A Knife in the Heart by John Mcrae

A Knife in the Heart by John Mcrae

Congratulations You have secured a position as a manager...so now what? With your job description folded securely in your pocket, you set out for your first day on the job.

Do you really know what to do when you get there?

As you navigate your journey ahead, this straightforward guide will help you with the decision-making, identifying key people, and taking effective action.

If there were a manager's Hippocratic Oath, it would begin, as this book does with First Do No Harm.

Let this book be your guide. You'll learn how to:

- Create a positive work environment.

- Define and understand the culture of your organization

- Understand the effectiveness of management by wandering around.

- Find your leaders and set them free.

- Negotiate from principles, issues, and values.

- Practice leadership.

- Encourage the best in people.

- Manage the inevitable.

- Bring your compassion to the workplace.

- Unleash human spirit and creativity.

- Be brave.

Here's help for the road ahead.

Ronald Carter is Research Professor of Modern English Language in the School of English Studies, University of Nottingham, UK and is well-known for his work at the interface of language and literary studies. He has written, co-written and edited over forty books, most recently a second edition of Language and Creativity (Routledge Classics) (2015).

John McRae was formerly Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies and is now Teaching Associate at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has been a Visiting Professor and Lecturer in more than seventy countries. His publications include Literature with a Small 'L' (1991/1997), The Language of Poetry (Routledge, 1998) and the only critical edition of Teleny by Oscar Wilde and others (1986-2000).