Demonstrates how you can develop yourself through the actual experience of managing. This book shows: how you can use your practical experience as a self-contained means to develop yourself; how your own projects can develop your competence in both leadership and management; and, how to manage your external actions and internal thought processes. "Alchemy for Managers" demonstrates how you can develop yourself through the actual experience of managing. "Alchemy for Managers" shows: how you can use your practical experience as a self-contained means to develop yourself, without having to go on a course; how your own projects can develop your competence in both leadership and management; and, how managing external actions and your internal thought processes can be brought together in an integrated, holistic way. It offers an interactive and engaging style, and real-life cases and reports written by managers at the chalkface.