About this title: Based on the largest study of its kind ever undertaken, company managers reveal revolutionary insights about successful managerial behaviour. Great managers do not help people overcome their weaknesses. They do not believe that each person has unlimited potential. They do play favourites and they break the 'Golden Rule' book everyday. This amazing book explains why great managers break all the rules of conventional wisdom. The front-line manager is the key to attracting and retaining talented employees. No matter how generous its pay or how renowned its training, the company that lacks great, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780684852867ISBN:0684852861
Description: Good. Standard used condition. May have light reading or storage wear. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1999-05-05
ISBN-13:9780684852867ISBN:0684852861
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Dust jacket has some shelf wear. No highlighting or underlining. Remainder mark on top page edge. Gently read once! Get successful! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780684852867ISBN:0684852861
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. VG+, light bump to the spine ends. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Interesting advice on how to manage according to a persons strengths and abilities instead of their weaknesses. I gleaned some helpful ideas on how to be a better manager, when needed. The explanations reminded me of the proverb, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)"
"Finished this one up today, and not a moment too soon given the paper on it that is due tomorrow.
There is a common theme that I have found in all of my academic readings and this one subscribes to it hook, line, and sinker. This book is not a how-to book for the aspiring manager. It is merely a boost to the aspiring manager's confidence when he/she wants to try something unconventional.
The Gallup poll certainly undertook an aggressive research project. Some may find fault in their research, but given the general theme of the book, any fault in the research is a bit of a moot point.
The book is well-written - easy to understand and full of ideas to implement. As a word of caution, one should adopt this as their one manual. It should be a reference on your shelf."
"Interesting book. I've read now discover your strengths, another book by Buckingham, and he is a very readable author. It's nonfiction improve yourself type stuff which is often dry and boring, but this book was also interesting. I like this book because it incorporates actual polled data that Gallup has collected and put it into thoughts and ideas you can use. I like management books with sound facts and stats behind them, and this is one of those books."
"This book is excellent. I believe it's truly something that a wide variety of people can apply to their own lives. The idea to focus on your strengths is quite counter-intuitive. Instead of worrying about your weaknesses, focus on those things that come naturally, that you enjoy and that you do well at. These are the things at which you can truly excel. By 50 pages, I was nodding my head in agreement. By the end of the book, I was a believer. The greatest part of the book is that it's more than an author spewing his/her ideas. It's truly based in research. They use examples from interviews with great managers and show the themes that emerge. This is a book that everyone should read, it will make you re-look at yourself and others around you."
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