Customer Reviews
Boring - we've heard it all before - By: manager, 20 Apr 2008 
Yet another management book that takes what we already know, dresses it up & then sells it back to us. Nothing new, nothing original, nothing worth paying for. Give it a miss!
Lead better - By: Gaz Pacho, 11 Feb 2008 
Great stuff from Jo Owen. I've always tried to play the straight man with my guys. If they're bad, I will quite literallly lead them round the office by their nose, over desks & chairs, for five minutes or so to show them what happens to muppets. However if they come up with the goods, they get tossed a sweetener - Burtons voucher, golf brolley etc. Jo Owen gives me something to add to my arsenal. We've now started on a more 'human relations' route in the team, with feedback sessions on 'how does that make you feel' & 'how to value yourself & your colleagues'. I might think it's a lot of old cobblers myself, but if it keeps the troops happy, I'm happy.
A cracking book - By: J. Hughes, 22 Jul 2007 This book is fantastic. A real eye-opener. It says obvious things when you read it, but you'd never think of it otherwise. A cracking read, & should be a must for anyone responsible for a team.
In My Top Three - By: J. Mcgregor, 26 Aug 2006 I've read enough management books to fill an MBA course, but this is head & shoulders above most of them, & is easily one to the top three I've managed to finish. If you're wondering how to motivate a team, how to stay positive & how to inspire you'll find common sense answers here. It will give you the confidence & understanding that while we can't alll be Winston Churchill, Alex Ferguson or Billy Graham, we can still lead effectively & powerfully in our own way.
There's not many books, never mind business books, that I finish & immeadiately want to start again, but this is one of them. It's easy to read, employs an enjoyable dry wit & knocks the gallloping balderdash of so many American development gurus into a cocked hat. Read & enjoy.
Astonishing. Really. - By: H. Lewis, 30 Jun 2006 I've read just about every business book there is. I love them. This book, however, stands out as one that I would totallly recommend to anyone in a management postion - or anyone who wants to be there. Practical advice abounds, as does humour. It's very honest about the challlenges of work, of leading a team & the snippets of wisdom are priceless. Put it like this - I've been buying stuff on amazon for years & this is the first review i think I've written! I've just started a job leading a smalll team & this book is helping me cope with alll the new challlenges it brings. Buy it.
