The Way We're Working Isn't Working [Kindle Edition]

Tony Schwartz (Author), Jean Gomes (Author)

Book Description

A Simon & Schuster eBook

Editorial Reviews

Review

“This month's HuffPost Book Club selection...The Way We're Working Isn't Working is essential reading for anyone who wants a more productive and meaningful life. It's less a self-help book than a peer-reviewed survival manual for the modern age ... When you read The Way We're Working Isn't Working, you get the satisfying feeling you have when someone intelligently articulates something you feel everyone knows is true, but couldn't explain why...[Schwartz] provide a road map for how to take back control of our lives from our faster-better-more-techno-merry-go-round culture.” —Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post

“Tony Schwartz has become a National Treasure, the champion of a new source of renewable energy—ourselves! The Way We're Working Isn't Working is a great combination of engaging intellectual foundations, intriguing research findings, and truly practical advice."

--Robert Kegan, Ph.D., Harvard University School of Education and co-author of Immunity to Change

"The Way We're Working Isn't Working offers us an engaging, thorough, and authoritative manual for optimal performance and for a rewarding life. Tony Schwartz has done it again—a business must-read."

-- Daniel Goleman, author Emotional Intelligence

"The foundations of great leadership are self-awareness and thoughtful action, and the ideas in this book can be truly life-changing for both. The transformative power of this lies in its ability to help very smart and already high-performing people change their current behaviors to be even more effective, fulfilled and connected to others." 

-Evan Wittenberg, Head of Global Leadership Development, Google, Inc.

“I've read dozens of books about leadership and management. What makes this book unique and essential is the integrated and comprehensive way it addresses the challenge of getting the best from people. At Zappos we deeply believe that truly meeting our employees' needs is what inspires their great performance. The Way We Work Isn't Working lays out a compelling new workplace paradigm and a detailed roadmap for organizations, leaders and individuals seeking to gain true competitive advantage, even as the rules change every day.”

--Tony Hsieh, CEO Zappos.com

“There's one compelling reason to read The Way We're Working Isn't Working—it works! The 100 senior leaders at the LAPD took the course on which the book is based, and while we were doubtful at first, we became believers and beneficiaries.”

--Bill Bratton, Former LAPD Police Chief

“Integrating our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual lives really enables “one life” and our life's work. Thank you Tony!”

--Alan Mulally, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company

“The practices in The Way We're Working Isn't Working have truly changed my life and they've become guiding principles for all the members of my operating room team.”

--Mark Gillinov, M.D.,Cardiovascular Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic

“Now, more than ever, we need a unified science of energy--what makes us work (and what doesn't.) The Way We're Working Isn't Working begins to unlock essential insights we're going to need to get more done and feel better while we're doing it.”

--Seth Godin, blogger and bestselling author of Linchpin

"For two decades, Tony Schwartz has been observing, reporting and teaching the fundamentals of performance in every arena where excellence matters -- from playing fields to corporate boardrooms. His new book looks at the reasons why working harder doesn't translate to working better. Backed by research and his own case studies, he offers a path to better results and higher rewards that should be hugely valuable to individuals and organizations alike."

—Susan Lyne, CEO Gilt Groupe

Product Details

• File Size: 2365 KB
• Print Length: 355 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1451610262
• Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 18, 2010)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003JH8652
• Text-to-Speech: Not enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,759 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars It changes how you view things November 25, 2012

By Boris Dyakonov

Amazon Verified Purchase

The book made me consider work and personal relationships, the psychological climate I am surrounded with and the climate I create.

Examples, tables and excersises really bring it down to the point.

5.0 out of 5 stars What every manager needs to know ... July 14, 2012

By Gail C. Hernandez

Amazon Verified Purchase

From the moment I picked up "The Way We're Working Isn't Working," I knew this would be the book to give the president of our company. Combining real-life examples with lots of research data, the authors confirmed what I've known all-along: trust your people, give them the tools and responsibility to do their jobs, and your company will profit from your approach. Every employee from the president to the janitor should read this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have in Every "Conscious Business" Book Collection July 3, 2011

By Walter Ariel Risi

Amazon Verified Purchase

Well, to me, this book could well be a companion to the classic "Conscious Business" by Fred Kofman. Tony Schwartz is considered an authority on the field of personal productivity. Does he face the problem by procedural, getting-things-done-like stuff? Definitely not! Rather, he takes a more profound approach ... that of energizing people (not that I have anything against GTD, don't misinterpret me).

Tony's book goes through for areas for improving performance: Sustainability / Physical, Security / Emotional, Self Expression / Mental, Significance / Spiritual. By practical, mostly down-to-earth advice (there are a couple of practices that are a bit radical for today's workplaces, yet), he shows how we can energize ourselves, becoming more productive and happy at work.

A Five Star recommendation!