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2.0 out of 5 stars Overrated: Breaking Rules causes corporate scandals, Dec 16 2003

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This review is from: First, Break All The Rules: What The Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently (Hardcover)

This book appears to be written by a couple young guys who are very well educated but not so well experienced in management. Right up front (p. 11) they support the title of their book by stating great managers "consistently disregard the golden rule" (do onto others as you would like others to do onto you). That is nonsense and that is exactly what got the executives of Enron and numerous other corporations in BIG trouble.

This book was written in 1999 at the height of the deception going on by executives at Enron, Worldcom, Tyco International and multiple others before their inflated bubble burst. Leadership authors and speakers like these do a great disservice to those who earnestly want to learn how to succeed in business and those who want to trust the corporations they invest in.

This book of course isn't focused on how to break rules and has some good leadership tips. But so do a lot of good leadership books.

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2.0 out of 5 stars I didn't even care to finish it... and it's audio., Aug 15 2003

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This review is from: First, Break All The Rules: What The Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently (Audio CD)

I didn't care for the cases the authors made. Maybe it's because I jumped into it right after "Good to Great" from Collins. I mean who can stand next to Jim Collins right? This book seemed amateurish and made poor cases in comparison. Although not exactly the same topic, I was overall not impressed with the fact or hard examples and specifics that were sprinkled here and there.

It's like listening to a Sermon without any biblical context. Ha ha... I think that describes it well.

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1.0 out of 5 stars First, You should know what you are talking about, Oct 10 2002

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This review is from: First, Break All The Rules: What The Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently (Hardcover)

I began reading this book with an open mind. I am an HR VP with over 20 years of experience at Fortune 500 organizations. This book tries to be iconoclastic and innovative for line management, however, any good manager should see through its marketing and catchy title. This book is based on the "strengths" concept which has no empirical data other than that done by those on the Gallup payroll.

I strongly recommend sticking with more trusted and proven business advice from better publishers and authors with degrees in the field in which they are writing about.

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