Finance:First, Break All the Rules
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| Author | Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Management, employee satisfaction, motivating workers |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Published | May 1999 (Simon & Schuster) |
| Media type | Print, hardcover |
| Pages | 271 |
| ISBN | ISBN:0-684-85286-1 |
| OCLC | 40762827 |
| 658.4/09 21 | |
| LC Class | HD38.2 .B83 1999 |
First, Break All the Rules, subtitled What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently (1999) is a self-help book authored by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman about improving employee satisfaction. The book appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for 93 weeks.[1]Time (magazine) magazine listed the book as one of "The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books".[2]
Content outline
Buckingham and Coffman discuss the fallacies of standard management thinking and how good managers create and sustain employee satisfaction. The book is a result of observations based on 80,000 interviews with managers[3] as conducted by the Gallup Organization in the last 25 years.[when?] The book goes into detail on debunking old myths about management, and gives advice to employers on how to obtain and keep talented people in their organization.[4]
Key ideas from the book include:
- treating every employee as an individual.
- not trying to fix weaknesses, but instead focusing on strengths and talent.
- finding ways to measure, count, and reward outcomes
See also
References
- ↑ McGregor, Jena (March 26, 2007). "Ladies And Gents…Marcus Buckingham!". Businessweek. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_13/b4027050.htm.
- ↑ Sun, Feifei (August 9, 2011). "The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books". Time (magazine). http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2086680_2086683_2087670,00.html.
- ↑ Marcus Buckingham | First, Break All The Rules
- ↑ "Leadership Hall Of Fame: Marcus Buckingham, Author Of "First, Break All The Rules"" (in en-US). http://www.fastcompany.com/1749059/leadership-hall-fame-marcus-buckingham-author-first-break-all-rules.
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