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  • Published: 25 April 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241245026
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

Good People

The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters




Venture capitalist and bestselling author Anthony Tjan reveals why good people are the key to good business

Most CEOs say the same thing: finding good people is difficult, and a matter of luck rather than skill, as being good on paper doesn't always translate to being good in practice.

In Good People, venture capitalist Anthony Tjan explains the five tensions that make "goodness" so uncommon in business, and features numerous profiles of "good people" who are extraordinary leaders and motivators in their fields, including Dominic Barton, Managing Director of McKinsey & Co and Gary Knell, CEO of National Geographic.

Establishing a new vocabulary for understanding and talking about the meaning of "good," both in business and beyond, Tjan offers practical advice for advancing the only durable competitive advantage for organizations: a set of values for developing oneself and others.

  • Published: 25 April 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241245026
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

Praise for Good People

Good People is the rare book that is both a meditation and a road map. Its advice will help leaders at every level mentor the goodness in others and bring out one's own best self

Daniel H Pink, author of DRIVE and TO SELL IS HUMAN

Good People lends an insightful look at how leadership and culture based on strong values translate into long-term success

Tony Hsieh, author of DELIVERING HAPPINESS and CEO of Zappos

An important book reminding us of the need for leadership to move beyond the individual to the culture of an organization

Dominic Barton, worldwide managing director of McKinsey & Company

Makes the case for why goodness is the key to a life of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment

Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global and founder of THE HUFFINGTON POST

Good People forces readers to thoughtfully consider the people that make the enterprise....a must read for any lifelong student of leadership

General (ret.) STANLEY McCHRYSTAL, coauthor of TEAM OF TEAMS