Aesop's Management Fables

Aesop's Management Fables uses animal stories linked with fictional case studies to illustrate common management problems and suggest sensible solutions. The book will help you link everyday behaviours in the work environment with endearing (and not so endearing) animal characteristics. This has the double benefit of making these behaviours more understandable and, consequently, far less threatening.
Beware! You may suddenly recognize your manager as a lovable Wombat. How, then, can you continue to find their behaviour irritating and frustrating? As a manager, perhaps you will recognize your own Kookaburra tendencies. Won't it then seem easier to get off the roller-coaster and direct your energies more constructively?
Aesop's Management Fables contains seventeen individual and team stories covering a wide range of common work situations - you will never see yourself or your colleagues in the same way again!

Dr Dick McCann is Managing Director of Team Management Systems (TMS)in Australia. He has been involved in training and development for over 20 years. During this time he has travelled extensively, lecturing and consulting to major corporations. He spoke at the conference called "Beyond Re-engineering" in Canada in October 1994 with Ricardo Semler and others. His international experience in the human resource and training and development industry makes him a leading authority on working with teams in all industries. Dr McCann is the author of the book How to Influence Others at Work which is the subject of a workshop he conducts for TMS members to improve their facilitation skills and interaction with others. He is also co-author of the books Team Management: Practical New Approaches and recently published Team Re-engineering: Using the Language of Teamwork with Dr Charles Margerison.