Nine Lies About Work
A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
by Marcus Buckingham
Recommended by Tom Peters and Peep Laja
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in CEO, Human Resources, and Management.
Forget what you know about the world of workYou crave feedback. Your organization's culture is the key to its success. Strategic planning is essential. Your competencies should be measured and your weaknesses shored up. Leadership is a thing.These may sound like basic truths of our work lives today. But actually, they're lies. As strengths guru and...
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Tom Peters
“@be3d Loved that book | @chuckbean @IanGertler @SmarterRetail See Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall?s brilliant book Nine Lies About Work. Poitive reinfofcement 30 [!!] time more powerful than negative.”
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