Managed by Morons
The Path to a Thriving Organisation. Avoiding the Pitfalls That Stand in Your Way
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The antidote to mediocre management: learn it and become a better boss.
Management would be easy if it weren’t for the corporate claptrap that gets in the way, the painful organisational rituals that do nothing for a business’s success. SMART goals are not smart, the annual round of target setting is a management power game, and employee performance management is for fools. – If it is such a great idea, why don’t you do it at home? Try telling your partner they are “below standard” and highlight their “development opportunities”. Imagine how that would play out.
You don’t need an Executive MBA to be a captain of industry. Nor do you need to climb on the bandwagon of the next big thing. Management by Objectives, Best Practice Benchmarking and the Tao of Transformational Leadership have all been… and gone (though you might need some Artificial Intelligence to sift through all that Big Data).
There are easier ways to create flourishing workplaces.
James Lawther spent a third of a century in corporate Britain. He has been taken for a ride by leadership gurus, seduced by technology, fleeced by management consultants and had his fair share of truly dreadful managers. But he learned how to build a thriving organisation along the way. There is no secret sauce, and like all good things, it is simple when you know how.
Buy this book and rediscover the obvious. Your customers, employees (and bosses) will love you for it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-10-24
Simplicity
This book is brilliantly straightforward and insightful. The way James simplifies areas around how to manage teams or businesses effectively through basic processes and enabling the reader to understand what he says through historical references or his own experiences is excellent. I highly recommend this.
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- The UK shopper
- 16-06-24
why common sense is not that common in the workplace
This book stands out as a beacon of practical wisdom to help you understand why so many organisations fail to make logical decisions, with many interesting real life examples to illustrate the topics. The author provides a blend of insightful theories and actionable, intuitive strategies - worth reflecting upon and adapting to your own personality and leadership style. What sets this books apart for me was the clarity in which it explains how corporate politics affect companies' ability to make the right decisions or simply to move forward using common sense.
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- David J Watkins
- 29-05-24
brilliant insight into management. highly recommended
James uses a plethora of great examples to highlight cases of good and bad management practice, with clear and concise explanations of the pitfalls to avoid and best practices to adopt.
For example, he completely skewers the annual performance rating process, which is effectively an HR tool that takes a lot of company energy to upset most of the workforce.
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