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Under New Management
How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual
- 256 pages
- English
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About this book
“Makes a provocative case that you should put customers second, close open offices, and ditch performance appraisals.”—Adam Grant, best-selling author of Originals
“Under New Management is a lively, provocative must-read.”—Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself.
Why accepted management practices don’t work—and how innovative companies are changing the rules
Should your employees know each other’s salaries? Is your vacation policy harming productivity? Does your hiring process undermine your team? David Burkus argues that the traditional management playbook is full of outdated, counterproductive practices, and he reveals how the alternative management revolution has already started at companies like Netflix, Zappos, Google, and others. Burkus investigates behind their office doors to show how these companies are reevaluating and reinventing the most basic management principles, like hiring, firing, vacation policy, and even office floor plan, and enhancing their business’s success as a result.
“Is your company ready for a radical departure from twentieth-century management standards? David Burkus has collected the stories of dozens of companies that are standing the old rules on their heads. Even better, Burkus shows how you can do it, too.”—Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human
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“If you are going to read one book on being a better manager in the next year, start here. David Burkus has assembled the most practical research and provocative ideas into an incredibly quick read.”—Tom Rath, best-selling author of StrengthsFinder 2.0
“Under New Management is a lively, provocative must-read.”—Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself.
Why accepted management practices don’t work—and how innovative companies are changing the rules
Should your employees know each other’s salaries? Is your vacation policy harming productivity? Does your hiring process undermine your team? David Burkus argues that the traditional management playbook is full of outdated, counterproductive practices, and he reveals how the alternative management revolution has already started at companies like Netflix, Zappos, Google, and others. Burkus investigates behind their office doors to show how these companies are reevaluating and reinventing the most basic management principles, like hiring, firing, vacation policy, and even office floor plan, and enhancing their business’s success as a result.
“Is your company ready for a radical departure from twentieth-century management standards? David Burkus has collected the stories of dozens of companies that are standing the old rules on their heads. Even better, Burkus shows how you can do it, too.”—Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human
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“If you are going to read one book on being a better manager in the next year, start here. David Burkus has assembled the most practical research and provocative ideas into an incredibly quick read.”—Tom Rath, best-selling author of StrengthsFinder 2.0
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Abrash, Michael, 177
Accenture, 203–4
Adams, John Stacey, 79, 83
Adobe Systems, 8, 102–8, 113, 116, 166
Advertising Age, 149
Akerlof, George, 73–74
Almaden Lab, 98–99
alumni networks. See departures, celebrating
Amabile, Teresa, 146
Amazon, 8, 62, 67–68, 79
American Bar Association (ABA), 90
American Psychological Association, 131
Amir, On, 95, 96
amygdala, 50
Ariely, Dan, 66
Arkes, Hal, 63
arm’s-length vs. close-knit ties, 197–98, 201, 204, 205
Atkinson, Dane, 71–72, 74–76, 81, 83, 84, 144, 208, 209
Atlassian, 16–17, 174
Atos SE, 13–14, 17, 18, 20, 22
Autodesk, 166
Automattic, 125–28, 131
autonomy. See managers, companies without
B
Baard, Paul, 181
Bamberger, Peter, 78, 81, 82, 85
Becker, William, 24
Belogolovsky, Elena, 78, 81, 82, 85
Benchley, Robert, 72–73
benefits, employment, 36–38, 42. See also health insurance; vacation policies
Bethlehem Iron Company, 1–2, 3, 11, 207
Bezos, Jeff, 67–68
Birdi, Kamal, 182
Birkinshaw, Julian, 6
Bloomberg, Michael, 151
BlueKiwi, 15
Blumer, Catherine, 63
Bock, Laszlo, 129
Boswell, Wendy, 24
Bower, Marvin, 193–94
brain, 50, 52
Brand, Jay, 157, 160
Branson, Sir Richard, 47–48, 49, 53, 57
Brehm, Jack, 65–66
Breton, Thierry, 13–14, 17, 18, 22
Brin, Sergey, 129
Broadway, 141–43, 144
Brown, Greg, 115
Brown, Sean, 193, 195
Brown, Steven, 33–34
Brummel, Lisa, 113, 114
Buffer, 76–77, 78, 81, 82, 84
Buser, Cimarron, 87
Buser, Colette, 87
Businessweek (magazine), 4
Butts, Marcus, 24, ...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction: Management Needs New Management
- Outlaw Email
- Put Customers Second
- Lose the Standard Vacation Policy
- Pay People to Quit
- Make Salaries Transparent
- Ban Noncompetes
- Ditch Performance Appraisals
- Hire as a Team
- Write the Org Chart in Pencil
- Close Open Offices
- Take Sabbaticals
- Fire the Managers
- Celebrate Departures
- Afterword: Reinventing the Management Engine
- Next Steps
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Sample Chapter from FRIEND OF A FRIEND
- Buy the Book
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH