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Author Buckingham, Marcus.

Title First, break all the rules : what the world's greatest managers do differently / Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, [1999]
©1999
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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  658.409 BUCKINGHAM BUSINESS    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  658.4 B    DUE 10-20-21 Billed
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  658.409 BUCKINGHAM    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  658.409 BUC    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  658.4 BUCKINGHAM    Recently Returned
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  658.409 BUCKINGHAM    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  658.409 BUCKINGHAM    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  658.4 BUCKINGHAM    Check Shelf
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Description 271 pages: illustrations; 25cm
Contents Introduction: Breaking all the rules -- The measuring stick. A disaster off the Scilly Isles -- The measuring stick -- Putting the twelve to the test -- A case in point -- Mountain climbing -- The wisdom of great managers. Words from the wise -- What great managers know -- What great managers do -- The four keys -- The first key: Select for talent. Talent: how great managers define it -- The right stuff -- The decade of the brain -- Skills, knowledge, and talents -- The world according to talent -- Talent: how great managers find it -- A word from the coach -- The second key: Define the right outcomes. Managing by remote control -- Temptations -- Rules of thumb -- What do you get paid to do? -- The third key: Focus on strengths. Let them become more of who they already are -- Tales of transformation -- Casting is everything -- Manage by exception -- Spend the most time with your best people -- How to manage around a weakness -- The fourth key: Find the right fit. The blind, breathless climb -- One rung doesn't necessarily lead to another -- Create heroes in every role -- Three stories and a new career -- The art of tough love -- Turning the keys: a practical guide. The art of interviewing for talent -- Performance management -- Keys of your own -- Master keys -- Gathering force -- Appendix A. The Gallup path to business performance -- Appendix B. What the great managers said -- Appendix C. A selection of talents -- Appendix D. Finding the twelve questions -- Appendix E. The meta-analysis.
Subject Executive ability.
Management.
Executives -- Attitudes.
Employees -- Attitudes.
Employer attitude surveys.
Employee attitude surveys.
Professional Corporations -- organization & administration.
Management.
Leadership.
Attitude (Psychology)
Personnel Management.
Employee selection.
Added Author Coffman, Curt.
Added Title What the world's greatest managers do differently
ISBN 0684852861
9780684852867
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