AMA Business Boot Camp: Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career

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The American Management Association, the preeminent provider of business education worldwide, trains the majority of the Fortune 500 companies in competitive business skills. Covering everything from management and leadership to project management and strategy, AMA Business Boot Camp assembles the association's must-have tools and tips for managers and leaders, including guidance on how to motivate, increase morale, enhance productivity, manage organizational change, improve communication, increase influence, select corporate strategies, conduct effective performance reviews, avoid the pitfalls of intraorganizational politics, and much more. In light of increased globalization and the introduction of ever-advancing technologies, the core principles of effective business leadership are more essential to your professional success now than ever. New and seasoned business professionals alike must constantly sharpen their skills and stay attuned to the latest industry changes if they want to continue casting a strategic vision and inspiring others toward success. This book will help you face those challenges--and uncover new business opportunities along the way.

Reviews

..".'crash course' in management and leadership... great book if you just got promoted to a Management position or even if you are in a Senior Management position." --Inspire and Action
..".a great way for you to get 90 years' worth of AMA experience in 236 pages of common sense and sage advice." --Life Insurance Selling
..".for all leaders, not just new leaders. Even the most experienced veteran of the corner office can benefit from a review of the basics." --Soundview
..".highly successful attempt to produce a brief yet thorough summary of the most important principles of leadership and management...written in clear, nontechnical language." --Choice
..".marks the first time that a book on fundamental management has been assembled by the AMA in a single book. Concise and easily understood..." --Inland Empire Business Journal
..".reader's digest of fundamental management and leadership skills...complete set of solid management principles and practices every aspiring and newly promoted manager should embody." --Strategy Driven Professional
..".serves as a both a crash course and comprehensive checklist of the task and responsibilities ...to achieve excellence and move organizations forward." --Small Business Digest
..".substantial value to individual executives at all levels and in all areas of the given organization..." --Blogging on Business

..".will be especially helpful to new administrators seeking a foundation of basic administrative skills to succeed in education administration." --The School Administrator

"Newbies--and veterans--should attend this 'boot camp'... book that readers will refer to as they meet challenges in the course of learning on the job." --ABA Banking Journal
"This book covers everything you need to know to hit the ground running as a new manager." --A Girl's Guide to Project Management
One of the Top Leadership Books of 2013 Eric Jacobson On Management and Leadership.com

Author Bio

EDWARD T. REILLY

Editor of AMA BUSINESS BOOT CAMP

Edward T. Reilly has been the 17th President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Management Association, International since June 2001. AMA (amanet.org) is the worlds leading not-for-profit, membership-based management development, research and publishing organization. Each year, AMA directly interacts with over 100,000 managers and executives in the United States and around the world, through its renowned management education seminar programs and conferences. It publishes many newsletters, research papers and a quarterly management journal. Through its publishing arm, AMACOM, it publishes over 70 books per year. AMA produces hundreds of webcasts and podcasts that reach over a quarter million managers around the world each year.

AMA is the parent company of Management Centre Europe (MCE.be), a leading pan-European business management education institution for middle and senior executives. Management Centre Europe has been located in Brussels for 40 years. AMA also maintains operations in Canada, Mexico, Japan and China, with affiliated organizations in Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea and Australia. AMAs organizations are distinguished by the quality of their faculty of global business practitioners, the practical action-oriented focus of their learning programs, and the dynamic, interactive nature of their courses.

To further expand AMAs vast footprint, Ed served as editor of AMA BUSINESS BOOT CAMP: Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career (AMACOM 2013). It is my hope that this book will be an introduction to the principles of effective, efficient management and leadership for some of the people we dont yet touch, Ed states, and that the collective skills they begin to develop through the exposure to these ideas will help them and their organizations.

Ed previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Big Flower Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of integrated marketing and advertising services. Under his four-year leadership, revenues at Big Flower Holdings increased from approximately $1 billion to nearly $1.9 billion. The NYSE-listed Company broadened its services and made numerous acquisitions, specializing in newspaper insert advertising, individualized direct mail, digital asset management and application software for the broadcasting and advertising agency industries. In December of 1999, the Company was sold to a group of private equity investors.

Prior to joining Big Flower Holdings, Ed spent over 25 years with the book publishing and broadcast groups of The McGraw-Hill Companies, holding the following positions: Editor in Chief of the Accounting, Computing and Data Processing Department of Gregg Community College Division; Chief Financial Officer of the California Test Bureau; General Manager of the Instructo Corporation; Group Vice President for Europe, Africa and The Middle East; Group Vice President for McGraw-Hill Training Systems; the Executive Vice President of the McGraw-Hill International Book Company. In 1987, Ed became the President of The McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company and during that time, also served as Chairman of the Board of the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB), and Chairman of the Board of the Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) when the technology platform for digital broadcasting and high definition television was developed and approved by the FCC. He served as a Board member of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and is a past Chairman of The Advertising Council, the world leader in public service advertising.

Currently, Ed serves on the following Boards: USO Metropolitan New York; Immediate Past Chairman of the USO World Headquarters Board of Governors; Co-Chairman of the USO Operation Enduring Care Campaign; Member of the North American Advisory Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business in Dublin; Fellow of the International Academy of Management; Member of the United States Advisory Board of IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain; International Counselor of the Institute of International Education and Fellow and past Chairman of the Royal Society of Arts in the U.S..

Ed holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from St. Francis College, New York, and attended the Stanford Executive Program. He resides in Westport, Connecticut, with his wife, Susan.