What If You Tried This At Work: A Field Guide of Possibilities for Becoming an Invaluable Manager (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798888244609)

"...an invaluable resource that I could immediately apply as an early-stage entrepreneur..." -Kelly Barnett, founder and CEO of SoloSpouse

"This book offers the fuel to accelerate your journey as a manager and leader for those willing to grab the baton." -Jeff Shuman, board member and former Chief Human Resources Officer at Quest Diagnostics and L3Harris

"...the learning and changes you make from reading this book could transform your team's culture and performance." -Anne Gimson, CEO of Strategic Developments (Int.) Ltd. and Editor-in-Chief of Development & Learning in Organizations

In today's workplace, managers' time is tight, and transactional imperatives abound. A relational mindset seems impossible. Enter What If You Tried This at Work?, which presents a new kind of "how" for managers seeking to expand and enhance their interpersonal management capabilities.

Professor Mark Haskins provides thirty-six short, compelling stories and sound wisdom based on forty years of experience to help managers imagine and pursue a personal blueprint for flexibility, personalization, and exploration. Each vignette focuses on a relational management concept followed by a series of questions to prompt and guide personalized focus for action based on the reader's different priorities, interests, and schedules.

Relational management becomes a habit when managers are encouraged to be open to the possibilities resident in asking the question "What if I tried this at work?" And so, the transformation begins.