Genre
: Business / Economics
Features
: Penguin Publishing Group, hardback
It turns out that at work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers. Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others and matchers aim to trade evenly, givers are the rare breed of people who contirbute to others without expecting anything in return. Using her own pioneering research as Wharton's youngest tenured professor, Adam Grant shows that these styles have a suprising impact on success. Although some givers gets exploited and burn out, the rest achieve extraordinary results across a wide range of industries. Praised by bestselling authors such as Susan Cain, Dan PInk, Tony Hsieh, Seth Godin, Dan Ariely, Gretchen Rubin, David Allen, Dan Gilbert, and Robert Cialdini - along with senior leaders from Google, McKinsey, Merck, Estee Lauder, Twitter, Nike, and NASA - Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills have in common. This landmark book opens up an approach to success that has the power to transform not just individuals nad groups, but entire organizations and communities. --