The Art of Headless Chicken Management

Overview

Written for everyone who works with someone who is totally inept, but who constantly manages to succeed in spite of their inabilities. This light-hearted and entertaining book shows you how to identify the classic Headless Chicken Manager (HCM) in your own company, by pointing out the techniques to watch for, so that you can ultimately develop your own successful personalised Headless Chicken Management style.

Content

Content Overview

1. The ‘is the book for you?’ test
2. Introducing the concept
3. The ‘is this book really for you?’ test
4. Meeting the Headless Chicken Manager
5. De-coding the desk
6. Taming the telephone
7. Secretaries and how to make them work
8. How to treat the workers
9. Meetings as a principle
10. Meetings with clients
11. Good idea detection and protection
12. Leadership and the theatre
13. The skimmer’s guide to survival
14. The Filofax memory jogger
15. The way ahead
16. Conclusion

The authors

Elly Brewer is an award-winning comedy writer, who works in both television and the theatre. In her formative years, Elly toiled in advertising and sales promotion, before leaving to run her own company, writing and producing theatrical events for the corporate sector.

Mark Edwards divides his time between journalism and communications consultancy. Currently deputy business editor of The European, he has been a columnist for The Guardian, The Daily Mail and Esquire, and he has contributed regularly to The Sunday Times, The Face and Arena.