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ouchmefalldown's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
welleraa's review against another edition
4.0
"People deserve to be led well."
This line from the epilogue perfectly sums up what Russ Laraway is focused on expressing in his book When They Win, You Win. Being led well doesn't come only from the top of the company, but from the middle especially. Managers can be the main sources of success for most companies, but are underserved and underserving. Laraway lays out simple elements that managers can implement to make their team members happy in their positions, engaged in the workplace, and thriving in their careers. Not only does Laraway lay out how to achieve results, but also why you should WANT to strive for the results and how they help companies achieve their bottom-line in business and provide better workplaces for employees.
The book is broken out into 5 different parts. The first section is introducing the Big 3. The second, third, and fourth segments go into depth about each of the Big 3: direction, coaching, and career. The final section of the book brings it all together. This book could easily be used in long-term discussion based conversations as there are subsections in each segment. Laraway also includes his shortlist of leadership books he recommends for managers.
I will definitely be rereading When They Win, You Win and look forward to implementing these ideas into my work practice.
This line from the epilogue perfectly sums up what Russ Laraway is focused on expressing in his book When They Win, You Win. Being led well doesn't come only from the top of the company, but from the middle especially. Managers can be the main sources of success for most companies, but are underserved and underserving. Laraway lays out simple elements that managers can implement to make their team members happy in their positions, engaged in the workplace, and thriving in their careers. Not only does Laraway lay out how to achieve results, but also why you should WANT to strive for the results and how they help companies achieve their bottom-line in business and provide better workplaces for employees.
The book is broken out into 5 different parts. The first section is introducing the Big 3. The second, third, and fourth segments go into depth about each of the Big 3: direction, coaching, and career. The final section of the book brings it all together. This book could easily be used in long-term discussion based conversations as there are subsections in each segment. Laraway also includes his shortlist of leadership books he recommends for managers.
I will definitely be rereading When They Win, You Win and look forward to implementing these ideas into my work practice.
shereadstales's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the digital galley of this book.
In this book, former Silicon Valley manager and leader in the field, Russ Laraway lays out simple to follow rules for creating and maintaining successful teams. Keeping people happy will make teams function better. Communicating with team members and being engaged/caring about them is important to keeping people engaged and making teams work better. Laraway shares his leadership standard to help teams work as well as his teams have historically, and that can be super helpful for managers who want to be good at their jobs and support their employees.
I do need to stop picking such such books, however, because I wasn’t engaged. My dream job is to not have a job. My aspirations don’t lie with my career, and even though I want to do a good job, my promotion goals are just to make more money to fund the things I really want to do. I will say this one is useful with relevant info, just didn’t resonate with me, a reforming workaholic whose only major goals are to foster cats and maybe have a paid for house one day.
If you’re a manager of people, though, this book can definitely help you in your people leading skills, and it’s out now wherever you get your books.
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