{"product_id":"nine-lies-about-work-a-freethinking-leaders-guide-to-the-real-world-marcus-buckingham-hardcover","title":"Nine Lies about Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World -- Marcus Buckingham, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForget what you know about the world of work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou crave feedback. Your organization's culture is the key to its success. Strategic planning is essential. Your competencies should be measured and your weaknesses shored up. Leadership is a thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese may sound like basic truths of our work lives today. But actually, they're lies. As strengths guru and bestselling author Marcus Buckingham and Cisco Leadership and Team Intelligence head Ashley Goodall show in this provocative, inspiring book, there are some big lies--distortions, faulty assumptions, wrong thinking--that we encounter every time we show up for work. Nine lies, to be exact. They cause dysfunction and frustration, ultimately resulting in workplaces that are a pale shadow of what they could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there are those who can get past the lies and discover what's real. These \u003ci\u003efreethinking leaders\u003c\/i\u003e recognize the power and beauty of our individual uniqueness. They know that emergent patterns are more valuable than received wisdom and that evidence is more powerful than dogma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith engaging stories and incisive analysis, the authors reveal the essential truths that such freethinking leaders will recognize immediately: that it is the strength and cohesiveness of your team, not your company's culture, that matter most; that we should focus less on top-down planning and more on giving our people reliable, real-time intelligence; that rather than trying to align people's goals we should strive to align people's sense of purpose and meaning; that people don't want constant feedback, they want helpful attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e world of work, as it is and as it should be. \u003ci\u003eNine Lies About Work\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the few core truths that will help you show just how good you are to those who truly rely on you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Buckingham, Ashley Goodall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Business Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633696303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcus Buckingham\u003c\/b\u003e is a global researcher and thought leader focused on unlocking people's strengths, increasing their performance, and pioneering the future of how people work. He is head of all people and performance research at the ADP Research Institute and the author of several bestselling books, including \u003ci\u003eStandOut 2.0: Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Edge, Win at Work\u003c\/i\u003e (Harvard Business Review Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshley Goodall\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Vice President of Leadership and Team Intelligence at Cisco. Previously he was Director and Chief Learning Officer, Leader Development, at Deloitte. He is the coauthor, with Marcus Buckingham, of two \u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e cover stories, Reinventing Performance Management, in April 2015 and The Feedback Fallacy, in March\/April 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChange the world of work. Join the coalition: freethinkingleader.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor social media\/website info: \u003cbr\u003eBuckingham: MarcusBuckingham.com, @mwbuckingham\u003cbr\u003eGoodall: linkedin.com\/in\/ashleygoodall\/, @littleplatoons\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marcus Buckingham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44998798180580,"sku":"9781633696303","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781633696303.jpg?v=1719512359","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/nine-lies-about-work-a-freethinking-leaders-guide-to-the-real-world-marcus-buckingham-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}