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Title: It's Not the How or the What but the Who
Subtitle: Succeed by Surrounding Yourself with the Best
Author: Claudio Fernandez-Araoz
Narrator: Jonathan Yen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-07-16
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Business, Management
Publisher's Summary:
Succeed by mastering the art of the who.
Why surround yourself with the best? Because it matters - in all aspects of life.
In fact, in professional environments, getting people right - what global leadership authority Claudio Fernandez-Araoz calls "the art of great 'who' decisions" - marks the difference between success and failure. To thrive, you need to identify those with the highest potential, get them in your corner and on your team, and help them grow. Yet surprisingly very few of us are able to meet that challenge.
This series of short and engaging essays outlines the obstacles to great "who" decisions and offers solutions to address them in a systematic way. Drawing from several decades of experience in global executive search and talent development, as well as the latest management and psychology research, Fernandez-Araoz offers wisdom and practical advice to improve the choices we make about employees and mentors, business partners and friends, top corporate leaders and even elected officials.
The personal stories and cutting-edge studies described in the book will help you understand both your own failings and the external forces commonly at play in staffing decisions. The author shares concrete recommendations on how to select the best people, bring out their strengths, foster collective greatness in the groups you've assembled, and create not only better organizations, but also a better society.
Starting with the cases of Amazon pioneer Jeff Bezos and Brazilian tycoon Roger Agnelli and continuing with individual and corporate examples from around the world, Fernandez-Araoz paints a vivid picture of what great "who" decisions look like and presents a fresh and commanding argument about why they matter today more than ever.
Members Reviews:
Choosing the right staff
In October 2011, international executive search consultant, Fernandez-Araoz addressed the World Business Forum, a group of 4000 senior executives and middle managers in New York. He asked his audience the question I pose to you, too: âHow many of you have made major mistakes while making crucial people choices?â All 4000 people raised their hands.
I bring this very practical book to you attention because of the answer he received to the second question he asked the Forum: âHow many of you have studied how to assess people (for the purposes of employment)?â
If you are like those attending the forum, the answer is no. Less than half of 1% of attendees had studied how to select the right person for the job.
Fernandez-Araoz has been an executive search consultant for 28 years across all major industries in more than forty countries. He concluded âthe key to outstanding performanceâis the ability to surround oneself with outstanding people.â
Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric (GE), was widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of the 20th century. He reports that as a junior manager at GE 50% of his appointments were wrong. 30 years later, as CEO, 20% were wrong.
If this legendary manager took 30 years to reduce his error rate by 20%, little wonder the rest of us have such trouble!
Combine this challenge with the limited talent pool we have available in South Africa.
