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Reasonable anti-folk wisdom but its a $12 magazine article
I was really excited to read this when I saw the reviews, but I should have paid attention to the 1-2 star ones that say much of the content is superficial. At least half the pages are just magazine-style quotes from the book or blank lines. I think the 7 questions could have been covered in this depth in an HBR article. I think the book is actually intended as something given away free in a management workshop, but if that is the case, then the Amazon page should say that!
I am trying to learn how to manage small teams (4-5 people) and got a lot more out of "First, break all the rules : what the world's greatest managers do differently" / Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman because the advice is based on a rigorous analysis of thousands of interviews with managers.
I am a professor, not a business executive, so take this review with that in mind.
July 2018 · Books · verified purchase