Page 6 - The John Adair Handbook of Management and Leadership

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Delegating effectively..............................................................................................21
Deciding what to delegate...........................................................................22
Making use of committed time...........................................................................24
Managing your health.............................................................................................24
How topped up are your batteries?..........................................................25
Stress.....................................................................................................................25
Summary and six-month follow-up test.........................................................28

Chapter 2
Setting and achieving goals and objectives

Introduction.................................................................................................................32
Personal goals and objectives ..............................................................................32
Professional/business goals and objectives....................................................35
Summary and six-month follow-up test.........................................................39

Chapter 3
Decision-making and problem-solving

Introduction.................................................................................................................42
Decision-making skills.............................................................................................42
The Manager as decision-maker.........................................................................44
Key elements of effective thinking and decision-making........................46
Analysis.................................................................................................................46
Synthesis..............................................................................................................47
Other useful approaches........................................................................................48
Imagination.......................................................................................................48
Conceptual thinking......................................................................................49
Intuition..............................................................................................................50
Originality and Innovation..........................................................................50
The concept of value in decision-making .......................................................50
Decision-making and weighing up the options ...........................................52
Summary and six-month follow-up test.........................................................54