How To Become A Star Performer

This book is a collection of articles on self-growth and career development with the leading feature, How to Become A Star Performer, suggesting ways one can learn and imbibe the trademark qualities associated with star performers towards attaining personal and professional success by making smart choices as well as sustained, incremental changes where necessary.

The must-read summary of Robert Kelley's book: "How to Be a Star at Work: 9 Breakthrough Strategies You Need to Succeed". This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Kelley's book "How to be a Star at Work" shows how anyone can learn the skills needed to become a star at work. The author provides 9 straightforward and practical star performance strategies that can double your productivity and increase your value. By following Kelley's strategies and advice, you can learn how to outperform others and be the best you can be. Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand key concepts • Expand your working skills To learn more, read "How to Be a Star at Work" and discover how you can unlock your potential and become a star performer.

Are you sick of counting the hours until retirement-or vacation-or Friday? If this sounds oddly familiar, and you want-or need-more control over your work life, then ask yourself the following questions: Do you want better performance reviews, better job assignments, and bigger raises? Have you just been promoted and you need to improve your on-time performance? Have you just been promoted and you are now managing other people? Do you want to start successfully delivering everything you are supposed to deliver, and do it on time and under budget? In this clear, concise guide, coauthors Jeffrey and Laurie Ford explain how to achieve outstanding work performance. They describe how to avoid the nine reasons that prevent people from being star performers. For those ready to move beyond the obstacles and gain an edge at work, Deadline Busting provides more than eighty proven and easy-to-use tips. The results will be a rapid, stress-free improvement in the quality of your work.

Most business coaching books take a generic approach, advancing catch-all models and concepts for all employees. But different employee cohorts have different coaching needs! This book addresses a crucial managerial segment, namely; Star Performers – small in number but highly critical to organizational energy, innovation and growth! Highly ambitious, goal orientated and driven they are – on the face of it – relatively easy to read and understand. However Star Performers often hide a dirty little secret! The origins of their success owe more to negative rather than positive drivers. They are (inwardly at least) less resilient than they (outwardly) seem! Fear, paranoia, self-doubt and self-loathing are frequently the negative feelings and motivators that cause Star Performers to over-index, outperforming their competitive set. However – in the end – these drivers can lead to major issues; burn-out, addiction and/or major conflict with other stakeholders. This book explores how coaches can explore the ‘hidden and blind selves’ of Star Performers to reframe these negative drivers into positive forces; enabling Star Performers to add value on a more sustainable basis!

"Do you know what it takes to be a star at work? Robert Kelley has the answer." --Fast Company STARS ARE MADE, NOT BORN Find out what separates stars from average performers Learn how to be the top pick for the choice jobs Use nine star-performer strategies to become a member of the select "ten-for-one" club, with ten times the productivity of the average worker Find out how using the nine strategies enables you to out-perform people with supposedly better credentials New in this edition: special insights for women and members of minority groups

A practical guide for New Managers to succeed at echelons of the corporate world without attending an expensive workshop with the 5 most essential skills of leadership explained in this book. The book helps new managers build 5 leadership skills and provide helpful, easy to follow tips for improving leadership skills: Effective Communication Adapting for Growth Building a High-Performance Team Strategic Thinking and Planning The Art of Delegation. These tips will help you to succeed as a New Manager and also improve you as a Leader. You can use the tips and techniques given in the book to train and mentor your team.

In every theatrical production, a single indispensable person is responsible for ensuring that scenery, lighting, actors, directors, sound artists are in sync. Stage Manager: the Professional Experience takes the reader through all aspects of the craft of stage management, from prompt books and laptops to relationships and people management. It offers an extensive discussion of what makes a good stage manager, and takes the reader through each phase of a production from getting hired, to auditions and rehearsals, to the run and closing of the show. Using interviews with other professional stage managers, the author provides a practical, experience-based guide for students and aspiring professionals alike. The stage manager's role in each phase of the production is covered in detail. Working relationships, organizational tools, plans, charts, lists and forms, running auditions, cueing, touring, and the stages of rehearsal are just some of the many topics covered. An overview of the stage manager's working week provides a clear view of the many details involved in the smooth running of a production. A comprehensive working vocabulary offers an excellent reference for anyone working or hoping to work in this field.

At a time of decreasing organizational loyalty and a decline in long-term job security, CEOs, managers, and human resources directors reveal on-target answers to the question on the minds of employees everywhere: What does my boss want? Based on a national survey of more than 300 people, this succinct guide provides real-life advice regarding job security today.