Manager's Toolkit

Good leadership starts with good management, and great managers become great leaders. A companion set to ASTDs bestselling Leadership Development Package, the Manager Toolkit will strengthen the foundation of your organizations leadership development.

Be a Better Manager

Managers are crucial to the success of organizations because they make executive-level strategies...

10 Steps To Be A Successful Manager

Become an exceptional manager; learn to motivate employees, communicate expectations effectively, and build great work teams.

The Manager's Communication Toolbox

Every manager should excel in their ability to communicate with employees in order to increase employee engagement, productivity, and retention. Strengthen your skills and become a better manager today!

The Manager and Change Leader

The last in the four-part role series on workplace learning and performance profession, this volume...

The Role of The Performance Change Manager

Without a change manager the transition to a human performance intervention mindset will be[PDF download]

The Public Manager Spring 2013

This first issue of 2013 examines social media in the government—from how to implement social media tools and how to create a strategy, to the best practices and lessons learned throughout the implementation process.  Human capital investment is also a core topic of this issue, which looks at the character of successful leaders, the importance of investing in and training employees, and the critical parts of a succession planning initiative.

Manager Skills Training

Hone the basic management skills of your up-and-coming leaders before they are placed in high-pressure management positions.

The Public Manager Winter 2012

This issue of the journal takes an in-depth view of how the president and other leaders can set policy to improve government management, operations, and execution—on financial and budget reform, intergovernmental relationships, technology, transparency, and reorganization. If you were writing a memo to the president, what would you include? This issue also examines the good and the bad of being a change agent, the debate behind revamping the federal pay system, how to recognize employees for their service, and how to create effective in-service training. Several articles in this journal explore how to manage change and create buy-in among employees and executives.

The Manager's Communication Toolbox (Content Express ebook)

Every manager should excel in their ability to communicate with employees in order to increase employee engagement, productivity, and retention. Strengthen your skills and become a better manager today!