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Summary: TGB is poetry in motion
Review: As with any favorite prose or poetry, this book gets better as one allows the subtleties to penetrate. So many of the simple word pictures linger and actually become more vivid and meaningful with each return visit. The experiences of the Gifted People are to be enjoyed once, given time to age then relived with the full intent of putting the lessons into action.Dauten has such a wonderful down-home, warm and friendly manner. It's almost a small town, Keillor-Wobegon style. I can imagine Dauten on an old high school auditorium stage, sitting precarious on the edge of a battered wooden stool and spinning his Gifted Tales to a spellbound audience. Read it once, read it again and again. But be in no hurry. Stop along the way, close your eyes and recapture the essence of each Gifted-Story. There are so many wonderful nuances hidden about, just waiting to be discovered! The Gifted Ones will know when they have found one! And the surprise is that each of us won't necessarily find the same gems! Enjoy!
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Summary: Moving, intelligent, provocative and poetic
Review: Dale Dauten abandons his more cynical corporate curmudgeon persona to write a touching and poetic book about being a great boss and being an even greater employee. Dauten has the story-telling gifts of a wonderful novelist and makes very powerful business points along the way. This book is the PERFECT airplane read. It has all the fun and page-turning liveliness of a paperback novel; and you get your huge dose of increased business wisdom along the way. Dauten cares deeply about how we boss and how we are bossed. Once you're finished, give yourself a treat and re-read his masterpiece The Max Strategy. Both books are a HUGE gift and deliver the kind of mind-surge that remind you of your flower power days when drugs were our little friends.
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Summary: A Gift for Any Boss (or Employee)
Review: Dale Dauten has again provided quick insights that show us how highly talented people court each other and form bonds stronger than any loyalty to an organization. In a world of constantly shifting employees, Dauten outlines the ways to attract, retain, and even fire talented people who will remain allies throughout a career. The search for talent is never ending, and Dauten shows how to aggressively spot and attract the best, create a special environment for special people, and retain them as allies for a lifetime. The book also tells us how to search for the gifted boss with whom to form a partnership that will create the best place for the best people to work. Be ready for a delightful tour of today's highly productive relationships that are the true source for all wealth. Dauten concentrates on building human capital.
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Summary: Need some motivation?
Review: Great book to spark your motivation, even if you think you are working for the most political cumbersome company. It teaches us that we can create something different...make a positive impact in our envrionments and our relationships. Wished had more examples from companies. Was dissapointed to find out the story line was fictional...although it didn't diminish the impact of the book. Might have been better to state that story line fictional up front...manage the expectations. Great insight into making your work place worth going to five days of the week. Can't wait for paperback so can buy for all leaders that I work with. A must for people who need a little spark to ignite the motivation!
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Summary: Kilcullen: Bad Example, sorry...
Review: I haven't read the book, but the example cited in the publisher's review, that of John Kilcullen, former chief of IDG Books during the 1990s, makes me hesitate. The idea that Kilcullen, one of the most heartily despised bosses in the computer book publishing industry, would be cited as a "Gifted Boss" because of a neat trick in luring in a name author, is sad. Go ahead and read the book, but skip over the parts about Kilcullen, he's no examplar.
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Summary: a Hall of Fame management book, no doubt about it
Review: I picked up "The Gifted Boss" from a discount pile in a dusty back room in Needham, Massachusetts about a month ago. I started reading it in my car when I arrived early for a meeting, and I finished it that night and have now re-read it twice, the last time taking detailed notes that I can refer to regularly the rest of my career. I underlined half the book. In 107 pages, it packs a huge punch. The sad thing is, I think the only people who will "get" what this book is talking about are either gifted bosses themselves or have had one at some point in their lives.... crappy bosses would never read this book, and if they did, they would think it was all crap..... Thank you, Dale. I'm so glad you decided to write this book.
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Summary: a Hall of Fame management book, no doubt about it
Review: I picked up "The Gifted Boss" from a discount pile in a dusty back room in Needham, Massachusetts about a month ago. I started reading it in my car when I arrived early for a meeting, and I finished it that night and have now re-read it twice, the last time taking detailed notes that I can refer to regularly the rest of my career. I underlined half the book. In 107 pages, it packs a huge punch. The sad thing is, I think the only people who will "get" what this book is talking about are either gifted bosses themselves or have had one at some point in their lives.... crappy bosses would never read this book, and if they did, they would think it was all crap..... Thank you, Dale. I'm so glad you decided to write this book.
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Summary: Read this book twice...
Review: I read Dale Dauten's book, "The Gifted Boss". Twice. In a row. Stayed up until 6 a.m. Sunday morning. I read it first just to enjoy it. Then I dove in again, studied, took notes. Mr. Dauten's philosophy is affecting every aspect of my life, and I find myself re-examing all the "givens", because they're not the same after reading this book. Its like down-loading new software for ones entire life. This book isn't only for bosses -- its for anyone who works, anyone who has a relationship with another human being. So many of my questions have been answered...questions I've had for years. I never understood several of my former employers actions...couldn't figure out what went wrong. Well, his book clears up the confusion, and I believe for the first time that someone understands. Dale Dauten understands because he's been there. Something wonderous happened after reading and letting Mr. Dauten's book soak in. With the lifting of the fog of bewilderment and heartache, a beautiful sense of well-being has settled in...I simply bask in it.
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Summary: Read this book twice...
Review: I read Dale Dauten's book, "The Gifted Boss". Twice. In a row. Stayed up until 6 a.m. Sunday morning. I read it first just to enjoy it. Then I dove in again, studied, took notes. Mr. Dauten's philosophy is affecting every aspect of my life, and I find myself re-examing all the "givens", because they're not the same after reading this book. Its like down-loading new software for ones entire life. This book isn't only for bosses -- its for anyone who works, anyone who has a relationship with another human being. So many of my questions have been answered...questions I've had for years. I never understood several of my former employers actions...couldn't figure out what went wrong. Well, his book clears up the confusion, and I believe for the first time that someone understands. Dale Dauten understands because he's been there. Something wonderous happened after reading and letting Mr. Dauten's book soak in. With the lifting of the fog of bewilderment and heartache, a beautiful sense of well-being has settled in...I simply bask in it.
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Summary: For the Boss that lives to be different
Review: I thought the Max Strategy by Dale Dauten was by for one of the greatest books on the market for the boss or emplooyee looking to stand out. But The Gifted Boss has taken first place. If your're a boss looking to compete in today's market and want to get out of the glass rut, then experiment and read this one. If you are an employee and want to grow, then read and find the boss that will teach you, and become a sponge. Wow.
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