{"product_id":"9780999584002","title":"Thriving in the Middle: Why Managers Need to be Coaching Each Other","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow does your company train its operational-level managers? Do they go offsite, learn new information from a management expert, receive a training manual, or something similar? Most businesses fall into this development category, treating managers as our academic system treats students. The results, unfortunately, consist of short-lived bursts of enthusiasm and little measurable improvement, in part due to the lack of day-to-day applicability and personal accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThriving in the Middle\u003c\/em\u003e looks to replace this ineffective version of management development with a more culturally founded, experience-dependent model. Based on decades of leadership experience and breakthrough studies, Mike Cook establishes the case for \"Distributed Development Communities,\" in which application takes place in a near-real-time, experiential environment using actual situations faced. In this model, process-driven development is more frequent and delivered in small doses, and operational-level managers are coached and groomed to become great operational-level managers without the subtext of upward advancement. Learn the attributes and processes of better management improvement. Your bottom line and your front line will thank you for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMJ Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50076079489264,"sku":"9780999584002","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780999584002_p0.jpg?v=1784742097","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780999584002","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}