Alchemy for Managers

Tom Reeves evolved as a management developer through a varied and practical career - first as a merchant navy officer (he is a master mariner), a sociological researcher, employee relations consultant, research manager, and eventually manager of a large academic department and Professor of Management Development, a post he held at Middlesex University, London. Not a 'born' manager himself, but through experience and processes of personal development, he gained the understanding to guide other managers in their development. Alchemy for Managers distils this understanding. Workshops that he runs based on this book help managers manage to their full effectiveness, using their personal qualities to best advantage.

• Preface; Setting your agenda; A developmental experience; Putting yourself to the test; Reflecting and evolving; References; Index.

'ideal core reference book for any action-learning management development programme...provides an excellent summary of current thinking about the existing role of the manager.' Action Learning News 1994 'a treasure trove...I welcome a book that brings together in a coherent whole a mass of related and relevant ideas.' Action Learning News, 1994