Written by a coach with over 23 years of experience The Thin Book of® Smart People Skills is a ‘coach in a book.’ Katina has culled her thousands of hours of coaching into 8 tools to address the most common areas that savvy leaders excel in. The tools are:
Understand How You Think Build Relationships Focus on Process Recognize and Acknowledge ...
Written by a coach with over 23 years of experience The Thin Book of® Smart People Skills is a ‘coach in a book.’ Katina has culled her thousands of hours of coaching into 8 tools to address the most common areas that savvy leaders excel in. The tools are:
Understand How You Think
Build Relationships
Focus on Process
Recognize and Acknowledge Emotions
Prepare for Conversations
Ask Don’t Tell
Explore Before Problem Solving
Foster a Performance Feedback Culture
Each chapter includes simple and practical tips that can be applied immediately including up-to-date tips on managing upward, working in both virtual teams and cross-cultural teams. By consolidating these tools in one place, with real-life scenarios, and examples of 'how to say it’, the book is a valuable reference for knowledge workers, project managers and newer managers.
"A concise easy to understand set of principles..you keep on finding yourself agreeing with the content.. this book should be read annually by managers as part of the performance review process."
David Holloway
"A succinct, personable and very important contributor to the field of executive skill development. A book that brings sophistication and practicality to the crucially important area of people management in organizations. If you feel that your 'people skills' at work - however you may define them - are holding back your career, you need to read this book and to take heed of its contents."
"This thin book for savvy leaders provides in a very condensed and practical way guidance for leaders to become more effective and successful in everyday life - both personally and professionally."
Graham Wallace
"Successful leaders must be able to effectively manage and influence people and there is a considerable body of work and research on the people skills required to do this. The beauty of this book is that it distills this work and Katina’s own experience into an easily digestible and practical “thin book” that will help everyone improve their people skills. The consequences of this will be improved personal and team performance."
Ian Hedges
"A must read for all new leaders and useful insights for seasoned leaders on how to stay savvy."
Product Details
BN ID: 2940012290007
Publisher: Thin Book Publishing Co
Publication date: 2/26/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 342 KB
Meet the Author
Katina Cremona is a Principal of People Savvy Consulting. She is a corporate psychologist who has worked in a clinical practice and as an executive coach, consultant and facilitator over the last twenty-two years. She has extensive experience working nationally and internationally with senior managers of global corporations. Over this time, she has facilitated a large number of leadership, team development, and cultural change programs. Her broad range of industry clients include Diageo, GlaxoSmithKline, BNP Paribas, and Microsoft.
Throughout her career, Katina has specialized in one-on-one sessions and has a passion for developing individuals to perform at their best in their professional and personal lives. Having worked with diverse individuals, teams and organizations, from senior executives to prison officers and fire-fighters, Katina’s specialty areas include communication skills, management and leadership skills, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, team dynamics, and facilitation skills.
Katina ’s educational background includes qualifications in psychology, psychotherapy, teaching and acting. She is accredited in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Leadership Effectiveness Analysis (LEA), Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and has completed numerous post-graduate training programs in areas such as mediation, group and organizational dynamics, business and coaching. Katina strongly values, and is involved in, continual professional and personal development. She is a registered psychologist and member of the Australian Psychological Society and The British Psychological Society.
One of Katina’s challenges is to balance her working life with her other passions which include personal and professional development, writing, traveling, cinema, meditation and spending time with important people in her life.
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Written by a coach with over 23 years of experience The Thin Book of® Smart People Skills is a ‘coach in a book.’ Katina has culled her thousands of hours of coaching into 8 tools to address the most common areas that savvy leaders excel in. The tools are:Understand How You Think
Build Relationships
Focus on Process
Recognize and Acknowledge ...