{"product_id":"great-employees-only-how-gifted-bosses-hire-and-de-hire-their-way-to-success-paperback-softback-9781119089780","title":"(Great) Employees Only; How Gifted Bosses Hire and De-Hire Their Way to Success (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119089780","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e(Great) Employees Only\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Gifted Bosses Hire and De-Hire Their Way to Success\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDale Dauten (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119089780, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.264 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A mediocre employee in your group is more than one mediocre employee--he or she is a human multiplier-effect, to the downside. If you have even one mediocre employee, you have announced to the world that mediocrity is okay by you, while conceding that you are willing to slow the entire group for the sake of the worst employee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThus, allowing that one person to stay is not being kind or generous; it's dangerous. It's dangerous for the individual, who knows that, at some level, he or she is doing second-rate work, and who you are locking into mediocrity, and it is dangerous for the group, which is slowed and distracted.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003efrom (Great) Employees Only\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Dauten will challenge every preconceived notion you have about making your career take off.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eHarvey Mackay, author of \u003ci\u003eSwim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"You'll rediscover the joy that's missing in your career, your coworkers, and yourself.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKen Elkins, former president and CEO, Pulitzer Broadcasting Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Things Gifted Bosses Know\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I 90-10-0: The Formula for Leadership Success\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 1 Hiring Is Motivation, or It’s Less Work to Get 100 Percent Improvement than 10 Percent Improvement 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 2 You Can Change People, or You Can Change People 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 3 The First Step to Finding Star Employees Is Believing That They Exist, or How to Make the Playing Field as Un-Level as Possible 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 4 You Can Lead an Employee to Water, but If You Find One Who Knows a Better Path to the Water, Shut Up and Get a Bucket 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II From Employees to Allies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 5 Those Aren’t Employees (or Friends, Enemies, Family, or Students)—Those Are Allies 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 6 Those Aren’t Former Employees—Those Are Graduates 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 7 You Never Get Rid of Anyone 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 8 It’s Not Closure That’s Needed—It’s Aperture 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 9 How Two Allies (a Great Employee and a Gifted Boss) Find Each Other 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 10 Assume the Best, Part I: The Art of Being a True Ally 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 11 Assume That the Best Employees ALWAYS KNOW 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 12 What’s a Great Employee Worth? 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III The Graceful Art of De-Hiring\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 13 Replacing People Is so Hard for Most Bosses That They Don’t Do Enough of It 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 14 You Are Becoming Your Coworkers 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 15 A Meeting Moves at the Pace of the Slowest Mind in the Room 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 16 Firing Takes Guts—De-Hiring Requires Heart 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 17 Assume the Best, Part II: The Genius Lurking Inside 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 18 The My-Situation-Is-Different Myth: De-Hiring Works in Any Type of Business or Industry, Even Government 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 19 Intelligent Failing 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 20 You Can’t Buy Love from Fired Employees 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 21 From Set-Up-to-Fail to Set-Up-to-Be-a-Hero 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 22 You Aren’t Just Changing Employees—You’re Changing Lives 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 23 Lessons from a Master of the Art of De-Hiring 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV Inspiring, Effortless Leadership (The First Step in Hiring Great Employees)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 24 You Can Take Credit, but You Can’t Give It Away 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 25 Effortless Leadership, Part I: No One Wants to Be Managed, so Stop Doing It 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 26 Effortless Leadership, Part II: Management by Asking Questions 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 27 Effortless Leadership, Part III: The One Who Manages Least, Manages Best 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 28 Effortless Leadership, Part IV: Winning versus Working 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 29 Guess What Kind of Employee Is Attracted to Average Pay? 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 30 Never Bet on Employees Who Don’t Want to Bet on Themselves 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 31 What’s the Score? Or How to Go from Shooting Around to Playing to Win 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 32 You Get What You Pay For: What Employees Believe They Get Paid For, Not What You Thought You Were Paying For 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 33 When the Inspired Culture Takes over the Hiring and De-Hiring 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V Hiring Is What You Do So You Don’t Have to Manage (and It’s What You Do with Some of the Time You Save by Not Having to Manage)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 34 Hiring Is More Important than Sales 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 35 The Hiring Pipeline: The Best Selection Process in the World Is Only Capable of Picking the Best Person in the Competition 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 36 Contrarian Hiring, Part I: The Underground Talent Market 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 37 If You’re Feeling Insulted Right about Now 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 38 Contrarian Hiring, Part II: Finding Unusual People in the Usual Places 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 39 Contrarian Hiring, Part III: The Action Interview 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 40 Contrarian Hiring, Part IV: It’s Not Just a Job—It’s a Break 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 41 Contrarian Hiring, Part V: Hunting for New Talent Pools and\/or Doing Pool Construction 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 42 Being Worthy of the Best Talent: In the Long Run, You Get the Employees You Deserve 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 43 If You Want Great Performances, You Have to Provide a Great Audience 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 44 If You Don’t Have a Great Story, You Don’t Have Great Employees or a WOMPing Good Place to Work 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VI Understanding Bureaucrats, Upper Management, and Other Distractions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 45 The Unspoken Assumption of Bad Management and Bad Marketing 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 46 The Team Makes the Stars While the Stars Make the Team 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 47 Your Work Is Only Part of Your Job 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber 48 Leading via Happiness 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Thoughts 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments and Sources 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 199\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474980991256,"sku":"9781119089780","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119089780.jpg?v=1785802450","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/great-employees-only-how-gifted-bosses-hire-and-de-hire-their-way-to-success-paperback-softback-9781119089780","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}