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| 1. | Amazon.com |
| Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman expose the fallacies of standard
management thinking in First, Break All the Rules: What the World's
Greatest Managers Do Differently. In seven chapters, the two
consultants for the Gallup... read full editorial |
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| 2. | From AudioFile |
| First, Break All the Rules is the culmination of over 80,000 interviews
conducted by The Gallup Organization. This is insightful work; no
pundit-speak and no ivory tower theorizing. The authors stress that good
managers... read full editorial |
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| 3. | From Booklist |
| The authors, both management consultants for the Gallup Organization, use
the company's study of 80,000 managers in 400 companies to reach the
conclusion that a company that lacks great frontline managers will bleed
talent,... read full editorial |
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| 4. | Review |
| Jeffrey Pfeffer Professor, Stanford Business School and author of The
Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First Out of
hundreds of books about improving organizational performance, here is one
that is based... read full editorial |
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| 5. | Review |
| Harriet Johnson Brackey Miami Herald Finally, something
definitive about what makes for a great workplace. |
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| 6. | Review |
| Harriet Johnson Brackey Miami Herald Finally, something
definitive about what makes for a great workplace. |
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| 7. | Book Info |
| Presents in-depth interviews by the Gallup organization of over 80,000
successful managers. Discusses how they select an employee; for talent
rather than experience, set high expectations, and motivate employees
through... read full editorial |
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| 8. | Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. |
| CHAPTER 1 The Measuring
Stick * A Disaster Off the Scilly Isles * The
Measuring Stick * Putting the Twelve to the Test * A Case in
Point * Mountain Climbing A Disaster Off the Scilly
Isles "What do we know to... read full editorial |
