Author:Jeffrey J Fox
The workplace is now smarter and more competitive than ever, so it pays for managers to be alert to the ways that good staff can be attracted and motivated. Bestselling author Jeffrey J. Fox has created How To Become A Great Boss for anyone who manages staff and wants to inspire excellence and loyalty. It demonstrates how fostering teamwork within a network of support will create the workforce you want and help you to stay on top. The great boss simple success formula includes:
--Hire only top-notch people
--Put the right people in the right job
--Listen to your staff
--Remove frustration and barriers that fetter the people
--Say 'thank you' publicly and privately
Jeffrey J. Fox, renowned for his innovative approach to business, has pondered the problem of acquiring great workers and motivating them to excel, and come up with this pithy and effective collection of rules to achieve these aims.
Simplicity in business books is a formidable virtue, something Jeffrey J Fox understands...No tip takes longer than two minutes to read, though the messages they impart may well remain with you for a lifetime.
—— EurobusinessLeaves you with a deep understanding of Facebook, its philosophies and, most startlingly, its power. You come away with a creepy new awareness of how a directory of college students is fast becoming a directory of all humanity
—— ScotsmanA well-reported account of the first six years of one of the most important companies on earth
—— Financial TimesMr. Kirkpatrick provides some intriguing insights into the psyche of Mr. Zuckerberg
—— The EconomistA compelling account of the origins and prospects of the social networking giant
—— The WeekAlong the way, Zuckerberg has turned down acquisition offers of as much as $15 billion; worked with and against technology giants Google, Microsoft and Viacom; and knocked heads with privacy advocates. Those are some of the gems in the illuminating new book
—— USA TodayUnderstanding Facebook's success is crucial to understanding the modern internet, and this is the definitive account of its rise and rise. Kirkpatrick's story is an important contribution to the biography of the digital age, and one of the most startling stories of human ingenuity and appetite you'll find on any shelf
—— Tom Chatfield, Arts and Books Editor of Prospect MagazineFascinating ... exciting ... The book is packed with interviews from all the key players, including Zuckerberg and Moskovitz. Kirkpatrick's subjects open up about everything
—— Associated PressThis fast paced narrative captures the excitement of the startup world and reminds me of the early days of Wikipedia when I realized we were onto something big. A big revelation is how Mark Zuckerberg's idealism led him to focus on product improvements rather than short-term revenue gains, and how critical this was to the company's success
—— Jimmy Wales, Founder, WikipediaFacebook is becoming the dominant social networking tool, facilitating our online and offline worlds. The Facebook Effect effectively shows its rapid evolution, where it is going, and how it will increasingly affect our lives
—— Craig Newmark, Founder, CraigslistMr. Kirkpatrick doesn't coddle his subject, yet he presents Mr. Zuckerberg's point of view much more comprehensibly than we have seen it before ... The author lets you get inside Mr. Zuckerberg's head
—— Wall Street JournalMr. Kirkpatrick ... was encouraged by Mr. Zuckerberg to write this book and was granted extensive access to him and his associates ... [Kirkpatrick] gives the reader a detailed understanding ... [and] still does an animated job of evoking the collegiate atmosphere that reigned at the company
—— New York TimesA carefully reported book that should change the way you think about a very unusual enterprise ... does the best job yet of making sense of Facebook's founder, 26-year-old Mark Zuckerberg
—— ForbesKirkpatrick's amazing reporting details what happens when a hacker culture turns into a multi-billion-dollar firm. Mark Zuckerberg sought to maintain that hacker energy, and it's fascinating to hear what resulted
—— Chris Anderson, Editor of Wired and author of The Long TailEngrossing. . . . A detailed and scrupulously fair history of [Facebook]
—— Rich Jaroslovsky , Bloomberg Businessweek