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Personal EffectivenessEXERCISE 2.4The personal contractTHE PERSONAL CONTRACTI will make the following change to the way I work and use my time:1.2.3.I will review these regularly to check that I am making the changes.I will begin by making the following step within the next week. This could be either 1, 2or 3 or a step towards 1, 2 or 3.The first step:Signed:Date:I will also get the following person to support, encourage and help me make this stepand check up that I’m doing it.Support person: . . .. . .52REFERENCES AND FURTHER READINGBAILYN, L. (1993) Breaking the Mold: Women, men and time in the new corporate world.New York: Macmillan.CLEGGE, C., LEGGE, K. and WALSH, S. (1999) The Experience of Managing: A skills guide.Hants: Macmillan Business. Chapter 31, GRIFFITHS, D. Time Management 285–292.COVEY, S. (1989) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. London: Simon and Schuster.HINDLE, T. (1998) Manage Your Time. London: Dorling Kindersley Essential Manager Series.KOTTER, J. P. (1982) The General Managers. New York: Macmillan.MAITLAND, I. (2001) Managing Your Time. London: CIPD.MINTZBERG, H. (1973) The Nature of Managerial Work. London: Harper and Row.MURDOCK, A. and SCUTT, C. (2003) Personal Effectiveness. 3rd ed. Oxford: Institute ofManagement/Butterworth/Heinemann. Chapter 4, 127–147.NEENAN, M. and DRYDEN, W. (2002) Life Coaching: A cognitive-behavioural approach.Hove: Brunner-Routledge.WHETTON, D. and CAMERON, K. (2002) Developing Management Skills. 5th ed. NewJersey: Prentice Hall/Pearson. 99–100, 113–120, 151–152 or WHETTON, D., CAMERON,K. and WOODS, M. (2000) Developing Management Skills for Europe. 2nd ed. Harlow:Financial Times/Prentice Hall, Pearson Education. 93–94, 107–111.A free sample chapter from Personal Effectiveness by Diana Winstanley. Published by the CIPD.Copyright © CIPD 2005All rights reserved; no part of this excerpt may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ortransmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the prior written permission of the Publishers or a licence permitting restricted copying in theUnited Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency.If you would like to purchase this book please visit www.cipd.co.uk/bookstore.