Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual
Mar 2016 · HarperCollins
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“Makes a provocative case that you should put customers second, close open offices, and ditch performance appraisals.”—Adam Grant, best-selling author of Originals
“Under New Management is a lively, provocative must-read.”—Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself.
Why accepted management practices don’t work—and how innovative companies are changing the rules
Should your employees know each other’s salaries? Is your vacation policy harming productivity? Does your hiring process undermine your team? David Burkus argues that the traditional management playbook is full of outdated, counterproductive practices, and he reveals how the alternative management revolution has already started at companies like Netflix, Zappos, Google, and others. Burkus investigates behind their office doors to show how these companies are reevaluating and reinventing the most basic management principles, like hiring, firing, vacation policy, and even office floor plan, and enhancing their business’s success as a result.
“Is your company ready for a radical departure from twentieth-century management standards? David Burkus has collected the stories of dozens of companies that are standing the old rules on their heads. Even better, Burkus shows how you can do it, too.”—Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human
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“If you are going to read one book on being a better manager in the next year, start here. David Burkus has assembled the most practical research and provocative ideas into an incredibly quick read.”—Tom Rath, best-selling author of StrengthsFinder 2.0
“Under New Management is a lively, provocative must-read.”—Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself.
Why accepted management practices don’t work—and how innovative companies are changing the rules
Should your employees know each other’s salaries? Is your vacation policy harming productivity? Does your hiring process undermine your team? David Burkus argues that the traditional management playbook is full of outdated, counterproductive practices, and he reveals how the alternative management revolution has already started at companies like Netflix, Zappos, Google, and others. Burkus investigates behind their office doors to show how these companies are reevaluating and reinventing the most basic management principles, like hiring, firing, vacation policy, and even office floor plan, and enhancing their business’s success as a result.
“Is your company ready for a radical departure from twentieth-century management standards? David Burkus has collected the stories of dozens of companies that are standing the old rules on their heads. Even better, Burkus shows how you can do it, too.”—Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human
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“If you are going to read one book on being a better manager in the next year, start here. David Burkus has assembled the most practical research and provocative ideas into an incredibly quick read.”—Tom Rath, best-selling author of StrengthsFinder 2.0
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Dawn-Marie Solais
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March 10, 2016
Trust, Transparency, and Triumph - Disruptive business for the 21st century David Burkus has laid out research based ideas that can seem radical, and even impossible, at first glance, but he has drawn on the success of businesses small and large, polling, and research to lay out the beginning steps to real change for the good. The book asks its readers to think about a business world where trust and transparency top the values list of management. With the proven success of organizations around the world to back him up, David Burkus convincingly presents ways to put employee success first, to increase employee engagement and wellbeing, so that employees, the business, and its customers all win big. With chapters that discuss radical ideas like banning email and unlimited vacation, the book certainly has its shock value, but the way these and other ideas are explained and backed up with real-world examples, it all stops seeming so extreme and begins feeling like exactly the way business should be. Burkus openly admits that not every idea he presents will be right for every business and that there is much more to consider than one book can present, but even if all this book does is get you thinking about change in a more positive light, it will have been well worth your time to read.
About the author
David Burkus is associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University where he was recently named one of the nation’s Top 40 Under 40 Professors Who Inspire. He’s the author of four books and has delivered keynote speeches and workshops for Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft and Google. Since 2017, he’s been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. He lives outside of Tulsa with his wife and their two boys.
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