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lpush's review
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
I work in the science field and I’d say maybe 50 percent of the themes are even applicable in my field. And the other half I had to stretch to fit. Some fit my personal life more than professional. Felt a bit preachy but read well.
melanierichards's review
The book is fine, a little dry. I got what I needed from it.
andrewritchie's review
3.0
I suspect that your rating of this will be driven largely by your experience of organisational culture and communication.
I've been fortunate to spend years working in companies that encourage collaboration over competition and transparency in communication.
For me a lot of this book is what my Dad would have callex 'the art of stating the bleeding obvious'.
If you are used to openly challenging, supporting and growing your colleagues through candid conversations then you may not learn a lot new.
However if you are in the kind of organisation where the annual performance is dreaded because of the surprises it may contain then this could be invaluable. People who are working in corporates where hierarchy dictates tha permission is sought to interact across departments and paygrades then this could be very insightful and helpful.
Overall it was OK for me.
Partner book : Radical Candor by Kim Scott
I've been fortunate to spend years working in companies that encourage collaboration over competition and transparency in communication.
For me a lot of this book is what my Dad would have callex 'the art of stating the bleeding obvious'.
If you are used to openly challenging, supporting and growing your colleagues through candid conversations then you may not learn a lot new.
However if you are in the kind of organisation where the annual performance is dreaded because of the surprises it may contain then this could be invaluable. People who are working in corporates where hierarchy dictates tha permission is sought to interact across departments and paygrades then this could be very insightful and helpful.
Overall it was OK for me.
Partner book : Radical Candor by Kim Scott
a_ab's review
2.0
The author seemed to have good intentions. That's about the best I could say about this book.
The biggest problem is that the book only considered sunny day scenarios: how to thrive outside of hierarchical constraints in an environment that allows and promotes such work methods. The provided examples were only of people who were stopping themselves from working this way, but as soon as they started changing their personal approach, everyone was receptive and happy about it.
I would want to see examples of where and how this approach failed and the defining characteristics of environments too stuck in their ways and not receptive to these co-elevation techniques.
This one-sided storytelling was preachy instead of informative or educational. Disappointing. And potentially very harmful for those who would attempt to apply the book's suggestions and strategies in the wrong type of environment.
The biggest problem is that the book only considered sunny day scenarios: how to thrive outside of hierarchical constraints in an environment that allows and promotes such work methods. The provided examples were only of people who were stopping themselves from working this way, but as soon as they started changing their personal approach, everyone was receptive and happy about it.
I would want to see examples of where and how this approach failed and the defining characteristics of environments too stuck in their ways and not receptive to these co-elevation techniques.
This one-sided storytelling was preachy instead of informative or educational. Disappointing. And potentially very harmful for those who would attempt to apply the book's suggestions and strategies in the wrong type of environment.
kateraed's review
5.0
Relational principles for collaboration. He gives business decisions for wanting to develop relationships, which is challenging because it breeds inauthenticity (as anyone who has spoken with an evangelist knows), but if the principles can be really bought into and adopted, they serve well. The book really should have been called “co-elevation” — he doesn’t talk about authorization past the first chapter, and assumes you will self authorize for co-elevation.