Even if it ain't broken, fix it

The authors examine nine widespread corporate beliefs and practices, reveal their flaws, and offer alternative approaches

Nine lies about work
 

A freethinking leader’s guide to the real world
 

Marcus Buckingham & Ashley Goodall
 

Harvard Business Review Press
 

279 pages; Rs 999

A corporation's recruitment, training, evaluation and promotion practices have a far-reaching impact on its employees. Over the years, however, many of them become ossified, as they begin to be treated as settled truths. But examine them closely, say the authors of this insightful book, and you find that they have become divorced from reality. Far from boosting productivity, they have turned into hindrances. The authors examine nine such widespread corporate beliefs and practices, reveal their flaws,