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High Output Management Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
The essential skill of creating and maintaining new businesses - the art of the entrepreneur - can be summed up in a single word: managing. In High Output Management, Andrew S. Grove, former chairman and CEO (and employee number three) of Intel, shares his perspective on how to build and run a company. Born of Grove’s experiences at one of America’s leading technology companies, this legendary management book is a Silicon Valley staple, equally appropriate for sales managers, accountants, consultants, and teachers, as well as CEOs and start-up founders. Grove covers techniques for creating highly productive teams, demonstrating methods of motivation that lead to peak performance - throughout, High Output Management is a practical handbook for navigating real-life business scenarios and a powerful management manifesto with the ability to revolutionize the way we work.
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- Listening Length8 hours and 2 minutes
- Audible release dateApril 27, 2021
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB08Z8K64S2
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Listening Length | 8 hours and 2 minutes |
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Author | Andrew S. Grove |
Narrator | Marc Cashman |
Whispersync for Voice | Ready |
Audible.com Release Date | April 27, 2021 |
Publisher | Random House Audio |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B08Z8K64S2 |
Best Sellers Rank | #2,975 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #17 in Organizational Behavior (Audible Books & Originals) #43 in Business Management (Audible Books & Originals) #66 in Leadership (Audible Books & Originals) |
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Customers find the book provides practical advice for managers. They describe it as straightforward, accessible, and jargon-free. Readers find the concepts and advice well-thought-out and authentic.
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Customers find this book a good reference for new managers. It offers practical advice from one of the top American business executives. The author shares his mistakes and provides a good overview of business challenges. The theory is provided along with real-world examples, making the book relevant and practical. The scorecard at the end summarizes practices that can have a dramatic impact.
"...The book provides a straightforward and comprehensive guide on how to approach and enhance performance, making complex ideas easily accessible." Read more
"This is a great book for managers and executives. It offers practical advice from one of the premier American business executives— insightful and..." Read more
"...Not surprisingly, he has a very pragmatic, operational view of what good managers do, and he presents a comprehensive guide for all the basics...." Read more
"...This book is great for both new and experienced managers since it provides valuable frameworks and strategies for all kinds of common managerial..." Read more
Customers find the book straightforward and accessible. It covers the critical aspects of managing processes in a clear way. The concepts and advice are well-thought-out and articulated. Readers appreciate that each page and chapter is valuable, providing a comprehensive guide for all the basics. They find it a good quick read with simple concepts.
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Customers find the book credible and relevant. They say it's authentic, proven, and based on experience. The concepts are relatable, realistic, and honest.
"...There is nothing sexy or trendy. But it is a very solid introduction from someone who has proven to be among the best at managing...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2024"High Output Management" masterfully explains the mechanisms behind productivity, leverage, and output. It distills concepts from some of the best books on the subject, notably resembling the clarity of "The Effective Executive" by Peter Drucker. The book provides a straightforward and comprehensive guide on how to approach and enhance performance, making complex ideas easily accessible.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2024This is a great book for managers and executives. It offers practical advice from one of the premier American business executives— insightful and relatively jargon free.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2012I'm a Vice President at a small public company, and I've been managing people for over ten years, and have an MBA from a top ranked business school. Still, I wish I had read this book when I first started managing people.
This certainly appears to me to be a book written by Andy Grove for his own managers at Intel, and I found it interesting to see how he thinks about management. Not surprisingly, he has a very pragmatic, operational view of what good managers do, and he presents a comprehensive guide for all the basics. His whole orientation is that managers are responsible for the total output of their teams, and his focus is always on accomplishments and outputs, not activities.
Topics that are included
- Looking at your operations and finding the bottle necks
- How to monitor and check your processes for high quality and high output
- How managers should spend their time, run team meetings, and stay in touch with subordinates through one on ones
- How to hire, coach, and provide feedback to build your team
What you won't find in this book
- How to think about strategy
- Competitive advantage
- Building a brand
- Competitive analysis
The book has been around for a while, and it's not a trendy management book. There is no new catch phrase or research based on fMRI or paradigm shift. There is nothing sexy or trendy. But it is a very solid introduction from someone who has proven to be among the best at managing. This is one of the great CEOs of our times, and I brilliant mind, passing along what he wants his managers to know. I think that many managers could vastly improve their performance if they studied and mastered the basics covered here rather than the nifty new concept from the latest HBR.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015High Output Management provides a comprehensive overview of a managers role and purpose. The book focuses around a central thesis that a manager's objective is to increase the output of the work of those below and around him. A manager should therefore choose high-leverage activities that have a multiplicative impact on the overall output of his subordinates and peers. For example, providing clear direction to a team may only require a small amount of the manager's time, but yields tremendous value in terms of the output of the team.
This book is great for both new and experienced managers since it provides valuable frameworks and strategies for all kinds of common managerial tasks. Below are the core topics covered in this book:
* Delegation - In order to maximize leverage, a manager needs an optimal number of subordinates to whom he can delegate to. Successful delegation provides lots of leverage, whereas poor delegation ends up netting no leverage since it turns into errors and micro-management.
* Meetings - Meetings are extraordinarily expensive to a company. There are three types of recurring meetings: one-on-one's, staff meetings, and operational reviews. Each of these meetings should have a clear framework for maximizing value and minimizing time-waste. There are also one-off meetings centered around making a particular decision - such meetings should be especially carefully planned and executed since they are often scheduled ad-hoc without a clear purpose and with too many participants.
* Making decisions - When making decisions, there's a fragile power dynamic that needs to be carefully handled. Managers should facilitate free and open discussion amongst all parties until a consensus emerges. In cases where a consensus does not emerge naturally, the manager should push for a decision.
* Dual reporting - Dual reporting is inevitable in most large organizations. Consider advertising: should each division of a company decide and pursue its own advertising campaign, or should all of it be handled through a single corporate entity? The optimum solution calls for the use of dual reporting where each division controls most of their own advertising messages but a coordinating body of peers consisting of the various divisional marketing managers chooses the advertising agency and creative direction.
* Motivating employees - Our society respects someone's throwing himself into sports, but anybody who works very long hours is regarded as sick or a workaholic. Imagine how productive our country would become if managers could endow all work with the characteristics of competitive sports? Eliciting peak performance means going up against something or somebody, and turning the workplace into a playing field where subordinates become athletes dedicated to performing at the limit of their capabilities.
* Performance reviews - Performance reviews are easily mistaken as simply a way to assess performance and evaluate compensation. The fundamental goal of a performance review is to improve the subordinates performance. A review will influence a subordinate's performance for a long time, which makes the activity one of the manager's highest-leverage activities. Thus great care needs to be taken in the preparation and delivery of a performance review.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2024Unlike many business books, each page and chapter is valuable. The scorecard at the end summarizes practices that if followed will dramatically change your impact as a leader and manager.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2020I'm an avid reader, but this is the first book that has moved me to write a review. In summary it's brilliant and absolutely still 100% relevant.
After finishing reading through the book, I immediately started re-reading it. In the forward by Ben Horowitz, he writes
"First, in as little as one sentence, it lucidly explains concepts that require entire books from lesser writers. Second, it consistently uncovers brand-new management ideas or finds new insights into old standards. Finally, while most management books attempt to teach basic competency, High Output Management, teaches the reader how to be great."
I think that's a really good summary. The first sentence is worth highlighting though. This book contains a ton of wisdom in 230 pages. If there's a flaw with the book, it's that it's too dense with wisdom. It's like an amazing teacher has condensed a full two-year Stanford MBA program into one small book. It is NOT a page turner (though he's a fine writer). There is so much in each page that you need to take breaks to think over what you just read before moving on.
Regarding the forward, you can skip it the first time through. I think it's more useful as a summary review after reading through the book once.
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Lucas Venezian PovoaReviewed in Brazil on March 19, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Ciência e Engenharia para Gestão
Simplesmente fantástico. Este livro é de uma completude e simplicidade que permitem a sua transformação quando lido com todo o zelo necessário.
Todo profissional que deseja gerar valor deve ler este livro. Seja ele um gestor já estabelecido ou um estagiário.
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A. David Garza MarinReviewed in Mexico on September 14, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars A pesar del tiempo, se mantiene vigente
Este es uno de esos textos que, si bien evidencian el paso del tiempo desde que fueron originalmente escritos, puedo decir que la mayoría de su contenido es totalmente vigente. Una lectura obligada para todos aquellos que se orientan a la administración en general. El libro es puntual y objetivo, sin duda uno de los rasgos distintivos del Dr. Grove. Recomendabilísimo, sin duda.
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JaviReviewed in Spain on December 19, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Gestión de Alto Impacto
Un clásico imprescindible para líderes y gerentes que desean optimizar equipos y procesos. Grove combina estrategias prácticas con ejemplos claros, haciendo que conceptos complejos sean accesibles y aplicables. Desde la planificación eficiente hasta la toma de decisiones clave, este libro es un mapa esencial para mejorar el rendimiento empresarial. Su enfoque en indicadores medibles y liderazgo efectivo lo convierte en una lectura valiosa tanto para principiantes como para expertos en gestión.
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ShReviewed in Germany on August 21, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Ein Klassiker für effektives Management – Pflichtlektüre für Führungskräfte
"High Output Management" von Andrew S. Grove ist ein zeitloser Klassiker, der für alle Führungskräfte und Manager unverzichtbar ist. Dieses Buch bietet praktische, umsetzbare Ratschläge und eine klare Struktur, die es zu einem der besten Bücher über Management macht.
Vorteile:
Praktische Anleitungen: Grove bietet in diesem Buch konkrete, leicht nachvollziehbare Anleitungen für das Management alltäglicher Aufgaben. Von der Produktionsplanung über die Mitarbeiterführung bis hin zur Entscheidungsfindung – das Buch deckt alle wesentlichen Aspekte des Managements ab.
Effizienzsteigerung: Das Buch hilft Führungskräften, ihre Teams effizienter und produktiver zu machen. Es zeigt auf, wie man Prioritäten setzt, Prozesse optimiert und die Produktivität steigert, ohne dabei die Qualität zu opfern.
Klarer und direkter Stil: Andrew Grove schreibt klar und direkt, ohne unnötigen Fachjargon. Seine Beispiele aus der Praxis, insbesondere aus seiner Zeit als CEO von Intel, machen die Konzepte greifbar und leicht umsetzbar.
Fokus auf Führung: Ein zentraler Punkt des Buches ist die Bedeutung der Rolle eines Managers als Führungskraft. Grove zeigt, wie wichtig es ist, nicht nur zu managen, sondern auch zu führen – indem man klare Ziele setzt, Feedback gibt und Teams motiviert.
Zeitloser Rat: Obwohl das Buch vor einigen Jahrzehnten veröffentlicht wurde, sind die Prinzipien und Ratschläge, die Grove vermittelt, immer noch genauso relevant und nützlich wie damals. Es ist ein Buch, das in keiner Managementbibliothek fehlen sollte.
Fazit:
"High Output Management" ist ein Meisterwerk des Managements, das jedem, der in einer Führungsposition tätig ist oder anstrebt, enormen Nutzen bringen wird. Andrew S. Grove vermittelt in diesem Buch essenzielle Managementfähigkeiten auf eine Art und Weise, die sofort anwendbar ist. Es ist ein Buch, das man immer wieder zur Hand nehmen wird, um seine eigenen Managementpraktiken zu verfeinern und zu verbessern. Ich kann es jedem empfehlen, der seine Fähigkeiten als Manager oder Führungskraft ausbauen möchte.
- FabyanReviewed in the Netherlands on March 10, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Ready to build “high performing teams”
One of the best books I’ve read on Management. It was tipped to me by a great entrepreneur and leader. A must read for everyone who is trying to get more understanding and thus more knowledge to put in practice. I loved the checklist in the back of the book. I’ve read the Kindle edition!