The Power of People Skills, Trevor Throness
The Power of People Skills, Trevor Throness
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The Power of People Skills
How to Eliminate 90% of Your HR Problems and Dramatically Increase Team and Company Morale and Performance

Author: Trevor Throness

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2017

Synopsis

People are the problem. They’re always the problem. If a business person goes home frustrated, if they talk with their significant other about it, if they lay awake at night stewing about it, inevitably the problem is some person at work—a colleague, subordinate, or boss.Handling people issues is every leader’s major headache. It’s what takes up the majority of their time and—more important—the bulk of their head space. Every leader can and must develop this most important of all management skills.The Power of People Skills will teach you that there’s one primary difference between a great culture and a poor one: a great culture insists on having star players in every key seat, and a poor culture tolerates under performers. In this powerful book, you will learn how to:Make the people decisions that can double your results, relieve your stress, and cause team morale to soar.Attract and retain the very best talent.Deal with difficult people problems in an objective and kind way.Overcome the reluctance we all share to confront under performers.Permanently solve the problems causing most of your stress.

About Trevor Throness

Trevor Throness is a veteran coach who specializes in working with growing businesses from $2 million to $2 billion in sales. He has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, organizations, and business families across North America fix people problems, enhance communication, attract top talent, and build exceptional cultures. He and his wife, Jennifer, live in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by KellyAnn on December 26, 2022

Knowing how much I learn from the books I read, I'm surprised it took me this long to pick one up about managing people and business! Being in a manager role is so rewarding, but also tiresome. It leaves you with alot of overdue issues, current issues, and potential issues floating around in your he......more

Goodreads review by Denise on December 17, 2020

This wasn't a terrible book, but I think it was mistaken in initially addressing itself to multiple audiences (businesses, young leaders, not-for-profits, etc.) and then speaking for the rest of time in a manner that clearly had typical businesses in mind (and particularly those people who have the......more

Goodreads review by Bill on November 01, 2019

This is a fantastic resource for anyone who is looking for very specific tactical advice on leading a team. There were times where I may not have agreed with the author's approach, but I found the structure to be very easy to adapt to the culture of my organization. I listened to the audiobook, but I......more

Goodreads review by Jess on March 18, 2020

Read for work and mostly enjoyed it - there is some cheesiness and some weird sexism that creeps in, but overall helpful for direct and compassionate staff evaluation systems and communication.......more

Goodreads review by Jana on May 22, 2021

Excellent. I plan to read this again before I start hiring. The concrete information and examples of reviewing, assessing, evaluating, and coaching employees is invaluable. This book motivated me to completely re-examine my approach to working with employees as a business owner.......more

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