Management Made Easy

By Steve Holt

Managers are busy people with objectives to meet day to day. Many managers do not have time to read hefty management text books or find time to develop further skills. Management made easy has an understanding of this and written in easy to absorb, bite-sized chunks. It gives an overview of the how to in managing people with top tips based on knowledge and experience. With managers time at a premium, the book is purposefully kept to a size that the busy manager may read within a couple of hours on a train, in a plane or at their leisure.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Dec 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514462164

Steve Holt

Steve Holt has over 20 years of management experience across many business functions. Steve retired from an executive position in a multi-national company in 2009 to pursue his passion of ensuring that businesses really do practice the mantra of people being their greatest asset. He runs a consultancy offering support to businesses, primarily SMEs, helping them to engage those management elements that will enable them to grow as great places to work. Using his skills across the whole business continuum from leadership to functional teams and individuals, he facilitates the development of sustainable business improvement and people engagement.

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Copyright © 2015 by Steve Holt.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2015913026

   ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5144-6217-1

      eBook   978-1-5144-6216-4

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgements

About the Author

The ‘Made Easy’ Cat

Preface

From Cocky Upstart to Frightened Manager!

Engineer or Manager?

Management or Managing Made Easy

It’s OK to be Friendly – Even Friends

Management by Objectives (MBO) or Is It MBF?

Setting Objectives

Helping Your People Succeed (Performance Management)

Managing the Review Process

The Day-to-Day Process

Now Get On and Do It

References

The Business Wisdom Series

Dedication

To my wonderful wife, Rita, without whose support I could not have written this.

Special thanks to my sons, Matthew and Ellis, and stepson, Nick, for reading the draft and being honest.

Acknowledgements

My acknowledgements go to all those I have worked with as a peer, subordinate and as a boss, either directly or indirectly. Also to those I have coached and mentored, who have given me frank and honest feedback that has enabled me to develop and grow into a better manager. Training courses and books are great (especially those you can read in a day), but it’s the people that matter and it’s their response that means the most.

I have two people in particular, Gary Steele and Russell Ingoe, with whom I have worked as both manager and colleague and that have helped me to become an improved manager. Their candid feedback whenI got it wrong and thanks when I got it right, have been instrumental in enabling me to write this book.

About the Author

Steve Holt graduated with an engineering degree from Middlesex University in 1979. His first jobs encompassed design, development, and manufacturing in the areas of domestic meters, micrographics, and FMCG. He moved into supply chain management in the late 1980s and has held numerous senior positions in multinational organisations.

Steve has developed extensive skills in business improvement, negotiation, supply-chain optimisation, and people management. Linking the process and the people to gain seamless change, management has become one of his greatest skills.

Much of Steve’s success has come from on-the-job experience, and he openly admits that his mistakes have been his greatest learning.

He has managed people and processes around the globe, and this international experience has enabled him to develop an ability to work across many cultures.

He now runs his own consultancy, helping small to medium-sized businesses to benefit from