PLC. She is trained in psychology as part of a degree course.