People Leave Managers...Not Organizations!: Action Based Leadership [Paperback]

Rick Tate (Author), Dr. Julie White (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 14, 2005

The Performance Advantage(TM) provides managers at every level with the ability to understand how to take the right action, at the right time, to increase performance and create a motivational work environment. For years, the myth of traditional thinking was that creating high morale resulted in high performance. Think again! Arthors Rick Tate and Dr. Julie White destroy this myth and provide managers practical, applied methods, skills, and concepts that come directly from over 30 years of research in organizational effectiveness, not from some new management "flavor of the month." With a concise, easy to remember model, managers will be energized to lead more effectively, with fewer resources and within tighter budgets. Imagine what it will be like to take action...the right action, at the right time to get bottom line results! The Performance Advantage Method(TM) focuses on the manager's role and actions to impact: - Employee Motivation - Performance Expectations - Employee Ability - Employee Attitude - Confidence - Desire and Motivation - Organizational Issues - Personal Issues - Meaningful Participation - Leadership Action: When the leader's action is aligned with the follower's performance results and attitude (rather than the leader's comfort zone), then performance, retention, and relationships all improve.

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About the Author

Rick Tate, an internationally recognized expert on leadership and service quality has been speaking, training, writing and developing state of the art concepts that challenge people’s mind-sets for 20+ years. Ken Blanchard, “One Minute Manager”, has recognized Rick as one of the best story tellers and trainers in the world.

Dr. Julie White has been an international speaker, trainer, consultant, professor and author for more than two decades. Her articles and training programs have been translated into multiple languages and distributed all over the world. Julie’s areas of expertise are leadership and management development, communication skills, and customer loyalty.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (February 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595331688
• ISBN-13: 978-0595331680
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,119,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars People Leave Managers...Not Organizations, May 20, 2005

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L. Klepinger - See all my reviews

This review is from: People Leave Managers...Not Organizations!: Action Based Leadership (Paperback)

This is a "must read" for managers at all levels. It truly provides the best method for diagnosis of employee performance issues and powerful tools for appropriate corrective action.The stories drive home the key points and make it an enjoyable book to read.

5.0 out of 5 stars This a formula for coaching and management success!, July 8, 2011

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Glenn D. King (Yakima, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People Leave Managers...Not Organizations!: Action Based Leadership (Paperback)

I have had the pleasure of participating in management training classes quarterly for the last two years. Rick and Julie (the authors) have been our instructors. I can tell you that if you are interested in improving your management style and your value to your company you would be well served to embrace their ideas. They create a framework that allows you organize your feedback and to use the proper coaching style to address and improve your staff's behavior and their results both short and long term.

Rick and Julie are fantastic at what they do. Of course like any good idea, the action you take to implement it will determine success. Their experience makes their ideas easy to understand and has created a framework that allows me understand my weaknesses and improve them. I have openly communicated this approach with my staff and have encouraged participation in the process.

At the end of the day my team will tell you that they may not always agree with my assessment of their performance, but they understand my reasoning and it is clear that I have given their results a thorough and informed review. They also walk away knowing that their personal success is a priority to me. Clear open communication habits advicated by Mr. Tate and Dr. White have changed my process and the results have been recognized by my subordinates, my peers and my executive management team.

In my more than 30 years of work experience I can say that if my mentors had used these ideas I would have had more confidence and more career development success. Who knows how much further I might have gone and how much happier I would be doing something that I have always been so passionate about. My short comings are my own responsibility but an introduction to this train of thought would have, and has, changed my career.

Thank you again Rick and Julie. You should both know that what you do can, and does, make a difference in the lives of your students.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, March 15, 2007

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M. Willaman (West Coast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People Leave Managers...Not Organizations!: Action Based Leadership (Paperback)

This was a wonderful read. For anyone in management (particularly human resources) this book is easy/quick to read and provides some very interesting information and practical information. I highly recommend it.