How to Be a Great Boss
Published on 13. September 2016
184 pages
978-1-942952-85-5 (ISBN)
Description
If your employees brought their "A-Game" to work every day, what would it mean for your company's performance?
Studies have repeatedly shown that the majority of employees are disengaged at work. But it doesn't have to be this way. Often, the difference between a group of indifferent employees and a fully engaged team comes down to one simple thing?a great boss.
In How to Be a Great Boss, bestselling Traction author Gino Wickman and Rene' Boer present a straightforward, practical approach to help bosses at all levels of an organization get the most from their people. They share time-tested tools that have worked for more than 30,000 bosses in every industry. You can learn to be a great boss?and dramatically improve both your organization's performance and your team's excitement about their work.
In this book you will discover:
How to Be a Great Boss provides practical tools that you can apply immediately with your people, allowing you to focus on improving and growing your organization and truly enjoy what you do.
Studies have repeatedly shown that the majority of employees are disengaged at work. But it doesn't have to be this way. Often, the difference between a group of indifferent employees and a fully engaged team comes down to one simple thing?a great boss.
In How to Be a Great Boss, bestselling Traction author Gino Wickman and Rene' Boer present a straightforward, practical approach to help bosses at all levels of an organization get the most from their people. They share time-tested tools that have worked for more than 30,000 bosses in every industry. You can learn to be a great boss?and dramatically improve both your organization's performance and your team's excitement about their work.
In this book you will discover:
- How to surround yourself with great people
- How to make more effective use of your time
- The difference between leadership and management and why they're equally important
- The five leadership practices and five management practices of all great bosses
- How to create accountability
- How to develop productive, relationships with each of your people
- How to deal with direct reports that don't meet your expectations
How to Be a Great Boss provides practical tools that you can apply immediately with your people, allowing you to focus on improving and growing your organization and truly enjoy what you do.
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How to Be a Great Boss
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Persons
Gino Wickman, bestselling author of Traction, has a passion for helping people get what they want from their businesses. To fulfill that passion, he created the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS), which helps leaders run better businesses, get better control, have better life balance, and gain more traction-with the entire organization advancing together as a cohesive team. Wickman is the founder of EOS Worldwide, a growing organization of successful entrepreneurs collaborating as certified EOS Implementers to help people experience all the organizational and personal benefits of implementing EOS. He also delivers workshops and keynote addresses.
René Boer has more than 30 years of experience in the restaurant industry helping leadership teams succeed at well-known brands such as Pizza Hut and Jamba Juice. As an EOS Implementer, he's worked with hundreds of bosses at privately-held companies helping them align their teams to achieve a shared vision. He is passionate about helping clients achieve freedom by focusing on what they love to do and are great at doing. René has been a life-long cyclist and organized a unique cycling event, the Sub-5 Ride, in 2010, to support the Davis Phinney Foundation's mission to help people living with Parkinson's Disease live well today. He and his wife Judy live near Chicago, and they have two daughters and four grandchildren.
René Boer has more than 30 years of experience in the restaurant industry helping leadership teams succeed at well-known brands such as Pizza Hut and Jamba Juice. As an EOS Implementer, he's worked with hundreds of bosses at privately-held companies helping them align their teams to achieve a shared vision. He is passionate about helping clients achieve freedom by focusing on what they love to do and are great at doing. René has been a life-long cyclist and organized a unique cycling event, the Sub-5 Ride, in 2010, to support the Davis Phinney Foundation's mission to help people living with Parkinson's Disease live well today. He and his wife Judy live near Chicago, and they have two daughters and four grandchildren.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Why the Word "Boss"?
- Chapter 1 Being a Great Boss
- Chapter 2 Do You Have What It Takes?
- Chapter 3 Delegate and ElevateT
- Chapter 4 Surrounding Yourself with Great People
- Chapter 5 Leadership, Management and Accountability (LMA)
- Chapter 6 The Five Leadership PracticesT
- Chapter 7 The Five Management PracticesT
- Chapter 8 The Quarterly Conversation
- Chapter 9 The Four People Issues
- Chapter 10 A Final Word on People
- Tools Summary
- Additional Resources
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
