Your Management Sucks: Why You Have to Declare War on Yourself and Your Business

by Mark Stevens (Narrator), Alan Sklar (Narrator)

Like a mirror, Your Management Sucks reveals important truths that you may deal with . . . or choose to ignore or put on the back burner.

Everyone manages someone or something . . . your own life and career, an administrative assistant, hundreds or thousands of people. How well or poorly you manage has a profound impact on your personal success. Mark Stevens makes the compelling point that at any given time everyone's management sucks. It can, however, be improved and rethought so you can move away from patterns and habits that you can easily fall victim to. Start by declaring constructive war on yourself. Look in the mirror and identify those invisible traps and barriers. Then leave the land of business-as-usual with the seven-point plan Stevens has used to build both his own extraordinary career and his marketing and strategy consulting firm. You'll soon find that you're in the fast lane, easily outpacing your passive peers who rarely, if ever, challenge the how and why of what they do.

Genres: Business

Audio CD

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Mark Stevens is a quintuple threat:
•Lifelong entrepreneur
•CEO
•Bestselling author
•Animal lover
•Die hard romantic
Mark has published more than 25 books including most recently:
•His debut novel Evidence Of Love
•A first children’s book Sky’s Amazing Dream (focused on his beloved Golden Retriever)
•An inspirational leadership book, Hike A Thousand Miles
•In the style of his classic best seller, Your Marketing Sucks, the soon to be classic sales guide, Everything You Learned About Selling Is A Lie.

Reviews

[Miebara Jato · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book would pump you up in terms of motivation and personal development. But on critical areas of strategic thinking, developing a competitive strategy or driving a strong market position as a business manager, it's not the kind of book you need to read.
-Dont just rock the boat of your business, be prepared to capsize it.
- The so-called smart thing is all too often stale thinking masquerading as truth.
- The worst damn thing in the world you can do is copy success. Be original.
- Become greater than the sum of your parts.
- Implement the plan that will change your world and your life.
- Seek out what you need to know and use it for personal growth.
- Win customers and make them deliriously happy.

[Jbock · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is strong on motivation and ideas, but a bit over the top in some areas. Mark Stevens can come off as pretentious at times.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in continuous personal improvement.

[Tina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I guess my biggest problem with this book was the pompous, arrogant guy that wrote it. Yeah, you're great-you have solved all of the problems for all of your clients. I did get a few tidbits from it.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

After finishing this book, I was convienced that my management sucks, but based his criteria I suck too.

[Cheree Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this right after I quit a job with a terrible manager. The book made me feel better in confirming that I was working under someone who had no idea how to manage.

[John Seno · Rating 2 out of 5]

The title is not particularly comforting :-)

I must go through this book again, filled with refreshing ideas & perspectives on business management."

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very enjoyable read about some very modern management ideas. It makes you think.

[Jason Paulateer · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the spirit of Marcus Buckingham's "First Break All The Rules", Stevens challenges us to wage war on conventional wisdom!

[Mich L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting take on management and motivation. Many examples that give way to good perspective. Though nothing notably astounding, this book is like having a great talk with a wise mentor.

[Alberto Lopez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very insightful.