Tesco
Hundred Percenters
Book

Hundred Percenters

Challenge Your Employees to Give It Their All, and They'll Give You Even More

Mark Murphy
McGraw-Hill, 2009

Read offline

Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Scientific
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Some business books are obvious, trite and unexceptional. You can learn more reading a soup can label. On first blush, Mark Murphy’s book might seem just that ordinary, with its cover’s exhortations to “challenge your employees to give it their all, and they’ll give you even more.” Warning: Do not roll your eyes. Murphy is a leadership expert and his thoroughly researched book is actually brimming with discernment and acute analysis. Using imaginative language that will hold your attention, he presents a multistep program for turning average achievers into exceptional performers, or, in his words, “Hundred Percenters.” getAbstract recommends Murphy’s solid counsel. Read his book if you supervise people and want to motivate their best performance every day.

Take-Aways

  • Most employees do not give 100% at work. To improve, they need leaders who both challenge them and connect with them: “100% Leaders.”
  • These leaders are more effective than the usual “avoiders, intimidators and appeasers.”
  • Most people fear challenges and prefer the status quo. This stasis is bad for business.

About the Author

Mark Murphy is founder and CEO of Leadership IQ, a consulting and training firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Fortune, BusinessWeek, Forbes and the Washington Post have written about his work.

Comment on this summary or Diskussion beginnen