Publisher's Synopsis
Most managers will cite the help and support of colleagues along the way, rather than formal management training, as particularly valuable in their own development. And in today's team-working environment, surely the ultimate objective must be to bring out the management potential in the people who work with an for you?;Coaching, mentoring, facilitating, and action learning, are all about doing precisely this. And areas in which Alan Mumford is a leading authority.;This text is designed as a workbook for all managers of people, not just for the management development specialist. It focuses on real-life scenarios, showing how they can be used to encourage your colleagues to develop their own skills.;Brief exercises throughout help you to critique your own style, and provide a useful basis for real exercises you could use with your team. Above all, Alan Mumford stresses the value of learning through experience - showing how this can be structured and positive rather than "learning from mistakes".;If you agree with the central principle - that the development of others to be no less than a responsibility - then you are truly on the way to working for learning organization. Which is very good news for your own future too.
