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1. Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
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Vermilion
2. Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
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Scrum The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
4. Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Manager's Guide to Getting Results
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Jossey-Bass
5. The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
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Monk and the Riddle..The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a LivingRandy Komisar with Kent LinebackHarvard Business School Press - f you need more from your job than a wage, you will likely find some pearls of wisdom in this story. If you like what you read here, check out...
I agree with the other comments here.
What are you trying to achieve by getting your directs to put more time in at the office? Are they not getting projects done on time? In most cases, working additional hours past the normal results in a dramatic reduction in employee effectiveness and satisfaction. Jeff Sutherland (one of the founders of Scrum) has an entire chapter on this in his latest book.
Also, the sandwich feedback method is terrible. It is totally transparent and your directs will not respect the lack of candor. I personally prefer the Manager Tools Feedback Model of 1)asking permission to share feedback 2) stating the action 3) stating the consequences of that action. It is super simple and straight to the point. It works for both positive and corrective feedback.
Second. Use your calendar. Book a conference room if you need to. But block out time to do the tasks that you need to do.
Lastly. Encourage your people to go to each other first with problems before coming to you. If they can teach each other how to do things it will make them more confident in their abilities and more self sufficient. I do this but I also have time booked into each day to touch base with my people 2-3 times a day depending on how much they need. My senior people it's a five minute chat, sometimes with the entire group, first thing in the morning. My junior people it's five minutes when they get in to see what's going on, five to ten minutes around lunch, and then if they're struggling still they can come find me or send me a message and I'll help them get things sorted out. That little extra time can be used as learning moments, a sounding board, or even just to give feedback. Use 1-1's for things that you think they need a little more enforcement on.
Most importantly though. Believe in yourself. You've got this. As long as you are confident that you can do what you need to, everything else will come together.
One of my favorite books is Randy Komisar's The Monk and The Riddle: The art of creating a life while making a living. http://www.amazon.com/The-Monk-Riddle-Creating-Making/dp/1578516447
Highly recommend for any organization.
https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Change-World-Nonprofit-Managers/dp/1118137612/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503537038&sr=8-1&keywords=managing+to+save+the+world
This book is amazing. While it is geared towards the non-profit sector, it is absolutely helpful for managers in all fields.
There's a book called The First Time Manager which you might find very useful. I did. It's a relatively short read and very insightful.
https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Everything-System-Start-Up-Australias-ebook/dp/B071VFLNMX
Will this one work for you https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XYZR8LZ ?