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The Gifted Boss : How to Find, Create and Keep Great Employees
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By Dale Dauten and Dale A. Dauten
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 (23 Reviews)
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William Morrow
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June 1, 1999 |
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Hardcover
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113
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Piles of books come out every year on how to be a better boss, but few go beyond platitudes to provide vivid, real-life pictures of excellent bosses in action. Not so with The Gifted Boss, in which business columnist Dale Dauten not only tells how extraordinary bosses differ from ordinary ones but actually shows what these bosses look like on the job. Through anecdotes and extended quotes from bosses at dozens of companies, both the well known (Porsche, LensCrafters, Wendy's, and IDG Books) and the obscure (small and midsize businesses in Arizona where Dauten lives), he humanizes the problem in an entertaining yet practical manner. Gifted bosses distinguish themselves from the pack, according to Dauten, by not just hiring employees but by "courting" and ultimately "acquiring allies"; by making their organizations or even just their department as "the best place for the best people to work"; by emphasizing standards (and leaving one's employees free to figure out how to meet those standards themselves) over rules and procedures; and by trusting employees to find their own answers to problems rather than spend one's days putting out brushfires for everyone. To wit, we hear stories of bosses like Dan Schweiker, CEO of China Mist Tea, who, when he first started the company, told experienced salespeople who defected to him, "I'm not going to try to tell you what to do. We're hiring you to learn from you." (He also replaced the conference room table with a pool table!) Or an army general who chucked the weighty military procedure book and told his troops to figure out how to prepare for battle one minute faster than the standardized process... and outline it on one page. (And they did just that.) Or IDG head John Kilcullen (the brains behind the Dummies series of books), who wooed someone to be his finance czar by playing golf with him... even though Kilcullen didn't play golf and showed up in jeans. The Gifted Bossis told in a sort of novelistic form, in which the first-person narrator, a corporate middle-manager stuck in a "glass rut," is regaled with stories by an eccentric but nonetheless warm, wise, and funny old sage named Max Elmore. If that narrative device sounds a bit cloying, it is. (Max, according to the author's acknowledgements, is based on a true-life mentor, a retired professor.) Still, that's a small price to pay for a book with not only smart and bracing ideas on how to be a truly A-1 boss, but a genuine wealth of vivid, sometimes touching stories to show what those ideas look like in the real world. --Timothy Murphy
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Good business begins with a good boss -- and the truly gifted ones know that their future depends on creating first-rate employees: the kind of men and women they can teach and trust. Reliable, able, ambitious people who respond to guidance rather than requiring supervision or micro-management, and who understand that real success is shared by everyone from the senior manager to the most junior member of the team. In this priceless business parable, Dale Dauten turns to an eccentric management sage in search of experienced advice on how to become a true leader with the skill and insight to attract and recruit exceptional employees and help them reach their full potential. Filled with prescriptive illustrations, subtle suggestions, and engaging, enlightening anecdotes from well-known managers and CEOs of major companies, this wise, wide-ranging book is entertaining and important reading for anyone who hopes to be an effective boss, able to help every talented employee to excel and grow into a top performer.
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to-the-point messages, February 5, 2010
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I have had the privilege of hearing Dale speak at a business meeting where he spoke on a number of topics.
One of those topics related to a message in this book - how to hire GREAT people. He stated what he felt was the best and only employment policy for successful companies was " The best place for the best people to work".
This to-the-point 109 page book has a number of memorable lessons, including THE SIX REALITIES OF GIFTED BOSSES & GREAT EMPLOYEES.
Harvey Mackay, Dave Thomas and others are on the jacket endorsing this message for a reason - it makes sense
Feedback is always welcome
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 Excellent read, November 16, 2009
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We bought this book to read with a group of sales managers. It is very easy to read on a flight (around 2 or 3 hours). The ideas are great, you could pick up some if you need to change some things in your organization. I would recommend it to Sales Managers and CEOs of all kind.
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Gifted Book for a Gifted Boss, June 9, 2009
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I love this book. Tiny book with not many pages but with tons of solid concepts and ideas. Great knowledge to practice and improve being a boss everybody wants to work for. In the end, its not just about money. Its about being in a work environment. ABSOLUTE GOOD READ !!
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A Gifted Coach, January 20, 2008
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I chose this book for my leadership development program at work. I enjoyed reading it, and found that it sparked a lot of ideas for things I could do to improve my own workplace. This book is short, funny, and to the point.
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Simple but valuable, August 3, 2006
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Very wise and up to date. I bought 2 for my store managers to read. This book identified some of my attitudes and policies even though I hadn't identified them myself--for example Nordstrom's employee review system. Thanks.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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