Better Than Perfect: How Gifted Bosses and Great Employees Can Lift the Performance of Those Around Them

By Dale A. Dauten

Book Overview

What the most exceptional bosses and employees do differently--and how they make the workplace better for everyone.

"Some nights I go out and play a piece perfectly. Then, the next night, I play it better." --Jean-Pierre Rampal, legendary flautist

In this provocative, insightful book, nationally syndicated columnist Dale Dauten explores how the best bosses, employees, and suppliers think, learn, and communicate differently--and how this benefits both the organizations they work for and the individuals they work with.

What does it take to be a workplace genius? Dauten, drawing from his experience with hundreds of "better than perfect" workers, explores the behaviors and different ways of thinking that make them shining stars--similar to the exceptional performers in music, sports, science, and other fields. He also reveals why they elevate everyone around them, and how we can find our inner genius to make a difference in our workplaces, and in the world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564148807
• ISBN13: 9781564148803
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Career Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A must-read for any employee, manager or business leader

All too often in our daily jobs we see nothing but despair and hopelessness. A project that isn't going right, an employee that is hard to deal with, a business that is unwilling to change. Sometimes we think that our only option to deal with this is to either sit back and ignore it or uproot ourselves and move on. In "Better Then Perfect" the author gives a myriad of tips and examples of how anyone -- from high-level executives down to rank and file employees -- can change the outlook of those around them and uplift the productivity, performance and outlook of not only themselves but all those they interact with -- even the business itself. A wonderful book that ranks up there in the same class as "Who Moved my Cheese?" Perfection isn't a science -- it is an art. And this book provides the insight and canvas to help people understand how to paint their own "better than perfect" picture by tapping into the potential that we all have.

Better Than Perfect: How Gifted Bosses And Great Employees Can Lift the Performance of Those Around

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU -- As an employee at one of the struggling American automotive companies you encouraged my "craziness" and inspired me to do more in an environment that doesn't recognize human potential. This book is entertaining, well written and inspiring all at once. Must reading for every executive and any employee who really wants to "make a difference". This book is a true gift to the spirit!

Pros and Business Insights.. A Great Combination

Dale Dauten has outdone himself. This is more than in engaging story beautifully written. This book is full of important business lessons, insight and eureka experiences. Don't miss this one. It's a real keeper.

Fantastic!

I read over 80 books a year, and I am willing to bet that this book will be the best one I read in 2006. Better Than Perfect is chopped full of wisdom, and it was difficult to put down. Dale Dauten brings back Max, the beloved guru/hero of the Max Strategy and the Gifted Boss, to examine what characteristics special, life-changing people share. This book conveys wisdom and inspires fruitful introspection.

Lights Up New Brain Circuits, Opens New Possibilities

"Better Than Perfect" is better than best. It is stimulating, evocative, and engaging. This ingeniously simple book triggers different insights and outlooks toward our careers, our businesses, and our lives. This book shows you why and how to be one of the indispensible, irreplaceable few who make a business extraordinary. How to think, learn, and communicate differently. With real-world examples, blended into a business fable. I underlined, highlighted, and made notes in the margins of better than 43 pages of this elegantly-written book. I got dozens of jewels out of Dale Dauten's book. But it got even more out of me. "Better than Perfect" may just be one book you can't stop thinking about. Michael Cloud author, "Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion"