beardybot's review against another edition
3.0
Ridiculously helpful, if you can get past the waffle
There's some really great stuff in here. Ideas that challenge your perceptions, plans that you can work on tomorrow, and a number of opportunities for learning.
But I can't give it more than a 3 because it's all hidden behind a wall of "Gallup did this, with this many people, for this reason, because this reason, and Gallup were the first to do this, because this, this and this affected this, this and this, for this many people.
As with many business books, you could cut comfortably half the content and only stand to gain.
There's some really great stuff in here. Ideas that challenge your perceptions, plans that you can work on tomorrow, and a number of opportunities for learning.
But I can't give it more than a 3 because it's all hidden behind a wall of "Gallup did this, with this many people, for this reason, because this reason, and Gallup were the first to do this, because this, this and this affected this, this and this, for this many people.
As with many business books, you could cut comfortably half the content and only stand to gain.
xaviershay's review against another edition
5.0
I'm not a manager, but I learned a lot about myself reading this book (not least of which is I'd be a rubbish manager!)
Big takeaways:
- A talent is *any* recurring thought pattern. You can't change talents easily. A talent by itself is useless - need to convert to productivity.
- Don't try to figure out greatness by looking at failures. High and low performers often have the same traits that average performers don't have, so if you avoid traits of low performers you can also miss out on high performance.
Big takeaways:
- A talent is *any* recurring thought pattern. You can't change talents easily. A talent by itself is useless - need to convert to productivity.
- Don't try to figure out greatness by looking at failures. High and low performers often have the same traits that average performers don't have, so if you avoid traits of low performers you can also miss out on high performance.
perpetualpageturner's review against another edition
3.0
Read this for a business class. I think it's a good read for business minded people.
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