Companies are only as good as their employees. Whether a company can attract, retain, and continuously motivate high-performing employees depends crucially on the quality of its personnel management. Leaders play a central role in this process. Good personnel management can only succeed through close cooperation between them and the HR department. This book provides confidence in dealing with personnel management tools. It offers current and future leaders compact, easily understandable, yet well-founded knowledge in personnel management. Many pragmatic recommendations for frequently occurring management tasks related to the resource "employees" provide immediate practical benefits. Numerous questions and various case studies support in-depth, self-directed learning. A useful guide for leaders.