Squawk!, Travis Bradberry
Squawk!, Travis Bradberry
List: $9.99 | Sale: $7.00
Club: $4.99

Squawk!
How To Stop Making Noise and Start Getting Results

Author: Travis Bradberry

Narrator: Lloyd James

Unabridged: 2 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/16/2008


Synopsis

Unfortunately, we've all been there. You and your team are facing a problem. Yet rather than working with you to come up with a solution, your manager swoops in squawking like a seagull, dumps orders riddled with formulaic advice, then takes off, leaving everyone else to clean up the mess. Or—let's be honest—there's been a time (or two) when all of us have been guilty of this very behavior.

The truth is, seagull managers live in every workplace—but it doesn't have to be that way. In Squawk! Travis Bradberry, Ph.D., reveals the three virtues that will help listeners deal with seagull managers in the workplace and, more important, avoid becoming seagulls themselves. Told through the story of Charlie, a well-intentioned seagull manager who doesn't understand how his actions hold back his flock, this entertaining and illuminating fable will help make us all less prone to depositing messes on the heads of those around us.

About Travis Bradberry

Travis Bradberry, Ph.D., is president and cofounder of TalentSmart, a think tank and consultancy. TalentSmart provides testing services to top companies around the world, including Microsoft, Starbucks, and the Department of Homeland Security. Bradberry's work has been featured in Fortune, the Harvard Business Review, Newsweek, and Forbes. He is coauthor of The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon on February 18, 2023

If your a seagull and there is a food court in the area then all the food you could ever want is there on the tables and in the trash. But how do you work with others to make sure everyone gets something to eat. Stop SQUAWKing and read this book - that's how!......more

Goodreads review by Huyền on March 02, 2017

Một câu chuyện ngụ ngôn về kỹ năng quản lý nhóm. Đừng liên tục "quàng quạc" vào nhân viên thay vào đó hãy: - Đưa cho họ mục tiêu cụ thể họ cần đạt được - Luôn duy trì giao tiếp với mọi thành viên - Phải khen thưởng đúng lúc và lờ đi lỗi sai nhỏ nếu có thể......more

Goodreads review by Mohamed on July 18, 2012

People may join companies, but they will leave bosses. No one influences an employee’s morale and productivity more than his or her supervisor. The seagull manager creates the need to swoop in and set his team straight, the superior manager gets everyone headed in the right direction from the very be......more

Goodreads review by Janet on January 17, 2009

Squawk! did a couple of great things for me. First, it was a really fun read. It was such a page turner that I got lost in it and forgot that I was learning. BUT I WAS! The three virtues it teaches are the most dead-on center description of what managers (anyone who manages people, from a corporate e......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on August 24, 2009

Oversimplified, but worth the effort.......more