Managing Teams / Business Management Books?

[MitzEclipse]

Can anyone recommend any good books on managing teams in a business environment? Bonus points if anyone can recommend books on managing people that are older than you, at a young age :)

[milo bloom]

My dad had an old book many years ago called Management by Hassling, published by arrangement with McDonald's corp. It has 49 illustrated examples of poor management techniques with captions. I remember reading it as a kid and just thinking it was funny, but thinking back, a lot of the ideas make sense. I just checked half.com and ebay and there's several copies. Author is Jim Kuhn.

[JAA]

There are a few here I would recommend. Start with The Seven Habits... and then in any order, Principle-Centered Leadership or First Things First. Covey material is ALWAYS enlightening.

http://shopping.franklincovey.com/shopping/catalog/category.jsp?id=cat108

[MitzEclipse]

THanks Milo and JAA. I've read 7 habits and am listening to the 8th habit. I've also got some books from the library... some good ones are:

The Rookie Manager
Managing for the Dummies
Coaching and Mentoring for the Dummies
1001 to reward your employees

[gregx55]

if I were you I would go with books written by Ken Blanchard. One of which Is 1001 to Reward Your Employees. I read a few of his books while I was going through a management class. The bookls are well written and have lots of innovative ideas.

[Duran]

THanks Milo and JAA. I've read 7 habits and am listening to the 8th habit. I've also got some books from the library... some good ones are:

The Rookie Manager
Managing for the Dummies
Coaching and Mentoring for the Dummies
1001 to reward your employees

First hint on managing older employees is not to have a copy of "Managing for Dummies" on your desk. Keep that one at home. :)

[MrKen]

I read a book called "Why people don't do what you ask them to" or something to that effect. Not a roadmap, but it gave me a lot of insight into what is breaking down when things don't turn out as expected. Very general stuff, but it gives me a lot of questions to ask myself about specific situations.

[MitzEclipse]

First hint on managing older employees is not to have a copy of "Managing for Dummies" on your desk. Keep that one at home. :)

LOL ALL of these books are at home with the exception of other leadership books and 1001 ways to reward your employees