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Managing for Happiness: Games, Tools, and Practices to Motivate Any Team
A practical handbook for making management great again
Managing for Happiness offers a complete set of practices for more effective management that makes work fun. Work and fun are not polar opposites; they're two sides of the same coin, and making the workplace a pleasant place to be keeps employees motivated and keeps customers coming back for more. It's not about gimmicks or 'perks' that disrupt productivity; it's about finding the passion that drives your business, and making it contagious. This book provides tools, games, and practices that put joy into work, with practical, real-world guidance for empowering workers and delighting customers. These aren't break time exploits or downtime amusements—they're real solutions for common management problems. Define roles and responsibilities, create meaningful team metrics, and replace performance appraisals with something more useful. An organization's culture rests on the back of management, and this book shows you how to create change for the better.
Somewhere along the line, people collectively started thinking that work is work and fun is something you do on the weekends. This book shows you how to transform your organization into a place with enthusiastic Monday mornings.
Redefine job titles and career paths Motivate workers and measure team performance Change your organization's culture Make management—and work—fun againModern organizations expect everyone to be servant leaders and systems thinkers, but nobody explains how. To survive in the 21st century, companies need to dig past the obvious and find what works. What keeps top talent? What inspires customer loyalty? The answer is great management, which inspires great employees, who then provide a great customer experience. Managing for Happiness is a practical handbook for achieving organizational greatness.
302 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 27, 2016
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About the author
Jurgen Appelo
9 books963 followersRedesigning the future of work—no hype, no hierarchies, no hegemonies. Aiming for open systems, responsible autonomy, and decentralized power.
Jurgen Appelo is a radical synthesist, resolute unfixer, and unabashed rule-breaker. He not only brings together diverse perspectives in organization design and development—he tears them apart and rebuilds them for the Age of AI, without permission.
As an author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Jurgen helps leaders stop managing like it's 2001 and start rewiring their organizations for AI-driven leadership, autonomous digital agents, and algorithmic management. Through stories, games, tools, and practices, he shatters conventional thinking and gets his audience to experiment with human-AI teamwork, anti-fragile structures, and the unpredictable nature of customer and employee experience.
Inc.com recognized him as a Top 50 Leadership Expert and Top 100 Leadership Speaker, but he's most interested in redrawing the boundaries between opposing worldviews: human ingenuity and artificial intelligence, inspiring leadership versus strong governance, organizational stability with relentless innovation, and individual growth fuelling collective success.
His books tackle everything from the role of agile managers (Management 3.0) to change and transformation (How to Change the World), and from employee engagement (Managing for Happiness) to innovation and intrapreneurship (Startup, Scaleup, Screwup). Even his novel Glitches of Gods explores the chaos of human-machine interactions. His latest work, Human Robot Agent, plunges into the AI-powered future of leadership and algorithmic management.
As founder of The unFIX Company (and previously founder of Management 3.0 and co-founder of the Agile Lean Europe network), Jurgen keeps pioneering the future of work.
Jurgen Appelo is a radical synthesist, resolute unfixer, and unabashed rule-breaker. He not only brings together diverse perspectives in organization design and development—he tears them apart and rebuilds them for the Age of AI, without permission.
As an author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Jurgen helps leaders stop managing like it's 2001 and start rewiring their organizations for AI-driven leadership, autonomous digital agents, and algorithmic management. Through stories, games, tools, and practices, he shatters conventional thinking and gets his audience to experiment with human-AI teamwork, anti-fragile structures, and the unpredictable nature of customer and employee experience.
Inc.com recognized him as a Top 50 Leadership Expert and Top 100 Leadership Speaker, but he's most interested in redrawing the boundaries between opposing worldviews: human ingenuity and artificial intelligence, inspiring leadership versus strong governance, organizational stability with relentless innovation, and individual growth fuelling collective success.
His books tackle everything from the role of agile managers (Management 3.0) to change and transformation (How to Change the World), and from employee engagement (Managing for Happiness) to innovation and intrapreneurship (Startup, Scaleup, Screwup). Even his novel Glitches of Gods explores the chaos of human-machine interactions. His latest work, Human Robot Agent, plunges into the AI-powered future of leadership and algorithmic management.
As founder of The unFIX Company (and previously founder of Management 3.0 and co-founder of the Agile Lean Europe network), Jurgen keeps pioneering the future of work.
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August 2, 2019
Really cool and direct approaches with several examples to be followed with the team.
October 21, 2017
Jurgen Appelo's Managing for Happiness has a great message: the feelings of joy and happiness are essentials for the productive teams and organisations.
Basically, Appelo's Managing for Happiness is just extra add to the long row of business books celebrating lean and flat business culture. In the open-minded cultures like Finland creative workers have already adapted agile ways of work. However, in some more traditional working cultures Appello's ideas have been seen more radical.
Today Dutch Jurgen Appello is known as a founder of the so called management 3.0. movement. Management 3.0 mixes system thinking and complexity theory with lean ideas. It provides both the system of ideas and practical tools for flat and network-based organisations like kudo box, kudo cards and CHAMPFROGS model. I have already tested some of the tools at my workplace and found them useful.
I recommend the book and it was worth of value familiarize myself with the ideas of management 3.0.
The thing I liked most in the book was, honestly, the design. So lovable and done by the author himself!
Basically, Appelo's Managing for Happiness is just extra add to the long row of business books celebrating lean and flat business culture. In the open-minded cultures like Finland creative workers have already adapted agile ways of work. However, in some more traditional working cultures Appello's ideas have been seen more radical.
Today Dutch Jurgen Appello is known as a founder of the so called management 3.0. movement. Management 3.0 mixes system thinking and complexity theory with lean ideas. It provides both the system of ideas and practical tools for flat and network-based organisations like kudo box, kudo cards and CHAMPFROGS model. I have already tested some of the tools at my workplace and found them useful.
I recommend the book and it was worth of value familiarize myself with the ideas of management 3.0.
The thing I liked most in the book was, honestly, the design. So lovable and done by the author himself!
January 26, 2020
Very nice book, really inspiring by many examples described.
October 6, 2024
A fairly entertaining book with some good information for leading. Some of the ideas are very generic, but can be tailored to fit a variety of workplaces.
October 15, 2016
Most of the critiques of this book are related to the fact that it is mostly a recap on previous ones (Management 3.0 and #workout). It might be the case, but for a person that didn't read those (me), this one is actually a precious source of practices I can use in my everyday work right away.
And they're backed by literature, often of scientific kind, which is important for me.
And they're backed by literature, often of scientific kind, which is important for me.
June 28, 2016
Great book, fun to read, full of great ideias to teams and managers.
May 24, 2023
Imagine a workplace where employees are motivated, engaged, and excited to come to work every day. This vision can become a reality with the guidance of 'Managing for Happiness', which offers a fresh and fun approach to team management. With its unique blend of empathy, creativity, and strategy, 'Managing for Happiness' provides leaders and managers with the tools they need to inspire and motivate their teams. The author provides practical and creative approaches to engage and energize employees, including games, tools, and practices. The book emphasizes the importance of empathy, communication, and continuous feedback in creating a happy and productive team.
However, mid-way through the book, I realized that the advice provided was somewhat too simplistic or idealistic in specific business environments. Additionally, some practices may not be applicable or feasible for all organizations. The book primarily focuses on management styles and tactics rather than systemic changes that may be necessary for creating a truly happy and motivated work environment. The author's suggestions are based on their own experience. Depending on the company culture, size, industry, and other factors, they may not be suitable for all organizations.
For instance, some team-building exercises or feedback mechanisms may not be feasible for remote teams or companies with strict regulations. Let's say a manager at a manufacturing company reads "Managing for Happiness" and is inspired by the author's suggestions for using games and team-building exercises to improve team morale. The manager implements a weekly trivia game where employees can win small prizes. This activity may be a fun experience for employees in the short term. It may not address more profound issues in the workplace, such as poor communication between departments, unclear expectations, or a lack of resources. Unless the underlying structural difficulties in the workplace are addressed, the manager's efforts to create a more favorable work environment may not significantly improve employee motivation and morale. In this case, implementing regular cross-functional meetings or allocating resources to address specific pain points could lead to more meaningful and lasting changes in employee morale and motivation.
To sum up, managers and team leaders can undoubtedly benefit from reading "Managing for Happiness" and incorporating its suggestions into their leadership style. Methods for boosting team spirit and productivity, both traditional and out of the box, are detailed in the book. However, as with any resource, leaders must approach the book critically and consider their team and organization's unique context and needs.
However, mid-way through the book, I realized that the advice provided was somewhat too simplistic or idealistic in specific business environments. Additionally, some practices may not be applicable or feasible for all organizations. The book primarily focuses on management styles and tactics rather than systemic changes that may be necessary for creating a truly happy and motivated work environment. The author's suggestions are based on their own experience. Depending on the company culture, size, industry, and other factors, they may not be suitable for all organizations.
For instance, some team-building exercises or feedback mechanisms may not be feasible for remote teams or companies with strict regulations. Let's say a manager at a manufacturing company reads "Managing for Happiness" and is inspired by the author's suggestions for using games and team-building exercises to improve team morale. The manager implements a weekly trivia game where employees can win small prizes. This activity may be a fun experience for employees in the short term. It may not address more profound issues in the workplace, such as poor communication between departments, unclear expectations, or a lack of resources. Unless the underlying structural difficulties in the workplace are addressed, the manager's efforts to create a more favorable work environment may not significantly improve employee motivation and morale. In this case, implementing regular cross-functional meetings or allocating resources to address specific pain points could lead to more meaningful and lasting changes in employee morale and motivation.
To sum up, managers and team leaders can undoubtedly benefit from reading "Managing for Happiness" and incorporating its suggestions into their leadership style. Methods for boosting team spirit and productivity, both traditional and out of the box, are detailed in the book. However, as with any resource, leaders must approach the book critically and consider their team and organization's unique context and needs.
January 23, 2021
This is one of the best books in organization psychology and management. I highly recommend it.
The author presents 2 concepts of disruptive idea: how organisations run organically and how the human mind works under the working environment. And both concepts are the way to ultimate goal, Self-organization, Dream of many managers.
Many people believe that organisations run like an airplane, CEO as a pilot who controls everything in the cockpit from all dashboards he has. The others are compositions of the plane, wings, engines, wheels, etc. Everything goes nice and sound as the pilot is not f-ck up.
But in reality, we all know that our office is not seem to be like that. wings gossip wheels on their back, engines are bragging their performance to others, radars is thinking about leaving their job and cockpit dashboard is cheating the plane status to make CEO delight. Yes, if we compare our company to a plane, it would be the plane that you never want to seat on.
The author makes a better comparison. the organization is like a forest; everything is depend on the others, and there are nothing like central command center to control everything. And as you see, forest is working quite well. It spreads over the world, adapt to any kind of environment, maybe some setback in some situation, but it never give up.
You can not use micro-management on the forest(like command which kind of trees or animals to emerge) and expect it to grow like what you imagine. It never works that way. You just have to prepare the soil, water and enough sunlight. Everything just emerges on themselves. This book try to point out that this is the same thing for organization and argue many famous management practices(which in the author call them, Management 2.0) which make organization struggle (like traditional bonus system or concealed employee salary).
It may take sometimes to digest this book. But I would say, this book changed my perspective on management and help me get through many headache management problems.
Worthwhile reading.
The author presents 2 concepts of disruptive idea: how organisations run organically and how the human mind works under the working environment. And both concepts are the way to ultimate goal, Self-organization, Dream of many managers.
Many people believe that organisations run like an airplane, CEO as a pilot who controls everything in the cockpit from all dashboards he has. The others are compositions of the plane, wings, engines, wheels, etc. Everything goes nice and sound as the pilot is not f-ck up.
But in reality, we all know that our office is not seem to be like that. wings gossip wheels on their back, engines are bragging their performance to others, radars is thinking about leaving their job and cockpit dashboard is cheating the plane status to make CEO delight. Yes, if we compare our company to a plane, it would be the plane that you never want to seat on.
The author makes a better comparison. the organization is like a forest; everything is depend on the others, and there are nothing like central command center to control everything. And as you see, forest is working quite well. It spreads over the world, adapt to any kind of environment, maybe some setback in some situation, but it never give up.
You can not use micro-management on the forest(like command which kind of trees or animals to emerge) and expect it to grow like what you imagine. It never works that way. You just have to prepare the soil, water and enough sunlight. Everything just emerges on themselves. This book try to point out that this is the same thing for organization and argue many famous management practices(which in the author call them, Management 2.0) which make organization struggle (like traditional bonus system or concealed employee salary).
It may take sometimes to digest this book. But I would say, this book changed my perspective on management and help me get through many headache management problems.
Worthwhile reading.
August 6, 2017
Managing for Happiness is a well presented book full of wisdom. I've been around the block in management and this book contains, to be honest, not a lot of new techniques - however if fully deserves a high rating, because what it does do, is reinforce great behaviours and provide a great steer on moving from what you know, to what you should do. Many managers receive training, which without repetition to embed it, or guidance on-site, frequently diminishes as habit takes back control. Here's a little help.
This dense and upbeat look at great practices can be dipped in to at whim - keep it in a drawer at work, or read a few paragraphs before you set off in the morning. There are some great tried and tested techniques in there (some of which my organisation has used/currently uses) and for managers in any scale of business, these provide opportunities to increase colleague engagement. It correctly identifies that money is not the root of all happiness and will provoke you to consider some great ways to increase motivation in your workplace.
I feel that the book is aimed at those managers who are established, the practices would build upon existing skills once you have found your feet. The content can be a little wordy in places and the accompanying pictures or icons do break it up, although are often just that - pretty but pointless. A book of solid text would certainly turn off many potential readers, so although they may not contextualise the information, they make it more palatable. The use off colour throughout the book helps it become more visually appealing.
I won't regurgitate the ideas and contents of the book, however it reinforces so many winning strategies I have either adopted or, unfortunately in some cases, forgotten about, that I can comfortably recommend this book both to managers struggling with engagement, or for those who desire to increase the happiness and potential of those around them. For the most, happy colleagues make for happy leaders!
This dense and upbeat look at great practices can be dipped in to at whim - keep it in a drawer at work, or read a few paragraphs before you set off in the morning. There are some great tried and tested techniques in there (some of which my organisation has used/currently uses) and for managers in any scale of business, these provide opportunities to increase colleague engagement. It correctly identifies that money is not the root of all happiness and will provoke you to consider some great ways to increase motivation in your workplace.
I feel that the book is aimed at those managers who are established, the practices would build upon existing skills once you have found your feet. The content can be a little wordy in places and the accompanying pictures or icons do break it up, although are often just that - pretty but pointless. A book of solid text would certainly turn off many potential readers, so although they may not contextualise the information, they make it more palatable. The use off colour throughout the book helps it become more visually appealing.
I won't regurgitate the ideas and contents of the book, however it reinforces so many winning strategies I have either adopted or, unfortunately in some cases, forgotten about, that I can comfortably recommend this book both to managers struggling with engagement, or for those who desire to increase the happiness and potential of those around them. For the most, happy colleagues make for happy leaders!
June 5, 2024
Somewhere between 4 and 5 stars, this is very good book about management plus I learned something about myself - what are my values or what motivates me. Just because of that - 5 stars.
I like that the book was divided into chapters in a form: Principle first, then practices -> Next principle, then next practices... One can clearly see what kind of principles to follow and what tools (practices) can you use. This style of organizing helped me to think about other practices that I experienced and relate them to the described principles as well. Also It is easy to think what else can you come up with, to support particular principle.
Other good thinks:
+ A lot of researches with provoking questions, sometimes destabilizing status quo (especially merit money chapter).
+ A lot of use cases, including interesting modifications of described practices.
+ The chapters about motivation and feedback are pure gold.
The most annoying thing was the format - 2 columns on a wide page. This is very subjective, I guess there are people out there that enjoyed this format/layout. This also makes the book quite big - 304 in this form... I think in a more standard form it will be 450 - 500 pages. Personally I would remove some pages - introductions on chapters were exaggerated imho.
Last thing: I am skeptical about kudobox. The principle here is great (emphasize good behaviors with better rewards) but at the end of the day I saw multiple trials of implementing it in organizations... without success. I think saying out loud "thank you" in front of others, and building the "thank you" culture is superior to this.
Great read! Let me finish with a quote:
"Management is too important to leave it to managers."
I like that the book was divided into chapters in a form: Principle first, then practices -> Next principle, then next practices... One can clearly see what kind of principles to follow and what tools (practices) can you use. This style of organizing helped me to think about other practices that I experienced and relate them to the described principles as well. Also It is easy to think what else can you come up with, to support particular principle.
Other good thinks:
+ A lot of researches with provoking questions, sometimes destabilizing status quo (especially merit money chapter).
+ A lot of use cases, including interesting modifications of described practices.
+ The chapters about motivation and feedback are pure gold.
The most annoying thing was the format - 2 columns on a wide page. This is very subjective, I guess there are people out there that enjoyed this format/layout. This also makes the book quite big - 304 in this form... I think in a more standard form it will be 450 - 500 pages. Personally I would remove some pages - introductions on chapters were exaggerated imho.
Last thing: I am skeptical about kudobox. The principle here is great (emphasize good behaviors with better rewards) but at the end of the day I saw multiple trials of implementing it in organizations... without success. I think saying out loud "thank you" in front of others, and building the "thank you" culture is superior to this.
Great read! Let me finish with a quote:
"Management is too important to leave it to managers."
December 12, 2022
When I read a business book, my goal is just to really take away one insight that I can apply in my day to day. Managing for Happiness did give me that. I will be trying to use the Happiness door because I like the accumulation of feedback & quantifiable measurement. Of course, in my mostly virtual working world, this may turn into a Miro board or some other online collaboration tool but I did like it. Many of the concepts in the Management 3.0 (Appelo's management philosophy), I did agree with. There were three pieces, though, that I struggled with. One was the voice. Many times through the text, there was this impression that it could be used by "anybody" to bring ideas into their team. And, while perhaps that's true, much of this is management focused and much more than that - folks who have executive level or even higher power. Which brings me to the second thing - while I also don't like performance reviews or think they serve a better/grander purpose, I don't see how his employee measurement system of having people set either own goals and then be motivated (but not necessarily by you because you're fixing the system, not for each individual) works exactly. And, I disagree about having feedback be what powers these sorts of things because feedback is inherently biased. And, while it can always be one lens, making it the main lens seems rife with its own challenges. In general, though, what you can glean from the above review is that it was engaging enough to have me really think through the concepts and how/when/if I could apply them at work. That alone, makes this worth the read.
June 11, 2017
I got this book from my workplace, where we have a shelf with books about agility, management, leadership and the like, which we can borrow freely. The first time I saw the title I thought the book's contents would be some kind of touchy-feely mambo-jambo: that we’re supposed to smile all the time or hold hands or something like that (I’m from Poland, people here are more like the Grumpy Cat, complaining makes us happy, not smiling ;)) Then I saw the author’s name (I’ve been already reading Management 3.0 book at the time) and decided to give it a try.
So, what is the outcome? The book is great! I have very little experience with management, I’m just starting to learn the subject and I think this book is just fantastic for beginners. What have we here? Each chapter is about one management practice, game or tool that is easy to implement at your workplace (you even get “How to get started?” section) and aims at increasing workers' engagement, mutual trust, empowerment and so forth.
What else? Colorful and full of photos and illustrations (I’m a big fun of Head First series by the way, this book reminds me of those books a little)? Check. Based on scientific research? Check. Funny and entertaining? Check. Did I actually use any of the mentioned practices at work? You bet I did!
It also smells really good...
So, what is the outcome? The book is great! I have very little experience with management, I’m just starting to learn the subject and I think this book is just fantastic for beginners. What have we here? Each chapter is about one management practice, game or tool that is easy to implement at your workplace (you even get “How to get started?” section) and aims at increasing workers' engagement, mutual trust, empowerment and so forth.
What else? Colorful and full of photos and illustrations (I’m a big fun of Head First series by the way, this book reminds me of those books a little)? Check. Based on scientific research? Check. Funny and entertaining? Check. Did I actually use any of the mentioned practices at work? You bet I did!
It also smells really good...
March 12, 2022
Para mí este libro es un imprescindible en mi biblioteca de trabajo. Si has hecho el curso de Management 3.0 o si tienes el antiguo "Workout" y/o el "Management 3.0" del mismo autor el 80% de lo que trae este libro ya lo tienes visto, y es posiblemente la única crítica que puede tener, porque como obra independiente o como obra de consulta tras haber hecho el curso para mí es perfecto, es una recopilación y actualización de todo lo anterior.
Lo que me gusta del libro es que tiene un doble enfoque. Por un lado cada idea está perfectamente argumentada y con referencias a los diversos estudios en que se apoya, pero no se queda en esa parte teórica o incluso filosófica, sino que luego te detalla como implementar prácticas concretas centrada en desarrollar cada una de esas ideas.
Creo que es una obra recomendable para todo el que tenga que gestionar equipos en organizaciones basadas en trabajadores del conocimiento y quiera darle un enfoque acorde a los tiempos actuales, centrado en las personas, y dejando atrás las prácticas obsoletas e ineficaces que venimos arrastrando de las fábricas del siglo XIX.
Como detalle final, el libro queda bonito en la estantería 🤣, es una tontería, pero bueno hay otros libros que no me importa tener en digital y este es de los que prefiero tener en físico porque realmente da gusto consultarlo.
Lo que me gusta del libro es que tiene un doble enfoque. Por un lado cada idea está perfectamente argumentada y con referencias a los diversos estudios en que se apoya, pero no se queda en esa parte teórica o incluso filosófica, sino que luego te detalla como implementar prácticas concretas centrada en desarrollar cada una de esas ideas.
Creo que es una obra recomendable para todo el que tenga que gestionar equipos en organizaciones basadas en trabajadores del conocimiento y quiera darle un enfoque acorde a los tiempos actuales, centrado en las personas, y dejando atrás las prácticas obsoletas e ineficaces que venimos arrastrando de las fábricas del siglo XIX.
Como detalle final, el libro queda bonito en la estantería 🤣, es una tontería, pero bueno hay otros libros que no me importa tener en digital y este es de los que prefiero tener en físico porque realmente da gusto consultarlo.
February 15, 2017
The management is to important to leave it only for managers.
That's the best summary and introduction to the new wave of management described and presented by Jurgen Appelo. The book is full of many practices of improving your workplace. Some of them may be treated as games, some will provide meaningful exercises uncovering previously unknown facts. On the meta level, this book is inspiring to experiment with engagement techniques.
It's encouraging, well-written, optimistic set of tools everyone will find useful.
The only disadvantage ared tons of images and stock photos. I know that this book is about happiness, but in my opinion it would be equally valuable delivered in a boring format of a regular book.
That's the best summary and introduction to the new wave of management described and presented by Jurgen Appelo. The book is full of many practices of improving your workplace. Some of them may be treated as games, some will provide meaningful exercises uncovering previously unknown facts. On the meta level, this book is inspiring to experiment with engagement techniques.
It's encouraging, well-written, optimistic set of tools everyone will find useful.
The only disadvantage ared tons of images and stock photos. I know that this book is about happiness, but in my opinion it would be equally valuable delivered in a boring format of a regular book.
December 2, 2019
This book is quite fun and offers a good set of practices and games that can make your management work more pleasant. It's a book completely focus on people, and if you're an agile practitioner, probably this book is going to expand your bag of techniques.
I read this book in almost no time, and I enjoyed it too much. It's not academic at all, and focus on the real thing. The author wants to help you solve a problem, and not to tell a long story.
The major catch I could mention is that the Kindle version is quite difficult to read. I guess that the paperback edition is really colorful, with lots of images. But these colors are really hard to read in gray tones.
I read this book in almost no time, and I enjoyed it too much. It's not academic at all, and focus on the real thing. The author wants to help you solve a problem, and not to tell a long story.
The major catch I could mention is that the Kindle version is quite difficult to read. I guess that the paperback edition is really colorful, with lots of images. But these colors are really hard to read in gray tones.
March 26, 2018
Now, that is far better writing that Management 3.0 :) Nicely written, easy to read and packed full of nice things to try out. I had the chance to read most of the content when Jurgen published it in PDF during writing of this book, so it took me a while to get back to it and read it from cover to cover.
Definitely worth the time spent, but has it's drawbacks - I know that chosen format provided a lot of opportunieties to make it colorful and composed in the fun way, but it was really hard to literally hold ;)
Definitely worth the time spent, but has it's drawbacks - I know that chosen format provided a lot of opportunieties to make it colorful and composed in the fun way, but it was really hard to literally hold ;)
August 4, 2018
This is a wonderful book. It took some time before I could really start to read it, but once I got into the mood it read like an introduction to an engaging game. It all seems very actionable and I'm looking forward to try out many of the practices and principles in our new academic year with our team as well as with our students, adapting the practices where needed on the go and working with them to look for a good match where possible. Hopefully the real application will be as good as the reading experience and the anticipation. In any case, a well written and constructed book!
June 12, 2023
I participated on a Management 3.0 workshop and fell in love with the ideas behind it. A management focused on people and in supporting their development is what we have been needed for quite sometime. Juergen is able to captivate us to want to be better managers and leaders through his experiences and stories that he shares through the book, while introducing 10+ practices that anyone can use and adapt to their reality. I liked the book a lot. It has the right amount of theory, examples and how-tos to keep you motivated to want to know more and be better at management.
July 3, 2017
This is an excellent book by Jurgen Appelo. It has a lot of games that makes easier to implement Management 3.0 in your organization. One of his previous books Management 3.0 brings its theory, and this one helps linking both theory and practice.
Another interesting part of this book is the experience brought by the community. When he was writing this book, he shared it with the community, who helps both on reviewing it and on providing more use cases.
I strongly recommend this book, which has a lot of great drawings made by the author besides the amazing content.
Another interesting part of this book is the experience brought by the community. When he was writing this book, he shared it with the community, who helps both on reviewing it and on providing more use cases.
I strongly recommend this book, which has a lot of great drawings made by the author besides the amazing content.
October 18, 2019
A good book with some practical tools to play with in your work environment, given the right mindset is in place. It helps to facilitate teamwork and appreciate peers (kudo cards), explains how you can discuss delegation levels in a better way (delegation poker) and for example talk with peers about their motivational factors (moving motivators).
So far some of those tools helped me a lot in certain situations.
So far some of those tools helped me a lot in certain situations.
April 23, 2019
Een boek waarmee ik direct aan de slag wil om studenten in mijn 'lessen' meer gelukkig te maken, mezelf ook en ze op die manier een instrument meer in handen te geven voor hun talenten ergens in te zetten.
Een goed hands-on boek. 60% deed ik al intuïtief maar dit boek geeft je de nodige handvaten om te communiceren in je team
Een goed hands-on boek. 60% deed ik al intuïtief maar dit boek geeft je de nodige handvaten om te communiceren in je team
September 17, 2019
One of the best change management books that I ever read. It offers a great mix of rough stroked change principles and very hands on practices to implement. I think it worked so well for me exactly because it kept things a bit vague. It‘s a book you read through with joy and have many ideas while doing that. I can imagine turning back to this book at a later time when I need inspiration.
November 18, 2019
It has some good pieces of advice scattered through a book that basically says 'if agile doesn't work for you it is because you are doing it wrong,' but then it doesn't provide specifics on how to make it work in a generic environment outside or inside the outlying cases.
While the concept of management 3.0 sounds interesting, it is difficult to fall into yet another dogma
While the concept of management 3.0 sounds interesting, it is difficult to fall into yet another dogma
October 31, 2017
I enjoy every single book, article or book by Jurgen Appelo so much!
Managing by happiness is not as loaded with content as Management 3.0, but it leaves me with clear action points and ideas after reading it. I loved it!
Managing by happiness is not as loaded with content as Management 3.0, but it leaves me with clear action points and ideas after reading it. I loved it!
October 28, 2018
This book was pretty uneven for me. Some of Appelo's advice struck me as totally ridiculous (the email feedback example) but some of it struck me as potentially useful, especially when it comes to his thoughts on rewards.
October 7, 2020
Amazing book. If you haven't read Management 3.0 I would recommend to start here since it's easier to read and shorter. Managing for Happiness it's more on the practice side of the scale. However if you really want to undertand the theory behind I highly recommend to also read Management 3.0.
July 15, 2022
Livro ricamente ilustrado e com várias técnicas para serem aplicadas no dia a dia. Tem um Q de propaganda, mas tem implícita uma provocação em como fazemos para mudar o nosso ambiente de trabalho e fazer as pessoas mais felizes no seu trabalho e encontrar o seu melhor.
May 30, 2024
Great book, a breath of fresh air in a world plagued by poor management.
It presents principles and practices that can inspire a positive transformation in the workplace.
In fact, I believe all managers should read this book to recognize and improve upon their shortcomings.
It presents principles and practices that can inspire a positive transformation in the workplace.
In fact, I believe all managers should read this book to recognize and improve upon their shortcomings.
February 9, 2017
For the ones who are passionate about team management and are open to experiments, this book is a must read: it's fun to read, providing you lots of inspiration.
April 5, 2018
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