{"product_id":"the-one-thing-you-need-marcus-buckingham-9780743261654","title":"The One Thing You Need to Know: ... about Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollowing the success of the landmark bestsellers \u003ci\u003eFirst, Break All the Rules\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNow, Discover Your Strengths, \u003c\/i\u003e Marcus Buckingham offers a dramatically new way to understand the art of success.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith over 1.6 million copies of \u003ci\u003eFirst, Break All the Rules\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Curt Coffman) and \u003ci\u003eNow, Discover Your Strengths\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Donald O. Clifton) in print, Cambridge-educated Buckingham is considered one of the most respected business authorities on the subject of management and leadership in the world. With \u003ci\u003eThe One Thing You Need to Know, \u003c\/i\u003e he gives readers an invaluable course in outstanding achievement -- a guide to capturing the essence of the three most fundamental areas of professional activity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreat managing, leading, and career success -- Buckingham draws on a wealth of applicable examples to reveal that a controlling insight lies at the heart of the three. Lose sight of this \"one thing\" and even the best efforts will be diminished or compromised. Readers will be eager to discover the surprisingly different answers to each of these rich and complex subjects. Each could be explained endlessly to detail their many facets, but Buckingham's great gift is his ability to cut through the mass of often-conflicting agendas and zero in on what matters most, without ever oversimplifying. As he observes, success comes to those who remain mindful of the core insight, understand all of its ramifications, and orient their decisions around it. Buckingham backs his arguments with authoritative research from a wide variety of sources, including his own research data and in-depth interviews with individuals at every level of an organization, from CEO's to hotel maids and stockboys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn every way a groundbreaking book, \u003ci\u003eThe One Thing You Need to Know\u003c\/i\u003e offers crucial performance and career lessons for business people at all career stages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Buckingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743261658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743261654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.29w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 56","brand":"Marcus Buckingham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981163331839,"sku":"9780743261654","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_963c8218-9758-4e72-bf27-5f4e8e63a448.jpg?v=1683254002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-one-thing-you-need-marcus-buckingham-9780743261654","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}