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The must-read summary of Mark Murphy's book: "Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your Employees to Give it Their All and They'll Give You Even More".
This complete summary of the ideas from Mark Murphy's book "Hundred Percenters" shows that in order to motivate your employees to be 100% workers, you need to be a 100% leader. In this summary you will find an analysis of the style and decisions of 125,000 managers, and discover that the two most important...
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The must-read summary of Dave Ulrich, Jack Zenger and Norm Smallwood's book: "Results-Based Leadership: How Leaders Build the Business and Improve the Bottom Line".
This complete summary of the ideas from Dave Ulrich, Jack Zenger and Norm Smallwood's book "Results-Based Leadership" highlights that a leader's effectiveness can be measured by a simple equation - effective leadership is based on 4 Key Leadership Attributes and 4 Key Stakeholder Groups....
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This complete summary of the ideas from Dayle M. Smith's book "The Eleven Keys to Leadership" shows that leaders are not born, they are made, and leadership skills can be learned. In his book, the author takes the reader through each key skill, demonstrating why it is important and how to acquire it. This summary offers a practical guide to developing your leadership skills in order to become an inspiring leader.
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The must-read summary of Richard Branson's book: "The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership".
This summary of the ideas from Richard Branson's book "The Virgin Way" tells all about 'The Virgin Way' of managing a business and leading a team. Their basic motto is: "If you don't enjoy it, don't do it.". According to Branson, there is no point thinking about the past or looking into the future. All it takes is doing what you enjoy. This summary...
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The must-read summary of Stephen Covey's book: "The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness".
This complete summary of the ideas from Stephen Covey's book "The 8th Habit" presents the updated version of the author's previous book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". In his new book, Covey explains that the eighth habit is not an add-on, but rather something that can enhance all the other areas. The eighth habit of "Voice" encourages readers...
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The must-read summary of Rodd Wagner and James Harter's book: "12: The Elements of Great Managing".
This complete summary of the ideas from Rodd Wagner and James Harter's book "12: The Elements of Great Managing" identifies 12 fundamental requirements which make a good manager based on the responses of over a million employee interviews. Stating clear common objectives, providing sufficient training, giving appropriate feedback, encouraging personal...
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The must-read summary of William Joyce, Nitrin Nohria and Bruce Roberson's book: "What Really Works: The 4+2 Formula for Sustained Business Success".
This complete summary of the ideas from William Joyce, Nitrin Nohria and Bruce Roberson's book "What Really Works" asks a fundamental question: "What is the secret to sustained business success?" In their book, the authors reveal the research they carried out in order to answer this question, which...
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The must-read summary of Alex Hiam's book: "Making Horses Drink: How to Lead and Succeed in Business".
This complete summary of the ideas from Alex Hiam's book "Making Horses Drink" shows that, in a commercial setting, your employees are your horsepower - the people with the potential to take the company to great results. In this book, the author explains that realising this potential is the central challenge and goal faced by every leader and, just...
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The must-read summary of Mark Huselid, Brian Becker and Richard Beatty's book: "The Workforce Scorecard: Managing Human Capital to Execute Strategy".
This complete summary of the ideas from Mark Huselid, Brian Becker and Richard Beatty's book "The Workforce Scorecard" shows how corporate success today is fueled more and more by the performance of intangible assets. The most important of these intangibles is usually a firm's workforce. In their book,...
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The must-read summary of Simon Sinek's book: "Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't".
This complete summary of the ideas from Simon Sinek's book "Leaders Eat Last" states that true leadership is all about putting the lower employees first. Real leaders take care of team members and focus on their well-being. According to Sinek, leaders can create a Circle of Safety around their team to make sure that they protect their...
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The must-read summary of Ricardo Semler's book: "The Seven-Day Weekend: Finding The Work/Life Balance".
This complete summary of the ideas from "The Seven-Day Weekend" exposes the origins of ingrained habits in the business world and explains how changing them might be for the better. This useful summary provides you with the tools necessary to identify said habits in your company and to implement changes that will benefit both your business and...
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The must-read summary of Tom Rath and Barry Conchie's book "Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams and Why People Follow"
This complete summary of the ideas from Tom Rath and Barry Conchie's book "Strengths Based Leadership" outlines the characteristics common to the best and most effective leaders and explains how you can identify and develop your personal strengths in an efficient way, thus providing you with the opportunity to learn...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Susan Annunzio's book "Contagious Success" shows that an in-depth study of 3,000 knowledge workers around the world was carried out to attempt to identify the management behaviors which accelerate profitable growth. Although 77% of these respondents claimed they belonged to a high-performing work group, only 10% of them actually belonged to work groups that generated profitable new products, services or processes....
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The must-read summary of David Maister's book: "Practice What You Preach: What Managers Must Do to Create a High Achievement Culture".
This complete summary of the ideas from David Maister's book "Practice What You Preach" asks a fundamental question: "Is there a statistical correlation between employee attitudes and financial success for a business? And if there is, what is the correct sequence — do employee attitudes drive financial success or...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Rusty Rueff and Hank Stringer's book "Talent Force" shows how few businesses make the effort to create a true talent force, rather than a workforce. In their book, the authors explain that the people within an organization will always be the differentiator, more than marketing, brand recognition or even its products. This summary presents specific strategies and techniques that every good business should use...
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The must-read summary of Dave Anderson's book: "If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown: 10 Hard-Charging Strategies for Leading in Politically Correct Times".
This complete summary of the ideas from Dave Anderson's book "If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown" shows that political correctness is draining the health and vitality out of many businesses because it encourages managers to patronise weak performers, thus dis-incentivising employees to achieve...
17) Summary: The War for Talent: Review and Analysis of Michaels, Handfield-Jones and Axelrod's Book
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The must-read summary of Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones and Beth Axelrod's book: "The War for Talent: Surviving in the Era of Competitive Recruiting".
This complete summary of the ideas from Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones and Beth Axelrod's book "The War for Talent" shows that the key determinant of any organisation's long-term success is its talent pool. Research has proved that finding and keeping the best available talent is now of critical...
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The must-read summary of Brian Becker, Mark Huselid and Dave Ulrich's book: "The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy and Performance".
This complete summary of the ideas from Brian Becker, Mark Huselid and Dave Ulrich's book "The HR Scorecard" introduces a measurement system that showcases how HR impacts business performance. The "HR Scorecard" matches business strategy against HR deliverables and objectives to provide a statistical basis by which...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Zeynep Ton's book "The Good Jobs Strategy" tells you how most companies believe that they need to keep costs down and pay employees very little to keep their prices low. According to Zeynep, this is a 'bad jobs strategy'. A 'good jobs strategy' involves investing in people and paying them more. By offering them better pay and more benefits, they will be more motivated to work hard. These companies have an enthusiastic...
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The must-read summary of Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman's book "First, Break All the Rules".
This complete summary of the ideas from Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman's book "First, Break All the Rules" shows how you can overcome the difficulties involved in productively managing employees and balancing competing interests. The authors highlight the four key elements used by the world's best managers, which you can study and implement to produce...
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