First, Break All The Rules - Softcover

Buckingham, Marcus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416502661 ISBN 13: 9781416502661

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2005

Synopsis

first, break all the rules: what the world's greatest managers do differently

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Review:

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 Organization debunk some dearly held notions about management, such as "treat people as you like to be treated"; "people are capable of almost anything"; and "a manager's role is diminishing in today's economy." "Great managers are revolutionaries," the authors write. "This book will take you inside the minds of these managers to explain why they have toppled conventional wisdom and reveal the new truths they have forged in its place."

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

About the Author:

Marcus Buckingham spreads his revolutionary strengths message as a New York Times best-selling author with more than 3.7 million books in print, a popular speaker to audiences of 250,000 each year, and founder of TMBC, a management consulting firm that specializes in strengths-based solutions for organizations worldwide. His previous bestselling books include: First, Break All the Rules, Now, Discover Your Strengths, The One Thing You Need to Know, Go Put Your Strengths To Work, and The Truth About You. He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.

Marcus Buckingham spreads his revolutionary strengths message as a New York Times best-selling author with more than 3.7 million books in print, a popular speaker to audiences of 250,000 each year, and founder of TMBC, a management consulting firm that specializes in strengths-based solutions for organizations worldwide. His previous bestselling books include: First, Break All the Rules, Now, Discover Your Strengths, The One Thing You Need to Know, Go Put Your Strengths To Work, and The Truth About You. He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1416502661
• ISBN 13: 9781416502661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320