Book Recommendation: First, Break all the rules

First, break all the rules, by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman is a remarkable management book which attempts to prove that standard management practices don't work, and instead offers new set of rules. This book is a proponent of strengths-based management principle that believes that it is better to focus on strengths of your employees … Continue reading Book Recommendation: First, Break all the rules

Good boss is hard to get

In this WSJ (India) blog, the writer talks about 4 types of 'horrible bosses' and goes on to record the stories of one of their reports in each category: "The Control Freak - ..boss demanded "mandatory hourly updates on anything and everything." These included things like the number of press releases Ms. Banerjee had emailed … Continue reading Good boss is hard to get