New Leadership Training Book
March 13, 2006 by admin
“Stop Telling… Start Leading! The Art of Managing People by Asking Questions” (ISBN 0-9774056-1-3) by Frank D. Kanu is a new business management book that provides leadership skills and training.
Kanu has based his management system on the methods of Socrates, who taught his students by asking questions. It worked in the fifth century B.C. and Kanu says the method is as valid today as it was then.
“Stop Telling… Start Leading” is designed to be used as a work book. It offers many open-ended questions to the manager, offering ways to evaluate and find the right course of action that leads to the desired goal.
Kanu tries to teach managers to answer tough questions that force them to come to terms with their goals and manage more effectively with their team.
Kanu teaches management through motivation, following the advice of Lee Iacocca who said, “Management is nothing more than motivating other people.” His book contains insights not found in management seminars, workshops, or training courses.
There are 7 key phases of the book
1. What Is Management?
2. Know the Sins
3. Take Responsibility
4. What Do You Pay?
5. Make Your Team Work
6. Change, Growth and Trust
7. Bring the Fun to Work
A management book that doesn’t lecture, worth checking out.
Information about Kanu and his book can be found at http://frankkanu.com.