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Instant Turnaround!: Getting People Excited About Coming to Work and Working Hard

2 Ratings: 5.0

A book by Harry Paul

In this compact and accessible business parable, Paul and Beck (coauthors ofRevved!) claim that savvy managers can turn any company around by creating a happy, positive workplace and valuing employees. While empowering employees is a straightforward … see full wiki

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Author: Harry Paul

Publisher: William Morrow

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review by AlainB. May 16, 2009

Quick enjoyable read with a simple but profound message!

"Instant Turnaround! Getting People Excited About Coming To Work And Working Hard" by Harry Paul and Ross Reck is a quick, enjoyable read with a simple but profound message. In a nutshell, if you focus on people as well as performance numbers, motivate with trust instead of fear, turn work into fun, and ensure senior management buys into the same philosophy and actions, employees will apply every bit of discretionary effort they have toward performing their jobs. As I stated, it is a simple message, … more

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review by CharlesAshbacher. April 24, 2009

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An explanation of how purring instead of growling at employees will improve the bottom line

There is an ongoing and expensive catastrophe constantly talking place in the American economy. As reported on page 73 in this book, the estimated cost of employee turnover in the United States is 1.7 trillion dollars annually. While some of this is unavoidable a large percentage could be prevented, with enormous cost savings. When an employee leaves out of dissatisfaction, there are substantial costs in hiring and training their replacement. Furthermore, it tends to be the more talented people … more

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