Good People: The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters

Good people are an organization's most critical asset, and Anthony Tjan's book Good People redefines goodness as a lifelong, proactive commitment that can be exercised, honed, and taught. It features interviews with extraordinary innovators, executives, artists, academics, and role models and provides practical advice for evaluating, developing, and leading with goodness.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 26 April 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Good people are the most valuable asset of any organization. However, what does it truly mean to be good? In his groundbreaking book, Anthony Tjan leads a movement to redefine goodness as a lifelong, proactive commitment that can be exercised, honed, and taught. Packed with practical advice, Good People features interviews with extraordinary innovators, executives, artists, academics, and role models from all walks of life, including Harvard Business School dean Nitin Nohria, Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor, and the late master jazz musician Clark Terry. By establishing a new language and framework, Anthony Tjan explains why choosing to work with good people is the only business decision that truly matters. This important book serves as a reminder to leaders that they must move beyond the individual to the culture of an organization, as emphasized by Dominic Barton, managing director of McKinsey & Co.

Weight: 222g
Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241245019