The Successful Career Toolkit

Your Quick Fire Guide to Mastering Business Skills

This book

• Provides quick-reference support for a huge range of essential business skills - including self-management, process management and people management - making it a valuable tool be referred to again and again throughout your career, from new jobs to senior management • Offers quick access to tools and techniques to help you make considered decisions when faced with a challenge at work, including self-assessment questions, useful templates and interactive exercises • Empowers you to feel confident in any work situation, using tried-and-tested coaching techniques to give you the tools you need

Description

As you progress in your career, you will face new challenges. From managing yourself, to managing processes, projects and people, what works for one situation may not work for another and you'll need to be able to develop and apply what you know in a different way.

The Successful Career Toolkit is a helpful survival guide to keep on hand no matter where your career takes you. With focused, skill-based topics in three broad areas - managing yourself, managing tools and processes, and managing others - this book uses tried-andtrusted coaching techniques to help you face any imaginable workplace challenge, from asking for a raise or managing a difficult conversation, to improving your presentation skills or giving constructive feedback to an employee.

Written by experienced senior business leader, coach, and mentor Patrick Barr, this book does what it says on the tin - providing concise and empowering guidance on a range of essential business skills. With practical, interactive exercises throughout, The Successful Career Toolkit is a vital resource you will return to again and again as you progress in your chosen career.

Author Information

Patrick Barr has over 20 years international leadership experience, having held senior roles in Ireland, the UK and the USA in the airline, FMCG and IT industry sectors. Owner and Managing Partner of Barr Performance Coaching, he is passionate about leadership development and performance management. He is a member of the Enterprise Ireland Mentor Panel and The European Mentoring and Coaching Council. Edition: 1 Date: 03/05/2019 Price: £15.99 Paperback: 9780749484774 Ebook: 9780749484781 Pages: 232 Format (mm): 230x155 Product Category: General Subject: Career Development

Table of Contents

1 Managing self

1 Communication skills 2 My curriculum vitae 3 Career planning 4 Induction (as an employee) 5 Building good relationships 6 Why mindset matters 7 Personal work–life balance 8 Managing stress 9 Dealing with disappointing news at work 10 Resilience 11 Managing your personal brand 12 Effective networking 13 Leadership

2 Managing others

14 How to disagree 15 How to handle a difficult boss or peer 16 Leading teams 17 Supporting a team’s work–life balance 18 Performance discussions (as a manager) 19 Impact and influence 20 Challenging the status quo 21 Building a culture of innovation 22 Bringing about behavioural change 23 Overcoming resistance

3 Managing the task

24 How to interview (as a candidate) 25 Performance discussions (as an employee) 26 One-to-one meetings with your boss 27 How to ask for a pay rise 28 Negotiation skills 29 How to handle an unethical request 30 How to resign 31 How to interview (as the hiring manager) 32 New employee induction 33 Succession planning