Career Advancement
By F. John Reh, About.com Guide
Getting Promoted
After a few years, you have become comfortable with the basics of management and are starting to thinking about improving your skills. This section helps you understand how you can improve your skills and advance your career.
- Moving Up In Management
- Management Substance Over Style
- Office Politics - It's A Jungle Out There
- Networking - Better Than Office Politics
Management Skills Pyramid
The management skills pyramid shows the many skills a manager must master to be successful. The Management Skills Pyramid shows the increasingly difficult management skills you must master at each level and how these management skills build on each other to help you achieve success in your management career.
- Level 1 Management Skills - Basic Sklls
- Level 2 Management Skills - Team Building
- Level 3 Management Skills - Personal Development
- Level 4 Management Skills - Leadership
- Readers Respond: What Management Skill Level Are You?
Management Theory
Many writers have advanced theories to describe management styles, manager behaviors, and suggested mnagement practices. From MBO to Theory X each has its value. Understand them, but use them with only when they are beneficial for you.