{"id":277,"date":"2007-12-12T23:45:42","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T03:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judykat.com\/ken\/2007\/12\/12\/marcus-buckingham-thinks-your-boss-has-an-attitude-problem\/"},"modified":"2010-09-06T05:18:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T09:18:30","slug":"marcus-buckingham-thinks-your-boss-has-an-attitude-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judykat.com\/ken-judy\/marcus-buckingham-thinks-your-boss-has-an-attitude-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Buckingham Thinks Your Boss Has an Attitude Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a fan of The Gallup Organization<\/a>‘s research and management writing. Marcus Buckingham has a 2001 Fast Company interview on his site.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n“There’s a juicy irony here,” says the 35-year-old Cambridge-educated Brit. “You won’t find a CEO who doesn’t talk about a ‘powerful culture’ as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time, you’d be hard-pressed to find a CEO who has much of a clue about the strength of that culture. The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He lists “five attitude adjustments that redefine the essence of leadership in business.” To senior executives, he says:<\/p>\n

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  1. Measure what really matters… Averages hide the fact that within any company are some of the most-engaged work groups and some of the least-engaged work groups. But this range is what is most revealing.<\/li>\n
  2. Stop trying to change people. Start trying to help them become more of who they already are.<\/li>\n
  3. You’re not the most important person in the company. (T)he single most important determinant of individual performance is a person’s relationship with his or her immediate manager.<\/li>\n
  4. Stop looking to the outside for help. The solutions to your problems exist inside your company. <\/li>\n
  5. Don’t assume that everyone wants your job — or that great people want to be promoted out of what they do best. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    He provides some good detail and the conclusions are supported with methodical quantitative research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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