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Training & Human Resource Development
Managing to Make a Difference
How to Engage, Retain, and Develop Talent for
Maximum Performance
Larry Sternberg & Kim Turnage
ISBN: 978-1-119-33183-4 | Jun 2017 | 320PP
Managing to Make a Difference presents a leadership guide for those in the middle.
The C-suite has a wealth of resources for leadership guidance, but middle
managers face a quandary: often given little guidance on how to excel, they are
also under enormous pressure to do a variety of things other than ”lead.” This
book provides much-needed tools and techniques for building a high-performing
teamwithout letting your other duties suffer. Organized around a coherent
philosophy and based on solid research, the discussion offers a roadmap to
engagement, talent development, and excellence in management. From difficult
situations and organizational challenges to everyday motivation and inspiration,
these techniques help middle managers achieve the goals of their organization
while empowering their workers to achieve their own. Talent development is
probably not your full-time job — yet it drives the engagement that results in high
performance. This book shows you how to hit the ”sweet spot” of middle
management, with a host of tools and strategies to help you help your team shine.
•• Motivate, inspire, and lead your team with confidence
•• Manage through challenges and overcome obstacles
•• Develop key talent and maintain high engagement
•• Adopt practical management tools based on substantiated research
About the Authors
Larry Sternberg, JD, has designed and conducted training programs on a variety
of topics for literally thousands of executives and managers and has served as a
facilitator for numerous organizations to articulate their mission, vision and values.
His areas of expertise include selection, training and development, employee
engagement, empowerment, self-directed work teams, strength management and
leading change.
Kim Turnage, PhD, works as a Senior Leadership Consultant for Talent Plus,
helping leaders select the best people, make the right investments in talent
development, and create talent-based succession plans that will ensure the future
of their organizations.