If You Don't Make Waves, You'll Drown

This is not your typical business book. You won't find academic remedies to your business challenges or exhortations to create a warmer and fuzzier workplace. In fact, you'll find the opposite-tips on how to be a tougher, take-no-prisoners-style manager. It's time to stop letting workplace political correctness push you around and get serious about your business. In If You Don't Make Waves, You'll Drown, Dave Anderson doesn't pull any punches. Offering simple wisdom and politically incorrect solutions that really work, he's not here to inspire you, but to taunt you into action. He shows you how to be more direct without being disrespectful; how to give honest feedback even when it hurts; and how to hold employees accountable for results. In short, you'll learn how to get the most out of your business. Want more politically incorrect wisdom? Tenure is a license for laziness Diversity without competence is worthless Don't trade your values for valuables Political correctness is a disease that destroys the workplace It's time to fight back!

Preface viii Acknowledgments xvi Author’s Note xvii Introduction 1 1 Don’t Be a Wimp! 11 2 Eliminate Entitlements: Send the Moochers Packing! 41 3 Don’t Confuse the Scoreboard for the Game! 65 4 Sometimes You Have to Tick People Off! 91 5 Learn to Read between the Lies! 109 6 Ditch Diversity and Go for Results! 135 7 Don’t Just Win . . . Run Up the Score! 153 8 Spare the Rod, Spoil the Sluggard! 177 9 Don’t Make People Happy. . . .Make Them Better! 193 10 Don’t Trade Your Values for Valuables! 203 Notes 233 Bibliography 235 About the Author 236