With offerings ranging from the timeless classic "Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?" to innovative, cutting edge ideas, this book provides busy managers with strategies for more effective time and stress management, and offers insights into what a manager’s job really entails. This is a must read for any professional wanting to work more effectively and become a better manager...

With offerings ranging from the timeless classic'Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?'to innovative, cutting edge ideas, this book provides busy managers with strategies for more effective time and stress management, and offers insights into what a manager’s job really entails. This is a must read for any professional wanting to work more effectively and become a better manager.

The series is designed to bring today’s managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe.

Management Time:

Who’s Got the Monkey? 1

WILLIAM ONCKEN, JR., AND DONALD L. WASS

Beware the Busy Manager 17

HEIKE BRUCH AND SUMANTRA GHOSHAL

What Effective General Managers Really Do 39

JOHN P. KOTTER

The Making of a Corporate Athlete 67

JIM LOEHR AND TONY SCHWARTZ

Managers Can Avoid Wasting Time 91

RONALD N. ASHKENAS AND ROBERT H. SCHAFFER

All in a Day’s Work 109

HARRIS COLLINGWOOD AND JULIA KIRBY

The Very Real Dangers of Executive Coaching 129

STEVEN BERGLAS

Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves 147

CAROL A. WALKER

About the Contributors 163

Index 167