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Summary: if you need this, your company doesn't need you
Review: The five star reviews seem remarkably, well, of one voice. The vapid generalizations seem fit for people who can afford the luxury of Covey type seminars. One book on activity based accounting, and a book on activity based management, in an open books environment, will do more good than a thousand of these trivial, banal works. One manager looked at anyone who proposed sending the employees to such workshops, and said, "If you need them, we don't need you." He was right. People will go to great lengths to avoid thinking responsibly about how the organization really does business; books like this make people feel good - more like a "motivation" seminar than real, responsible, personal change. Once again - open book management, activity based accounting, activity based management, and feel good about achieving, or go the Hell home. And take your damn Covey organization books with you.
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Summary: Finally, a solid model for business decision making!
Review: I'm a business owner who is tired of personal opinions, personal agendas and general guessing when it comes to making cruc
ial business decisions. I'm not sure how to put into words what this book has meant to my rapidly changing business. Now everyone in our company is a decision maker- the only criterion is 1- Check your ego At the door and 2- identify the hard evidence. As we get better at using the model in Business Think we are becoming more and more profitable. We no longer have to spend countless meetings guessing and reguessing to achive the desired result. Thank you for taking the time to business think outside the box!
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Summary: Good to Great¿People
Review: I just read Jim Collin's Good to Great a few months ago. His book is a brilliant treatment on how companies can become great, and ultimately that means having great people "on the bus." This book seems to focus on how, day-by-day, hour-by-hour, you can become great personally to be ready for any "bus." There are obviously more than only eight rules for getting it right, but the rules of these authors seem to be the basic, indispensable foundation.
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Summary: Mastering common sense
Review: Is Business Think the next groundbreaking book by a Deming or Drucker? No. It is, however, the first of its kind in getting people to work together, regardless of egos or politics, and gets people focused on the business, where it should be in the first place. I suppose that is, in its own way, at least breaking with tradition. When you read this book, you will find yourself saying, "That's EXACTLY how it is!" and then the authors give you ways to deal with all the strange stuff we usually do in business that causes us to fail. This is great corporate "basic training."
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Summary: Without business think, you're only whining.
Review: What a great new book. What caught my eye was how many heavy hitters (Tom Peters, Warren Bennis, and Ram Charan)recommended it. It is good. 1. Business Think emphasizes that thinking matters. We've gone way too far with the ready, fire, aim. Poorly thought out presentations, projects, meetings, reorganizations. Businesses that succeed don't get more done, they get more of the right things done. 2. Business think teaches employees how to gain political traction rather than whine. While they think they are making helpful suggestions, most employees bring complaints and gripes to their boss because they think about ways to improve their job, not the business. So when they bring suggestions that help their team but would hurt other departments or the company's bottom line,the executives don't listen. Before you can talk your bosses language, you have to think like the CEO. It's sad because most employees have good ideas but thinks no one listens. 3. Business Think shows you that you have to listen first to your boss or board or the finance department before they will listen to you. And it shows you how to do it. The book has a Fast Company style of writing that is snappy and edgy for a while and then wears a little thin. But it keeps a serious subject from getting boring. I'm going to buy it for my entire department. We do way too much training for managers. It's time to train the people to think like their manager. If you ever got rated down for not thinking strategically, this book is the best I have seen for laying out how to be seen as a player.
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Summary: THE book for the 21st century successful businessperson
Review: This is one of the few books that provides the stick to pull people from the quagmire of decision making in today's corporations. That "stick" is thinking and the ability to make the right decision at the right time. The 8 rules in businessThink have given me skills for thinking through decisions and the issues those decisions address. The tone of the authors adds to the real-ness and relevance of their ideas. They don't mince words; they incorporate humor; and you get a sense that these authors care about what they're writing--and care about helping others to businessThink.
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Summary: Practical Approach for Working Better with My Team
Review: I picked businessThink up at the Atlanta airport about 2 weeks ago and read it on flights. Good, fresh, practical stuff. The leave the ego at the door rule really struck home as did the move off the solution. In the past, I've prided myself on how quickly I could slap a solutions on a problem. I've been addicted to speed for speed sake. Solving quickly is so tempting. I like the objectivity, curiousity, and the completeness the 8 rules help create. I particularly appreciate the specific examples in each chapter of how to apply the concepts and ideas being presented, right down to how to use this stuff in day-to-day business dicussions. I'm having all of my team read this so we can work with this common framework so we get it right. I'm also trying to apply these ideas at home with my family. Thanks and good luck!
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Summary: Corporate enema for the 21st century.
Review: businessThink could very well be the corporate enema for the 21st century. It's an easy and informative read- something not always the case with business consulting books. The authors have obviously done their homework and provide readers with the tools to make informed and purposeful decisions in the often bumbling world of corporate decision making.
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Summary: Time to get serious
Review: This economy doesn't allow us to "practice", we must get it right, right now! businessThink gives us tools for our current reality. This book is practical for all levels of the organization so everyone can get on the same page and start doing what they should be doing and not what they could be doing! Great stuff!
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Summary: Read this book
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is written in a casual and easy to read tone. I found it quite easy to devour in one sitting. I've spent over 12 years as a "Big 5" consultant. I think if more consultants take the advice of the authors, we'd see more innovative solutions become reality. I like this book because it's actionable; it's not just about "thinking" (e.g., see rule four: Get Evidence OR rule five Calculate the Impact). There is practical advice. There are great anecdotes. I like business books that give me ideas on what to do day-to-day. businessThink does that. If you're a consultant, read this book and let's see some innovation out there!
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