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Timeless Management

Name: Timeless Management
Author: Alan Coppin
ISBN: 9780333980804

by Alan Coppin, John Barratt

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Overview

Today's managers are bombarded with a constant stream of management fads and fashions, each claiming to be the key to business success. In this book, Coppin and Barratt draw on their experience of managing change in the Historic Royal Palaces to show that successful management techniques are timeless, simple, and based on common sense. Looking back at great leaders and organizations, they identify concepts, ideas, and applications that have proven themselves over time. They demonstrate how these techniques are currently being used to run institutions such as the Tower of London, Hampton Court, and Kensington Palace.

Synopsis

Coppin and Barrat, who worked together at Historic Royal Palaces (responsible for the management of a number of British government owned palaces and landmarks, including the Tower of London) posit that effective management consists of helping to satisfy the four "timeless" human needs: the need to feel comfortable, to be understood, to feel belonging, and to feel important. They further identify core "timeless" qualities that distinguish "the plodder from the stellar performer." These qualities are character, audacity, focus, clarity, and mutuality. They present studies of ten historical figures, all connected to the Historic Royal Palaces, each of whom has been selected to illustrate a particular "timeless" trait. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

About the Author, Alan Coppin

Alan Coppin is currently Chief Executive Officer of Historic Royal Palaces, Non-Executive Director of the UK's largest provider of education-related services and Honorary Visiting Professor of the Business School of the University of North London. Alan is a companion of the Institute of Management. His main career was in the private sector where he was a member of the Executive Board of a FTSE 100 company, and CEO of Wembley plc. He has over ten years experience as non-executive director of three other plcs, and was also a management consultant with KPMG and Chairman of a Training and Enterprise Council.

John Barratt is a leading change and renewal management specialist. He runs his own successful consultancy practice, Opsis, specialising in strategic change and renewal, leadership development, high performance, self-managing teams, and personal development. John has worked with Alan at Historic Royal Palaces and before that at Wembley plc. Over the years other clients have included Burger King, Debenhams, GEC Marconi, Glaxo, Hitachi, Levi Strauss, FPD Savills, and Zeneca.