What America Does Right: Learning from Companies That Put People First
Author: Robert H. Waterman
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ISBN: 0393035972
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company (May, 1994)
Sales Rank: 349,067
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Very inspiring to improve the way you manage your business
I should start to confess that I am probably biased, as I have in my entire career been a strong believer in empowering people. Not only, because it is a very efficient way to operate a business, but I am convinced it is much more fun working in such an environment. Reading this book of Robert Waterman has been very inspiring to me. I was in the middle of a major restructuring unit I was leading at that time, introducing empowered teams. This book helped me going forward. It gives great real world descriptions of companies that in some way have been successfully in introducing elements to "put their people first". I was much inspired to bring in new elements in our own organization, which helped empowering the employees and improve the organization. The book is very easy to read and very attractive because it provides lively in-depth descriptions of what is going on in these organizations. It really provides you with the opportunity to judge for yourself what elements you like and might fit in your own organization and management style. I recommend reading this book, as it is one of the few books that really give you so much inspiring information. Even though it has been written in the first half of the nineties, I still use the stories in this book to inspire my customers and me today.
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