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Bare Knuckle People Management
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Bare Knuckle People Management

Creating Success with the Team You Have – Winners, Losers, Misfits, and All

Sean O'Neil and John Kulisek
BenBella, 2011

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Training specialists Sean O’Neil and John Kulisek take an irreverent, entertaining approach to leadership advice. Despite some unnecessary coarse language, they often make a lot more sense than the pronouncements of lofty gurus. The authors offer seven “People Principles” and then profile 16 worker archetypes, such as the “Legend” and the “Burnout.” You’ll find specific strategies for training, monitoring and managing each type of person individually and in various team combinations. getAbstract heartily recommends this fun read to all managers who’ve ever wondered how to whip a ragtag team of “knuckleheads” into a smooth, functioning unit.

Take-Aways

  • Your success as a manager rests on the staffers you’re blessed or saddled with and how you tailor your managerial style to leverage their individual strengths and flaws.
  • Other factors include understanding what you gain or lose by working with your team, what team dynamics you face and how much policy-making lattitude you have.
  • Applying the same rules to all the members of a small group doesn’t work.

About the Authors

Sean O’Neil is the CEO of One to One Leadership, a training and recruiting company. John Kulisek is the president of The Norben Group, a company specializing in fine permanent botanicals.

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    C. M. 10 months ago
    Interesting
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    E. l. 3 years ago
    Very helpful thanks
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    J. S. 1 decade ago
    an eye catching title which is very 'tongue in cheek' but has some good insights. Are you prepared to ask your team members which 'type' are they?