A Mini-Management Library

Newspapers aren't famous for their knowledge of management. But Jill Geisler, the management guru at the Poynter Institute, a news industry think tank and training ground, has put together a not-bad list of management books.

For improving as a manager:
"Understanding and Changing your Management Style," by Robert Benfari
"The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't," by Robert I. Sutton
For learning about management styles:
"Primal Leadership," by Goleman, Boyatzis and McKee

For conflicts:
"Getting to Yes," By Fisher and Ury
"Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most," by Stone, Patton, Heen and Fisher
For motivating employees:
"Intrinsic Motivation at Work," by Kenneth W. Thomas

For changing your organization:
"Making Sense of Change Management," by Esther Cameron and Mike Green

See Jill's Book Picks for Managers for more.

And weigh in with your favorites. For instance, I think Andy Grove's "Only the Paranoid Survive" is a terrific book about how to manage organizational change.

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald writes about innovation and other big ideas in business for publications like the New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company, Inc. and CIO. He’s worked as a writer or editor at Red Herring, ZDNet, TechTV and Computerworld, and has received numerous awards as a writer and editor. Most recently, his piece on the hacker collective the l0pht won the 2008 award for best trade piece from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He was also a 2007 Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellow in Science and Religion.

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