Book Byte #293 "First, Break All the Rules" by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
📣 Curious Quotes from the Author
“Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time.”
“People leave managers, not companies”
“The talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training programs, but how long that employee stays and how productive he is while he is there is determined by his relationship with his immediate supervisor.”
“People don't change that much. Instead of trying to put in what God left out, try drawing out what God left in!”
“True individuality can be lonely.”
“You cannot learn very much about excellence from studying failure.”
“In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it”
“The hardest thing about being a manager is realizing that your people will not do things the way that you would. But get used to it. Because if you try to force them to, then two things happen. They become resentful — they don’t want to do it. And they become dependent — they can’t do it. Neither of these is terribly productive for the long haul.”
“MICHAEL: Maybe just this: A manager has got to remember that he is on stage every day. His people are watching him. Everything he does, everything he says, and the way he says it, sends off clues to his employees. These clues affect performance. So never forget you are on that stage.”
“Great managers play favorites and spend most of their time with their most productive people. Not because they discriminate, but because they deserve the attention and have so much to teach you.”
“The world you see is seen by you alone. What entices you and what repels you, what strengthens you and what weakens you, is part of a pattern that no one else shares. Therefore, as Mr. Wilde said, no two people can perceive the same "truth," because each person's perspective is different.”
“People don't change that much. Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That is hard enough.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea
Every individual has a distinct set of skills that make them suitable for a particular position. Effective management supports and fosters the growth of these innate skills and helps workers improve on what they are already skilled at because of their inclinations.
Until Tomorrow,
Jason (Founder Club255)