Comment these books are not always so bad ... (Score 1) 296
I find that one of the challenges of being an effective manager is to develop an arsenal of different techniques. You may have your "natural" management style that's perfect for one person on your team, or for one type of problem that you need to solve, but that style may not be as effective on another person or problem.
A well written "management self-help" book gives me ideas for approaches I may not have considered. If I try out and and I like it, that becomes part of my "natural" management style as well. Just because a management book suggests a technique that you didn't think of yourself doesn't mean that you're not an effective manager with other methods.
Of course, a badly written management self-help book is crap, like any other badly written book.
A well written "management self-help" book gives me ideas for approaches I may not have considered. If I try out and and I like it, that becomes part of my "natural" management style as well. Just because a management book suggests a technique that you didn't think of yourself doesn't mean that you're not an effective manager with other methods.
Of course, a badly written management self-help book is crap, like any other badly written book.
