ARA Review by Natalie Amundson of The Amazing Link
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ARA Review by Natalie Amundson of The Amazing Link
[Following is an OnlineBookClub.org ARA Review of the book, The Amazing Link.]
I recently completed the book, The Amazing Link, How Managers Can Get Great Results From Good Ideas by Jon Dario. It was an easy read and was relatable to any front-line manager. The author formerly worked in retail but I found a lot of his advice to be relevant to me as a health care manager. Most of the book was divided into four categories for key management behaviors including communication, motivation, follow-up and growing talent.
Many of Jon Dario’s philosophies specifically applied to me. The first one, was about giving praise. His advice stated to make sure praise is specific. This makes it more meaningful and is clear that the manager is paying close attention to the team’s behavior. Another skill was about the importance of following up with your employees through action instead of words. I feel this is very fitting and will continue to incorporate this in my daily job. The next concept that the author discussed was about training new employees. I liked how the definition was broken down and how many managers assume people are trained when they have been given the information on how to perform a task not that they have actually demonstrated that they can satisfactorily perform the skill. My last big take-away message was about growing talent. This viewpoint mentioned that that managers are actually the ones responsible for employee development not the employee and how the importance of creating an execution culture can create better results.
The formatting of The Amazing Link was appealing for the reader. Instead of it being in only paragraph form, it encompassed tables, graphs, figures, and bullet points, as well as links to websites for different videos or examples for growth plans. The book also talked about other ideas and techniques from other authors such as Dale Carnegie, and acknowledged the author’s other books he has written and encouraged communication with the author by including his email address. All of these additions serve as extremely resourceful tools for readers.
Clearly, the author proved his point that people in management are the important execution link between good ideas and great results. For me personally, the content of the book was tremendously appropriate to my work life. A few improvements that could make this book better are to design a more engaging and attractive cover and adding more examples, such as the sports, Navy SEAL, and planting flowers references that were included, to help energize the content. Overall, I would rate this book a 4.5 out of 5 and would likely read another one of Jon Dario’s books.
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I recently completed the book, The Amazing Link, How Managers Can Get Great Results From Good Ideas by Jon Dario. It was an easy read and was relatable to any front-line manager. The author formerly worked in retail but I found a lot of his advice to be relevant to me as a health care manager. Most of the book was divided into four categories for key management behaviors including communication, motivation, follow-up and growing talent.
Many of Jon Dario’s philosophies specifically applied to me. The first one, was about giving praise. His advice stated to make sure praise is specific. This makes it more meaningful and is clear that the manager is paying close attention to the team’s behavior. Another skill was about the importance of following up with your employees through action instead of words. I feel this is very fitting and will continue to incorporate this in my daily job. The next concept that the author discussed was about training new employees. I liked how the definition was broken down and how many managers assume people are trained when they have been given the information on how to perform a task not that they have actually demonstrated that they can satisfactorily perform the skill. My last big take-away message was about growing talent. This viewpoint mentioned that that managers are actually the ones responsible for employee development not the employee and how the importance of creating an execution culture can create better results.
The formatting of The Amazing Link was appealing for the reader. Instead of it being in only paragraph form, it encompassed tables, graphs, figures, and bullet points, as well as links to websites for different videos or examples for growth plans. The book also talked about other ideas and techniques from other authors such as Dale Carnegie, and acknowledged the author’s other books he has written and encouraged communication with the author by including his email address. All of these additions serve as extremely resourceful tools for readers.
Clearly, the author proved his point that people in management are the important execution link between good ideas and great results. For me personally, the content of the book was tremendously appropriate to my work life. A few improvements that could make this book better are to design a more engaging and attractive cover and adding more examples, such as the sports, Navy SEAL, and planting flowers references that were included, to help energize the content. Overall, I would rate this book a 4.5 out of 5 and would likely read another one of Jon Dario’s books.
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