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# Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World

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Review: Possibly the best leadership how-to guide ever written - Leadership is widely praised and poorly practiced. Worse, we often equate leadership with management, a serious mistake. Buckingham and Goodal do a superb job of exposing what many of us already suspected -- all that corporate mumbo-jumbo about culture, planning, performance reviews, and other attempts to exert control aren't just baloney; they're counter-productive. What is actually effective are teams, and leading a team doesn't require as much magic as is commonly believed. In fact, these guys present an almost step-by-step roadmap for successful leadership, and do so in an easily readable and fun book. Importantly, their prescription is backed up by an almost obsolete concept: facts based on research. What they don't cover are the basic traits required to be a superb leader, but Marcus has addressed those in his previous books. Will this book change the dismal way in which corporations treat employees? Nope. But it might result in more highly successful teams. As the authors point out, that turns out to be far more important than the corporate PR nonsense.
Review: This book challenges your belief - “Lie” is quite a strong & exaggerating word which is used in this book. However, the author has perfectly brought this to our attention. This book will challenge your belief, and all so-called classic theories/ best advice in all-time best-selling books. At first I was confused, but the more I read, the more I realize it is so authentic & practical in this real world. Warnings: This book can give you a slap in your face, for your wake-up.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #86,078 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #299 in Business Management (Books) #454 in Leadership & Motivation #1,625 in Motivational Self-Help (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,097) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 1 x 9.5 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 1633696308 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1633696303 |
| Item Weight  | 1.15 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 256 pages |
| Publication date  | April 2, 2019 |
| Publisher  | Harvard Business Review Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Possibly the best leadership how-to guide ever written
*by R***1 on April 15, 2019*

Leadership is widely praised and poorly practiced. Worse, we often equate leadership with management, a serious mistake. Buckingham and Goodal do a superb job of exposing what many of us already suspected -- all that corporate mumbo-jumbo about culture, planning, performance reviews, and other attempts to exert control aren't just baloney; they're counter-productive. What is actually effective are teams, and leading a team doesn't require as much magic as is commonly believed. In fact, these guys present an almost step-by-step roadmap for successful leadership, and do so in an easily readable and fun book. Importantly, their prescription is backed up by an almost obsolete concept: facts based on research. What they don't cover are the basic traits required to be a superb leader, but Marcus has addressed those in his previous books. Will this book change the dismal way in which corporations treat employees? Nope. But it might result in more highly successful teams. As the authors point out, that turns out to be far more important than the corporate PR nonsense.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book challenges your belief
*by R***. on May 8, 2022*

“Lie” is quite a strong & exaggerating word which is used in this book. However, the author has perfectly brought this to our attention. This book will challenge your belief, and all so-called classic theories/ best advice in all-time best-selling books. At first I was confused, but the more I read, the more I realize it is so authentic & practical in this real world. Warnings: This book can give you a slap in your face, for your wake-up.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Confirmed!
*by M***R on December 19, 2019*

I was a Supervisor/Principal in a past company and am seeing my current Supervisor/Principal struggle aimlessly on a day to day basis. I therefore bought this book to see if I was out of step with a current work place or if my supervisor/company culture was out of step with what I had come to expect from a modern work place. After reading this book, it turns out my ideas of how competency models, evaluations, supervisor attitude and workplace morale are used and evaluated for the betterment of the company were right! There are obviously many untrained, out of date, cynical and un-mentored directors and supervisors in many work places. Unfortunately, they are also the most prideful who cannot accept help, when offered. Knowing what is helpful for a workplace is great knowledge, however being able to inculcate this into an existing culture with stagnant, obstinate and experientially inbred supervisors can be very frustrating. The only think lacking in this book is teaching people how to improve a workplace they are not a current leader in. My next purchase will need to be one on ways to manipulate someone (in a good way, of course!) to do something they may not do otherwise. This book is a great addition to my workplace skills library-now if only my boss would accept my offer of loaning to to him to read!

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