num_pages: 519
description: This book is out-of-print. It is rereleased as Managing for Happiness in June 2016 by John Wiley &amp; Sons. Can our organization be a little bit more like Pixar Spotify Netflix Zappos Virgin Valve or IDEO? Is there something I can do to get a better company culture? Better collaboration? Better management? The book #Workout offers concrete games tools and practices for all workers so they can introduce better management with fewer managers. It addresses many common questions such as: - How can we measure team performance? - How can we decide on salaries and bonuses? - How can we define job titles and career paths? - How can we replace performance appraisals? - How can we motivate our workers? - How can we change the organizations culture? In modern organizations people are expected to be servant leaders and systems thinkers but nobody explains exactly how to do this on a Monday morning. Empowering workers and delighting customers is crucial but its not concrete. Managers and everyone else need to know how because most organizational problems are management problems. Management is too important to leave to the managers! This book offers you: - Serious games to help improve organizational culture - Simple practices that increase employee engagement - Creative stories that inspire teamwork and collaboration - New ways to achieve team accountablity and responsibility - Easy workout exercises to make the business more agile - Modern tools that enable people to enjoy a happy Monday When you implement the games tools and practices in this book you can move the organization toward better management with fewer managers. Jurgen's book is practical and fun but most of all it's subversive. If you care enough to get started you'll discover that these tools will transform everything about your organization. - SETH GODIN author of The Icarus Deception Brilliant counter-intuitive and creative approach to management. Very insightful and humanistic. Highly recommended! - DEREK SIVERS Founder of CD Baby TED speaker author of Anything You Want In our always-on real-time world the nature of work has changed potentially for the better. While people can be more autonomous and more productive they can also self-destruct easier. Jurgen tackles these important changes in his fun and interesting book. - DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR Engage people improve work and delight clients: these are the tenets of this amazing book which will show you how to transform the entire layer of management in your organization into a wellspring creativity productivity and engagement. Excellent! - MARSHALL GOLDSMITH a Thinkers 50 Top Ten Global Business Thinker and top-ranked Executive Coach Today all managers are marketers. You need to sell your ideas your plans and your solutions. Management 3.0 #Workout sets you on a path to success in a world where we are each responsible for managing our own career and our own contribution to the world. - PENELOPE TRUNK author of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success Want to know what the next stage of management may look like? Do yourself a favor and take a look at Management 3.0 #Workout by Jurgen Appelo. Chock full of management nuggets as well as exercises and activities Management 3.0 #Workout provides insights into how to engage the next generation workforce.
language: English
title: #Workout: Games, Tools & Practices to Engage People, Improve Work, and Delight Clients
publisher: Happy Melly Express