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The Talented Manager

67 Gems of Business Wisdom

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  • © 2012

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  1. Adrian Furnham
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Table of contents (69 chapters)

  1. Esthetics at work

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 91-93

  2. Evidence at work

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 94-96

  3. Expansion

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 97-98

  4. Faking it

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 99-101

  5. Face-ism and shape-ism at work

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 102-104

  6. Food at work

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 105-107

  7. Gender and job satisfaction

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 108-110

  8. Gossip is good for you

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 111-113

  9. Hating HR

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 114-116

  10. How management style leads directly to profit and loss

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 117-119

  11. The hyper-moral obsessive

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 120-122

  12. Improving references

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 123-124

  13. Incentive schemes

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 125-127

  14. Inspirational teachers

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 128-130

  15. Interview techniques

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 131-133

  16. The leader profit chain

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 134-136

  17. The legacy problem

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 137-139

  18. Lie detectors

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 140-142

  19. Loafers, suckers and free-riders

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 143-145

  20. Market research

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 146-148
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About this book

In this new collection of articles on talent acquisition and retention, Adrian Furnham, author of The Elephant in the Boardroom , offers an engaging and witty look into the world of the talented manager. Based on solid research this book offers a substantial introduction to the importance of talent in the workplace.

About the author

ADRIAN FURNHAM Professor of Psychology at University College, London, UK. He is on the editorial board of a number of journals, has received many awards, and was recognized as the most productive psychologist in the world from 1980 to 1989. He is the author of over 600 journal articles and more than 42 books, including successful, popular management books. He acts as a consultant to a number of bodies including HM Government, British Airways, HBOS and SAP and also a number of multinational corporations. He writes regular columns in the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times and is a frequent contributor to BBC radio and television.

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