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Your Management Sucks

Why You Have to Declare War On Yourself...And Your Business

by Mark Stevens
Alan Sklar
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Like a mirror, Your Management Sucks reveals important truths that you may deal with . . . or choose to ignore or put on the back burner.


Everyone manages someone or something . . . your own life and career, an administrative assistant, hundreds or thousands of people. How well or poorly you manage has a profound impact on your personal success.

Mark Stevens makes the compelling point that at any given time everyone's management sucks. It can, however, be improved and rethought so you can move away from patterns and habits that you can easily fall victim to. Start by declaring constructive war on yourself. Look in the mirror and identify those invisible traps and barriers. Then leave the land of business-as-usual with the seven-point plan Stevens has used to build both his own extraordinary career and his marketing and strategy consulting firm. You'll soon find that you're in the fast lane, easily outpacing your passive peers who rarely, if ever, challenge the how and why of what they do.

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  • Release date

    July 10, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400122585
      • File size: 198556 KB
      • Duration: 06:53:39

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      While Alan Sklar's scholarly sounding narration usually adds weight and elegance to business titles, it has to be overlooked to discover the casual genius and jaunty wisdom in this clever leadership development guide. But after an hour or so, the combination finds its stride and begins to pay out its endless stream of insights and advice. The personal lesson challenges managers to know themselves first and to refuse to be satisfied with status quo practices or second-rate results. Mark Stevens's lively ideas push listeners to develop their ideals and become fearless pioneers in whatever they do. He has a powerful grasp on how to cultivate customers, get one's message out, and unleash the power of a personal vision or philosophy. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 1, 2006
      "If you can't say anything nice, say it." This philosophy nicely summarizes Stevens's approach to executive coaching, not to mention life in general. While the author's blunt truthfulness is welcome in a world of management euphemisms, his self-described "in your face" style may not make him a man for all seasons. Here, Stevens presents a 7-day "battle plan" that "challenges assumptions about success and provides a road map for taking your business to the next level." To get to the "next level," readers are advised to question conventional wisdom, look in the mirror for a leader, develop a personal "killer app," apply "the universal equation for perpetual growth" and make "the journey within." When Stevens departs from his silver bullet slogans and presents a real business story, he can be captivating; his anecdote about shaking up the circulation department while in temporary control of Success magazine is a star turn, as is his account of Lou Gerstner's unexpected rattling of the entrenched bureaucracy at IBM. Beyond his Pattonesque marketing shtick, Mr. Stevens' suggestion that managers "get real" and confront business problems head-on is the practical heart of this book.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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