Tipping Sacred Cows by Jake Breeden
Strategies for overcoming the "sacred cows" that hold people back at work We all know the "sacred cows" at work?the conventional wisdom to try your best, work well with others, and produce excellent work. But these cherished nuggets of advice, in practice, have a dark side that can lead to career-limiting unintended consequences.
Well written and well researched this very readable book might make you question some of your own organisation s sacred cows(The CA, April 2013) This is a very sensible book that offers plenty of good, practical advice about examining behaviour we often take for granted. (Business Life, May 2013) Many of his arguments will come as a breath of fresh air overall a powerful look at how what we perceive as the right thing to do is not always the best thing to do. (HR, May 2013)
Jake Breeden teaches on the faculty of Duke Corporate Education, the world's top-rated provider of custom executive education. He has taught leaders in some of the world's leading companies, including Google, Starbucks, Cisco, Microsoft, and IBM. He has an MBA from Duke University and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where his three daughters keep him laughing and learning.
For more information, please visit www.breedenideas.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781118345917 |
| ISBN 10 | 1118345916 |
| Title | Tipping Sacred Cows |
| Author | Jake Breeden |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Year published | 2013-04-12 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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