Destination Work

by Harry Paul, Ross Reck

Imagine a company where people are excited about coming to work and giving their best efforts every day. In this innovative and engrossing business parable, harry Paul and Ross Reck show managers at all levels how they can immediately and easily increase productivity by tapping into the discretionary effort of the people who work for them. Starting from the most basic aspect of business reality - that people intentionally regulate the amount of effort they put into their jobs based upon how they feel they re being treated - authors point out that the most important part of the job of every manager, team leader, supervisor and executive is to treat people in such a way that they become excited about applying all their discretionary effort toward performing their jobs. At the book s center is the story of Nancy Kim, a human resources director at a magazine that is struggling with all the problems associated with unhappy employees - low productivity and morale along with high absenteeism and turnover. After she openly challenges the CEO s new management-by-the-numbers system, she s charged with turning the situation around immediately. Filled with real-world studies, Destination Work! shows anyone how to turn the workplace into a destination- a place where working hard feels like hardly working because it s engaging, enjoyable and fulfilling.

Genres: Leadership

118 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2009

About the author

Harry Paul aka Harry the Fish Guy is an internationally sought-after speaker and author who is helping businesses and organizations create a culture of excellence and increase employee engagement. Harry believes people can to start to do positive things instantly–as in overnight! He delivers presentations clients describe as informative, content-rich, funny, dynamic, entertaining, memorable and that make a difference. Harry helps organizations reach their goals and increase productivity by engaging and energizing employees to give and do their best. He shows everyone how to enjoy what they are doing by getting excited about coming to work and working hard. Harry has shared information with and motivated audiences from India to Asheville, Bahrain to Raleigh and New York to Singapore.

Harry is the co-author of seven business books including FISH! A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results. FISH! is one of the best-selling business books of all time with well over five million copies sold and is translated into thirty-five languages. His books have been on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly, Business Week, Amazon.com and The Wall Street Journal. His latest book is Who Kidnapped Excellence? What’s Stopping Us From Giving and Being Our Best.

Reviews

[Abhinav Sahai · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple and easy to read book with out too many stories. The key messages are conveyed in a simple single story sticking to the basics of management. The key management terms are explained lucidly even to beginners ....
I like the way it is written as it easily connects with the real problems & people. My learnings include:
Be Real, Be Appreciative, Be Interested & Be Nice to everyone. Genuinely connect with the front line staff and see the difference that it can make to employee productivity and morale.
A must read for people in management to reinforce the basics.

[Sahil Jain · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting read!
Destination Work applies everywhere in life not just your workplace, with your friends, with your relatives.
It is just a fancier way of "treating people right", respecting the most important resource on this comples planet.

[RAVI KUMAR · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple,no nonsense and basic fundamentals are explained through a story.
Everything mentioned in book are very basic skills and common sense, but common sense being a rare commodity in corporates, this book will be a great eye opener for existing leaders and a handbook for new leaders/ managers.
Things mentioned in this book are really works just that it needs a great heart and logical brain for people to implement.
I felt this as a handbook for all new managers !!!

[Vijay Shrotryia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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https://shrotryia-bookreview.blogspot...

[Sivakumar Ramamoorthy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very simple and effective writing. The flow is easy to understand.

[Lavanya · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a simple book, easy to read. Can be read in one day. The story line is however not very interesting, but the management tips are fairly decent. But not worth investing money and buying a copy. Too small to own and keep as a business manual.

[Harsha Sannareddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Especially a Must read book for Managers !!

I have read two or three books on management issues. but this book is in unique way because, he dealt the whole Management Issues with a single Story. It will always easy remember the values through story wise !!

[Vivek Singh]

I want soft copy of this

[Sachin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The delivery is a bit tacky but the core material makes worth a read