Practice What You Preach
What Managers Must Do To Create A High-achievement Culture
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
In today's highly competitive realm of professional service firms, the quest for individual stardom is at an all-time high. The temptation to rack up the most billable hours and out-perform one's fellow advisers is often irresistible. But it is also shortsighted and terribly counterproductive, according to world-renowned authority and acclaimed author David Maister. In this groundbreaking book, Maister issues a much-needed wake-up call to today's professional service firms. Arguing that a far greater contribution to a firm's success can come from those who find fulfilment in seeing other's succeed rather than those who assume the role of "most valuable player".
The author outlines and discusses in detail the nine key "people" issues upon which successfully managed and profitable organisations rely. Supporting his findings with a range of compelling data, Maister demonstrates how and why firms that emphasise the highest standards of employee professionalism are invariably more financially successful than those that don't.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
These days, there's little agreement about what makes a good leader. The latest guides offer advice from consultants, U.S. presidents and even a higher power on everything from creating leadership teams to meeting employees' emotional needs at work.PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH!: What Managers Must Do to Create a High Achievement CultureDavid H. Maister. Free Press, $26 (256p) Maister, a professional service consultant, surveyed 6,500 employees at 50 worldwide companies to evaluate the relationship between company financial performance and employee satisfaction and loyalty. He found a direct and dramatic correlation. Here, he offers detailed commentary from CEOs, managers and staffers, and analysis of the survey results. Bosses in all kinds of companies will benefit from his solid advice, which should be required reading for executives and upper level managers.
