num_pages: 128
description: Finalist 2012 USA Book News Best Book Award Finalist ForeWord Reviews 2011 Book of the Year Award Poor employees get a disproportionate amount of attention. Why? Because they complain the loudest, create the greatest disruptions, and rely on others to assume the responsibilities that they shirk. Learn how to focus on your good employees first, and help them shift these 'monkeys' back to the underperformers. Through a simple but brilliant metaphor, Whitaker helps you reinvigorate your staff and transform your organization.
language: English
title: Shifting the Monkey: The Art of Protecting Good People From Liars, Criers, and Other Slackers
publisher: Triple Nickel Press