Power Tools

By Lyle Sussman and Samuel D. Deep

Book Overview

Every day managers wish they could open their desks, pull out a power tool, and fix a knotty problem for good. Now they can reach for Power Tools. In what has been called "their inimitable, cut-to-the-core style," Deep and Sussman chop through the biggest challenges of management. Having consulted for organizations ranging from Alcoa to the Pittsburgh Symphony, from General Electric to Southwestern Bell, Deep and Sussman know the responsibilities managers face. And they know what works. Power Tools shows how to fix problems like these: Friction keeps team members from working well together? You'll make permanent improvements with Team Builder and Team Links. Setting strategy? You'll find half a dozen tools to help, from analyzing trends with Vista to Deep and Sussman's ten-step Strategic Planner. Employees complain it's hard to get useful customer feedback? Teach them the power of One-Finger Questions. Want to make your idea shine? Take five minutes and learn to Sell It. Here you'll find the techniques, tips, and tactical advice that consultants might provide, presented so clearly that they can be do-it-yourself projects with minimal costs. Power Tools is the toolbox that all managers should have in their desks.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201772973
• ISBN13: 9780201772975
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Back to the Basics of Management Challenges

Another `cut-to-the-core style' book from Sam Deep. It talks about five basic Management challenges - Leadership, Teamwork, Motivation, Continuous Improvement and Balance. The "tools" presented are practical & relevant to day-to-day business situation. It is written with an intellectual rating scale of intricacy. A good reference book for managers. Lot of common sense used, but common sense is sometimes most uncommon thing.......Vivek Dixit,Stanford.edu

Power Tools - Practical, Powerful and Easy to use!

This book is jammed with practical ideas and exercises to help any manager's performance in dealing with people, performance and products. It is clearly written and user friendly with a clever rating scale of difficulty and resources needed to accomplish the intervention strategy highlighted in each section. I continue to suggest this excellent resouce book at every Managers Educational Seminar that I conduct!...

A Practitioners Best Kept Secret

My bookshelf is jammed full of all kinds of management books. Most of them, after an initial reading, gather dust. Power Tools is the exception. As a consultant, I refer to it at least once a month & actually use the suggested "tools". I've utilized the Envision process numerous times & each time it works like a charm. In one day, a group can painlessly create drafts of their vision & value statements. The "tools" provided are practical & apply to common company situations. This portable blue book is my best kept secret! SShh...don't tell my clients!