Growing People
Learning and Developing from Day to Day Experience
- 1st Edition - January 31, 2006
- Latest edition
- Author: Bob Thomson
- Language: English
Growing People offers managers and human resources professionals both a strategic approach and a practical guide to developing people. It explores how a manager can build the… Read more
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Description
Description
Growing People offers managers and human resources professionals both a strategic approach and a practical guide to developing people. It explores how a manager can build the capability of individuals, teams and organisations by providing people with challenging experiences and helping them to learn from these experiences. It shows how to create conversations that make a real difference and how to establish effective relationships. It also sets out a practical approach to identifying and nurturing talent and managing succession issues.
Key features
Key features
- Written by an experienced management development professional in clear and easily understood language
- Aimed at busy line managers who want to take seriously their role in developing people
- Chapters can be read as stand alone guides to topics such as coaching, feedback and talent management
Readership
Readership
Managers and human resources professionals
Table of contents
Table of contents
Learning from experience; A coaching approach; Giving, generating and gathering feedback; Mentoring; Developing teams and organisations; Creating relationships; Conversations that make a difference; Talent management.
Review quotes
Review quotes
"Regardless of whether you are the manager or the managed, new to mentoring and staff development, or already reading it, Bob Thompson offers a thought provoking book." —Scottish Health Information Network
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 31, 2006
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Bob Thomson
Bob Thomson is the Management Development Adviser at the University of Warwick. He is responsible for developing the leadership capability of academic and administrative staff, coaching individuals and teams, and helping departments to improve their effectiveness as an organisation. He was previously Leadership Development Manager at National Grid Transco where he was responsible for building leadership capability at all levels and shifting the culture to a more open, informal and coaching style of leadership. Bob has qualifications in management learning, coaching and counselling.
Affiliations and expertise
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