Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Philosophy of this Book -- Chapter 2: How this Book Works -- Part 2: Planning Your Self-development -- Chapter 3:Planning Your Career -- Chapter 4: The Qualities of Successful Managers and Leaders -- Chapter 5: Assessing Yourself and Setting Some Goals for Self-development -- Chapter 6: How to Select and Use the Activities -- Part 3: Activities for Management Self-development -- Activity 1: Know Your Facts -- Activity 2: Networking -- Activity 3: Managing Your Time -- Activity 4: Keeping Up to Date -- Activity 5: Find a Mentor -- Activity 6: Communication Tools -- Activity 7: Facts and Assumptions -- Activity 8: Personal Journal -- Activity 9: Use Your Power -- Activity 10: Differences and Discrimination -- Activity 11: Political Awareness -- Activity 12: Credulous Listening -- Activity 13: The Saturated Life -- Activity 14: Decision Making -- Activity 15: Role Set Analysis -- Activity 16: Planning Change -- Activity 17: Catastrophic Contingencies -- Activity 18: Asserting Yourself -- Activity 19: Handling Conflicts -- Activity 20: Getting the Best Out of Groups -- Activity 21: What Are You Like? -- Activity 22: Getting to Know You -- Activity 23: Getting to Yes -- Activity 24: Collaborative Working -- Activity 25: Be a Coach! -- Activity 26: Difficult Situations -- Activity 27: Are You Stressed? -- Activity 28: Treat Yourself Well -- Activity 29: Relaxation -- Activity 30: Fitness -- Activity 31: Manage Your Feelings -- Activity 32: Stability Zones -- Activity 33: The Virtual Revolution -- Activity 34: Be Your Own Personal Trainer -- Activity 35: Who's the Boss? -- Activity 36: Practising Change -- Activity 37: Action Planning -- Activity 38: Imaging -- Activity 39: Managing Upwards -- Activity 40: Beyond 'Yes … But …'.

Activity 41: Generating New Ideas -- Activity 42: Approaches to Creativity -- Activity 43: Attribute Alternatives -- Activity 44: Your Multiple Intelligences -- Activity 45: Coping with Complexity -- Activity 46: Just a Minute -- Activity 47: A Helicopter Mind -- Activity 48: Managing Your Dependency -- Activity 49: Learning to Learn -- Activity 50: Study Skills -- Activity 51: Your Learning Cycle -- Activity 52: Conversations with Yourself -- Activity 53: Backwards Review -- Back cover.