New Book Shows Better Ways to Manage People

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Are you getting worked up thinking of how to get the best out of your employees or manage people?

A new e-book is out to put an end to that misery.

Titled People Management – An Entrepreneur’s Guide, the e-book, written by Mopileola Amusu, has been reviewed by Modupe Osomo during a Zoom Conference hosted by EWM Team on November 4, 2020, with Mofoluso Akintayo as Guest Speaker and Josephine Osakwe as Moderator.

The Zoom Conference also discussed the theme: “Employee Engagement. Beyond the Golden Rule.”

The author has given readers core Human Resources guidelines for people management. She is teaching leaders to encourage creativity, innovation and out-of-the-box thinking. She also shared tips on the advantages in recruiting mature-aged workers for their experience, and Tech-savvy, Generation Z employees.

According to the Reviewer, this book was written for business owners and managers, entrepreneurs, leaders, and public servants who desire to cause a change in the world. She highlighted the book’s call to leaders to pay attention to the welfare of their workforce, ensuring they are well-trained on the skills required to be effective at their assignments, and improve upon their professionalism.

Osomo also pointed out the importance of workplace culture, effective communication, and empathy.

She stated that the author sought to marry the secular and the spiritual in her book with respect to principles by which business and other leaders relate with their subordinates. Modupe Osomo highly recommends the book for everyone to read, adding that It is a ‘must buy’!

The guest speaker provided a commentary on the book.

Akintayo said, “The book has provided a very clear vision for business owners to lead their people.”

The author emphasized the power of creating a culture and for instituting a workplace code of conduct as part of measures to drive down the vision to every stakeholder. The book helps to lay a good foundation for everyone in leadership or aspiring to a leadership role on how to get the best out of employees.

Amusu spoke about the inspiration for the book.

Her words: “The world needs visionary leaders that can answer questions that the people are yet to ask. People do not love anymore. Yet you cannot get the best out of people if you do not show love to them. The book is written to address and correct this.

“People Management. An Entrepreneur’s Guide takes the reader on a journey from preparing the workplace for new hires, to hiring people, managing them, and even building them up. Leaders need many competencies to please their first customers – employees.

“What takes nations out of poverty, and Nigeria is no exception, is the rise of entrepreneurs. If one entrepreneur employs five persons, as the business grows, this number will increase. Many small businesses can do more to alleviate poverty than any government can. For this cause, it should be the primary responsibility of government ministries, Departments and Agencies to create a conducive environment for business to thrive.”

While discussing ‘Transforming Employee Engagement’ in her lecture, Akintayo spoke about what employee management entails.

According to her, engagement tools include staff care, health and safety, and good relationship management. She cited Maslow’s ‘Hierarchy of Needs’ and harped on the power of asking the right questions of, and listening to, employees.

At the conclusion of the digital-book launch, the Moderator appreciated everyone for their contributions and closed with a word of caution: “The world can no longer afford to suffer through the helplessness of leaders who have no answers. We need visionary leaders to arise in every sector.”

Those at the event included leadership strategist, Onabanjo Oluwako’ade and the Host, Creatives Chronicles, Bright Chidiebere Emeka.

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