Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World

by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall

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Buckingham and Goodall systematically dismantle nine pervasive myths about the modern workplace, from the value of cascading goals to the usefulness of well-rounded people. Drawing on large-scale engagement research and psychological science, the book offers evidence-based alternatives that reframe how leaders should think about culture, feedback, and performance.

Published:: 2019
Pages:: 256

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In this collection, Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World references 4 other books.

It draws on Radical Candor, Measure What Matters and Drive.

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Buckingham directly challenges the radical candor framework by arguing that negative feedback does not drive learning; people grow most from attention to their strengths, not correction of weaknesses

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Radical Candor

by Kim Scott

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Buckingham's challenge to cascading goals contradicts the OKR framework championed by Doerr in Measure What Matters, arguing that alignment comes from meaning, not goal cascades

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Measure What Matters

by John Doerr

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Buckingham extends Pink's intrinsic motivation research from Drive, arguing that the best teams thrive not from engagement surveys but from individual attention to strengths and purpose

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Drive

by Daniel Pink

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While Coyle's Culture Code emphasizes shared group culture, Buckingham argues that 'culture' is a misleading abstraction and that team-level experience is what actually matters

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The Culture Code

by Daniel Coyle

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