The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success

Abridged
Author: Marcus Buckingham
Narrator: Marcus Buckingham
Genres: Business, Self-help, Personal Development, Management & Leadership, Health, Body & Mind
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Date: October 2007
Length: 4 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 4.5/5
Formats:
  • CD
  • WMA

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Overview

The principal author of the extraordinary bestsellers "First, Break All the Rules" and "Now, Discover Your Strengths" offers a dramatically new way to understand the art of success.

Great managing, great leading, and career success -- Buckingham draws on a wealth of examples to reveal the single controlling insight that lies at the heart of each. Lose sight of this "one thing" and even your best efforts will be diminished or compromised. Success comes to those who remain mindful of the core insight, understand all of its ramifications, and orient their decisions around it. Buckingham backs his arguments with authoritative research from a wide variety of sources, including his own data and in-depth interviews with individuals at every level of an organization, from CEOs to hotel maids and stockboys.

In every way a groundbreaking audiobook, "The One Thing You Need to Know" offers essential performance and career lessons for businesspeople at all career stages.

Selected Reviews

Very Good Book

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 5/5

The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success

by Ali Lashgari
  • Book Rating: 5/5

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Reviews (8)

Very Good Book

Written by Anonymous from , on May 5th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I thought this audio book did a very good job in explaining the core points made in the book along with examples to help apply the information to your life. I've read / listened to many leadership and management books and put this one in my top 5. I think Buckingham is very insightful and I love that fact that he tries to get to the core of the issues. He doesn't focus on the latest fads or strategies from the latest management gurus. His approach and descriptions seemed to make a lot of sense to me.

The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success

Written by Ali Lashgari on August 12th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Gives great insight into great managing, leading, and sustained success. Simplifies it into the core factors which are all important in achieving success. Highly recommended.

Excellent

Written by Dave Paulson on January 24th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I found the book to be excellent in most every way. It contains a practical framework for understanding the key elements of organizational leadership and management, all backed with real life examples. I found this to be one of the most informative management books I've read. The author is easy to listen to, and the content is effectively presented. My only complaint is that there's so much packed into the pages that you find yourself hitting rewind on a frequent basis.

Wonderful book with great ideas!

Written by Kelvin Z. on November 21st, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

At first it seemed a bit boring - it did not seem like it would be any good. However, after a couple of tracks it started getting good. This is very helpful and filled with things you can use today. I recommend it!

Great Book

Written by Anonymous on July 19th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

The author has a great speaking voice and the book was filled with helpful advice.

One Thing you Need to Know....

Written by RZMarquee on April 27th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Great book. Highly informative, entertaining, and kept my interest throughout. A MUST for those looking to better manage and lead.

Very effective - great content and paced to stay on topic and stay interesting

Written by Anonymous from , on March 25th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

The author's key points on what to know in order to be a great manager, to be a great leader, or to sustain individual success are compelling and delivered concisely. Definitely worth the time.

well worth your time

Written by Anonymous from , on September 24th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

A great lecture on the resources everyone has for performance and excellence, on leadership and on management (and the difference between the last two). Enjoyable and well worth your time. If you didn’t read anything by M.Buckingham, this book will sum up and refine all his previous writing for you.

Selected Reviews

Very Good Book

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 5/5

The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success

by Ali Lashgari
  • Book Rating: 5/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Buckingham, Marcus

Marcus Buckingham is the leader of The Gallup Organization's twenty-year effort to identify the core characteristics of great managers and great workplaces. He is also a senior lecturer in Gallup's Leadership Institute.