Why Employees Are Always a Bad Idea
Top Ten Business Book of the YearThis book is a manifesto for what the "Participation Age". Employees are relics of the Industrial Age, passive and disengaged. Businesses need Stakeholders instead.This book offers sharp and helpful practices, such as encouraging would-be employees to quit before hiring them. Hire for culture, then talent, then skills, and lastly experience. Resumes ("obituaries") are nearly useless. The author also recounts his experiences in Africa to shape his well-argued views on business and capitalism.John Kador, WealthManagement.combit.ly/1aAtbLO