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Learn how to develop a strategy to gain buy-in and commitment to new behaviors on a large scale.
One of the richest businessmen in America described it as "Very to the point."
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you only read one management book this year, ...,
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This review is from: Great Boss Dead Boss (Paperback)
If you only read one book this year, it has to be this one! I saw Ray Immelman speak at the TOC ICO Word Conference in Miami last October. His work came highly recommend from a mutual friend. So I thought there had to be something in it worth learning.What I didn't expect was that this book would change the way I thought about organization and communication down, across and up. If management is about two things then organizational structure and communication are perhaps the two most basic. Great Boss, Dead Boss has made me rethink both of those. I'm deliberately not telling you what the book is about because that would spoil it for you. What I can say is that it takes the form of a novel similar to Eli Goldratt's The Goal. However, despite the fact that Ray Immelman is part of the TOC community and works for Realization Software. This is not a TOC book. It's a book about people, about relationships, about affiliation, motivation, loyalty and leadership. It's a book which is very applicable to the agile software community. If agile's unique contribution to software development was the inclusion of people related factors then Great Boss, Dead Boss offers us that same contribution for management. And finally, if you are going through a merger or acquisition then this story of the merger of two leading silicon chip manufacturers is required reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good book for team building and dynamics,
This review is from: Great Boss Dead Boss (Paperback)
Great Boss Dead Boss is a great novel that follows a new fictional manager through his trials in trying to change an organization. Through the novel you are introduced to various concepts (call dimensions and attributes) and dynamics that make a strong team or organization. As the character works with the dysfunctional organization he struggles to identify and apply various concepts to get them back on track, bond as a team, and overcome the common challenges they face. This is a very good book if you are looking at ways to build a better team within as a group or company.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book, dead easy to understand,
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This review is from: Great Boss Dead Boss (Paperback)
The logic and deep understanding of this book is incontestable, and it has implications well beyond the limits of the business world. Yet will those who read this dare to implement its iconoclastic observations? This is the most credible formula I have ever seen for creating the conditions necessary to extract the very best performance, individually and collectively, from any group of individuals. Let us hope, at this time when we drastically need to re-appraise the way that we interact with each other in business and other environments, that books as important as Immelman's are given the widespread respect and utilisation that they deserve...
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