First, Break All the Rules
What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
by Marcus Buckingham
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Hiring Recruiting and Management.
Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its revolutionary study of more than 80,000 managers in First, Break All the Rules, revealing what the world?s greatest managers do differently. With vital performance and career lessons and ideas for how to apply them, it is a mustread for managers at every level....
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Jared Spool
“The first framework is from Gallup and was written up in their great book: First, Break All The Rules. It?s the Q12 employee engagement measures. Each question makes it simple for a manager to identify where they need to improve.”
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