First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently: From Gallup

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To be a great manager, you have to accept the truth that you can only be as successful as your team members.

Finally, you’ll also find out how to deal with situations where an employee is not performing in line with expectations. These questions are designed to help managers identify and focus on their employees' strengths, ultimately leading to a more productive and engaged workforce. First, Break All The Rules" by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman is a management guide that challenges traditional practices. I’m not sure where the authors have been for the last 30 years and I’d also question whether they have ever been managers themselves.The outcomes of each endeavour be it employee retention, talent acquisition, promotion, work ethics, work environment etc are based on several interviews held with managers across all the levels.

This was actually my 3rd attempt at this one, and I made it to the end by sheer will, despite liking and appreciating the message. In the end, the goal is to help employees make the most of the talent that is already there and make sure they are in a job that best uses those talents.Great managers establish alternative career paths for employees, thereby keeping them in the best-fitting job position. I'm not a manager, but this book felt especially relevant to me since my company just did an employee survey based on the 12 questions Gallup formulated through this study. We have to trust the authors the "great" managers really are since very little information is provided about them to independently judge. Zamiast tego jest pokazana alternatywa, która podskórnie zgadza się z moimi doświadczeniami (ad 1) ludzie się nie zmieniają, (ad 2) należy pracowników traktować zgodnie z ich charakterem, (ad 3) trzeba skupić się na talentach pracowników. Also, everyone has an innate talent and the key is to align that with your career (instead of trying to strengthen a weakness).

Having just finished it I think it’s a must read for anyone who is or aspires to be in a people management role.Lesson 3: Look to the most productive and successful employees when determining the standard everybody should strive for. As a manager, recognize that someone's talents are usually enduring and extremely difficult to change, so make sure you select for talent and cast each person to the right match based on talents.

Even better, it helps people discover their talents, which will make them happier and more productive than almost anything else. Get the latest edition of the groundbreaking management bestseller that established the science of employee engagement.The only reason I'd need to get a new copy of this book is because my current copy would be tattered from my constant referring to it. If you only look at what’s the norm, you also severely undermine the opportunity for everybody to exceed expectations.