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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 Organisation 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. 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 organised, this book tells you exactly how to improve as a supervisor. --Dan Ring
Customer Reviews:
Pragmatic Read
Interesting book. Worth a read. A client recommended it to me. I don't agree with some of the main points it makes - but there are plenty of valuable lessons to be learnt too.
Superb management book
This book is simply brilliant and a must read for any manager. For instance, so many books and corporations now preach educating and coaching people to develop their weak areas whereas this book says forget that. Find out what people are good at and make them do it even better!
Really makes you think about how you approach management and how you can best develop and use your people.
I'd recommend this to anyone.
Revolutionary
When it first came out this book, based totally on research (unlike most management books), overturned many accepted business myths but the twelve key factors of really successful managers were difficult to adopt. I recommend the subsequent book "12" which provides case histories and practical tips on these 12 concepts.
Great to Dip 
Not the most engaging of page-turning reads and more of a "dipper"! Keep it in your briefcase for those 20 minute journeys for insights from some great leaders and find yourself striving to weave patterns from the threads of best practice (as you should........).
Great self awareness
Certainly a book that goes against the grain of what many people are told to do. First, Break All The Rules is a must read for those who want to take advantage of their natural strengths and talents rather than focus on the weaknesses that we all have. A must read to take the next step in personal improvement.
Bill Chambers
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Author: Marcus Buckingham. Title: First, Break All The Rules. Date Added: 2008/07/29. Publisher: Pocket Books. Date Published: 2005-06-20. Pages: 320. Published in: English. ASIN: 1416502661. Giver: Harvey (United Kingdom) ...
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