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Description of  Improving Managerial Talent: Practical Psychology for Human Resourcing and Learning & Development Professionals

Aimed at senior HRM and L&D specialists responsible for improving their organisations managerial talent, Improving Managerial Talent covers the core findings of the authors and other published research. It provides a highly participative overview of personality and ability psychometrics, involving the opportunity for self-application. It reveals hard evidence of the extent to which such tests can add value to the prediction of managerial success and their link to requisite competencies. It shows how qualified testers, HR and line managers can each make a unique contribution to the selection process. The book goes on to show how management style is a product of personality and habit and how the acquisition and use of a complementary style can improve persuasiveness and the cultivation of interpersonal skill both for the manager and for those whom the manager might need to coach. It regards job-challenge as the primary engine of managerial growth, both for development in key result areas and for underlying personal competencies. Read more