The title of this book says it all. If you are looking for a book on how to manage and maximize result this is it. The book consist of different articles from the Harvard Management Update and the Harvard Management Communication Letter. This way you get a perspective from a group of different authors and find out what worked or didn't work for them, instead of just from one single author. In reality no one method will work for every one.
The book is separated in different sections from how to give performance reviews to catering to each employee's different strengths and weakness, which is very important because knowing what position to put a person in can be the difference between having them being motivated to get work done or not.
The main reason I recommend this book, is that it caters more on the side of the employee. As a manager you should be more of a coach than a boss. For example, instead of giving feedback, have a conversation. This way you can find out what the problem is and how to go about solving it. Also set goals for them to handle in regards to their job description rather than setting the expectations too high, which often may lower productivity.
Not every management technique is going to work for every company. This book acknowledges that and gives you plenty of real management examples from real companies, on how they went about handling their situations. For instance the book shows how to deliver critical feedback based on how the each employee operates within their own working environment.
I personally think that anyone wanting to learn how to be a better manager should read this book. It's short (less than 200 pages) and to the point. Also the book can be applied to any kind of business, from managing Burger King to a big corporation like Google.
-Andrew Corpuz
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