Who Moved my Holy Hand Grenade? Everything I Needed to Know in Business, I Learned in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (The Corporate Drone’s Handbook) is a humorous journey that covers everything you need to know about business from management fundamentals, like corporate culture and competitive strategy, to real-life skills, like how to suck up properly. Using Arthur’s quest for the Holy Grail as an analogy for the pursuit of corporate success, readers will learn about such mythical creatures as the ideal leader, the break-through strategy, and the perfect plan. But this isn’t just any version of Arthurian legend, it’s the Monty Python retelling! So it’s chock full of phony models, mock quizzes, cartoons, and fake vocabulary because, to be honest, most business books are dreadfully dull, and this one isn’t! Beware, though, this handbook isn’t just a primer or a parody, it draws from the current thinking in science and economics to challenge some conventional management practices. Funny and sarcastic, yet pragmatic and intelligent, this book is for people who want to succeed in business without losing their sanity or their sense of humor.

Who Moved My Holy Hand Grenade?: Everything I needed to know in business, I learned from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Business & Money

Phelan, Karen

Management & Leadership

Lineson

Karen Phelan is really sorry. She had the best of intentions. She got into consulting because she wanted to help. She tried hard to optimize processes, develop measures, and manage human assets - to do business by the numbers, the management consultant way. The only problem, she found, is that businesses are run by people, not formulas and scorecards. And people don't follow the formulas. From strategy development to process improvement, target metrics, talent management, leadership competencies, and more, Phelan dissects a whole range of consulting treatments for unhealthy companies and shows why they're essentially fad diets: superficial would - be fixes that don't result in any lasting improvement and can actually cause serious damage. But consultants don't seem to notice. If reality doesn't conform to the theories, they conclude, something must certainly be wrong - with reality. People aren't trying hard enough to make the theories work. Using tragicomic tales from her many years as a consultant, Phelan exposes precisely how various management fads fail when taken from the printed page to the actual working world. The solution is not as glamorous as applying the management model du jour, just more effective. Over and over, Phelan found that there's simply no substitute for taking the time to understand the unique dynamics of an organization, talking to the people who run it - on every level, not just in the C - suites - and getting them to work together better. With a mix of cleared - eyed business analysis, heart - wrenching stories, and hard - won lessons for both consultants and the people who hire them, this book is impossible to put down and impossible to ignore. Karen Phelan and other consultants may have ''broken'' your company, but she's eager to repair the damage and make amends. She offers the perfect antidote to years of management malpractice.

I'm Sorry I Broke your Company: When Management Consultants are the Problem, not the Solution

Industries

ReadHowYouWant

Karen Phelan is sorry. She really is. She tried to do business by the numbers—the management consultant way—developing measures, optimizing processes, and quantifying performance. The only problem is that businesses are run by people. And people can’t be plugged into formulas or summed up in scorecards. Phelan dissects a whole range of consulting treatments for unhealthy companies and shows why they’re essentially fad diets: superficial would-be fixes that don’t result in lasting improvements and can cause serious damage. With a mix of clear-eyed business analysis, heart-wrenching stories, and hard-won lessons for both consultants and the people who hire them, this book is impossible to put down and impossible to ignore. Karen Phelan and other consultants may have “broken” your company, but she’s eager to make amends.

I'm Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants Are the Problem, Not the Solution

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Vibachte, ja zrujnuvala vashu kompaniju. Koli biznes-konsultanti - problema, a ne rishennja

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