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Summary: INCREDIBLE!!
Review: It was quite obvious that my subordinates didn't respect me, after I received my promotion to manager. I was set to give up entirely until this wonderful book fell into my lap as a gift from my beautiful wife of 20 years. Not long after reading, the snotty little brat of a file clerk disappeared suddenly after a brief trip on my boat. A few months later, the executive assistant who was forever tardy and spent all day doing her nails disappeared suddenly and unexplainably during a business trip to Maine. I'm planning on using the skills I picked up from this fantastic book on Greg from Accounting, but I must first find where I put my bowling bag. It's incredible just how much respect I get now.
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Summary: Smart, Funny and Clever
Review: It's a great book. I love the Sopranos, and I've often thought that Tony's management style could go a long way in today's overly circuitous business environments.
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Summary: smart,funny,clever
Review: Its a great book. I love the Sopranos and have often thought that Tony's leadership ability could be a role model to the overly circutous methods applied by many of the businesses I encounter as a managment consultant in NYC.
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Summary: Cigar time? Please......
Review: Of all the wasteful themes, this book takes the cake!!! Who would want to learn lessons from a mobster? A 'friend' suggested I might think it was funny---and I do! While the author seems to be writing tongue in check for most of the time, it makes NO sense to put such a character up as an icon for management success!!!!!
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Summary: Disappointing Copycat
Review: Once a concept takes off, others jump on the bandstand. The idea of using fictional characters to give leadership advice is not new. This author tries to use the actions of mob boss Tony Soprano to teach management. Unfortunately he falls very short. His examples ring stale and reworked. As a management practioner, there is no way I'd use what he has to say. He misses the mark by a mile. Save your time and money. It has already been done much better.
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Summary: Laughter Helps the Medicine Go Down Easy
Review: The first thing I have to say is that expertise in managing people or processes comes primarily from experience. Anybody who expects to get a complete education in management from a book should not be a manager. That said, I loved this book because it doesn't take management as seriously as other books out there do. Sure, there are serious lessons here, but they come in a funny package. Almost every other management book I've read takes itself way too seriously, treating management like it's brain surgery, and depicting whatever "system" it advances as the Holy Grail of management. This book gives you good tips, and makes you laugh in the process. Totally worth reading.
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Summary: There are better books
Review: This book has some old hack ideas and stereotypes. If you want to read a very interesting book about Italians and Italian Americans, read "The Golden Milestone: Over 2500 Years of Italian Contributions to Civilization."
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Summary: There are better books
Review: This book has some old hack ideas and stereotypes. If you want to read a very interesting book about Italians and Italian Americans, read "The Golden Milestone: Over 2500 Years of Italian Contributions to Civilization."
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Summary: This Book is a Winner
Review: This goes out to Mr. Russo, who appears to be the friend of the author of a similar book. You weren't robbed. Open your eyes and read the book. Schneider's leadership guide is unorthodox and timely. From vision and strategy, to implementation and meetings, this book is a powerful roadmap for managers. There are great insights in this book, and I should know. I manage more people than you do. Quit your whining, stop trying to promote your friend's book at the expense of someone else's and get a job.
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Summary: Remarkable General Business Book
Review: This is a remarkable book. It's smart, fun to read, very up to date in terms of case studies, methods and examples from the corporate and not-for-profit worlds, both in the US and abroad. I'm an old manager, stuffy, jaded. Someone recommended this book, and I didn't think I'd like it. I don't like many biz books. But this one is a winner. It's not just for managers -- entrepreneurs, freelancers, board members, this book is for you. My favorite chapter is on vision. Another favorite deals with time-saving, decision making and delegating. I try and try to get better at those things, and usually books don't help. But so far, this one is.
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