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The authors have culled their observations from more than 80,000 interviews conducted by Gallup during the past 25 years. Quoting leaders such as basketball coach Phil Jackson, Buckingham and Coffman outline "four keys" to becoming an excellent manager: Finding the right fit for employees, focusing on strengths of employees, defining the right results, and selecting staff for talent--not just knowledge and skills. First, Break All the Rules offers specific techniques for helping people perform better on the job. For instance, the authors show ways to structure a trial period for a new worker and how to create a pay plan that rewards people for their expertise instead of how fast they climb the company ladder. "The point is to focus people toward performance," they write. "The manager is, and should be, totally responsible for this." Written in plain English and well organized, this book tells you exactly how to improve as a supervisor. --Dan Ring
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Overrated: Breaking Rules causes corporate scandals,
By Integrity Trainer (Northbrook, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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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I didn't even care to finish it... and it's audio.,
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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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First, You should know what you are talking about,
By A Customer
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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