Managing From the Heart (ISBN 0553470132)

Lessons for Your Heart and Head:
This book was really good. It was moving and it was right-on in my opinion. The real-life application through Harry's story made the principles more meaningful. I continue to learn daily how important these principles are. Truly being on your employee's side, listening to them, trusting them and helping them grow and achieve. You'll never go wrong. I re-read this book to help me remember these truths when times get tough. Also, the professional editorial Amazon includes for this book is a bunch of hogwash in my opinion. The guy who wrote it must have had a block of ice for a heart and just a regular old block for a head!

Simple book w/ excellent management & communication principles:
I've used this book for years to help new managers (and some not so new) learn some basic communication skills in order to improve their management skills. It is an easy read--it reads like a novel rather than a technical or self-help book. The principles it teaches are simple, yet profound. 1)Hear & understand me. 2)Even if you disagree, please don't make me wrong. 3)Acknowledge the greatness within me. 4)Recognize my good intentions. 5)Tell me the truth with compassion. These are principles that can help with communication in every aspect of life.

Managing from the heart:
All four writers from the Atlanta Consulting Group got into our hearts, minds and souls. Literarilly they looked for every given personality they came accross and provided counselling through the lovely voice of Selena. Don't we all who read this book multiple times need to do a toast for Hyler, Jack, Aubrey and Roy lives? They literally changed folks like me who felt chances in life ran out. I read the book as recommended literature from a business consulting group in Puerto Rico called InBusiness. Their slogan says, What motivates you? They are awsome.

Managing from the Heart.:
I have been reading a lot of management books recently. This is the first one I didn't want to put down after 15 minutes. It's an interesting and easy read with relevant points to make managers better leaders.

A so-so message delivered in a gooey-sweet wrapper:
The basic principles this book tries to teach are, although obvious, certainly well-meaning, harmless, and probably practical enough if applied sensibly. However, the gooey-sweet fluffy medium used to deliver the message makes it very hard to take seriously. In a corporate fairy-tale approach, the protagonist, a big, bad "abominable no-man" manager, suffers a near-death experience and is subsequently guided by an angel through his transformation into a manager with heart. Please. If this is intended for real corporate managers and executives, why tell bad fairy stories? It makes the overall message much less appealing and far less likely to be taken seriously! I gave it two stars, instead of one or none, because the underlying concepts do have *some* merit. However, this one really isn't worth your time or money.