If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown (Review and Analysis of Anderson's Book)
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This complete summary of the ideas from Dave Anderson's book "If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown" shows that political correctness is draining the health and vitality out of many businesses because it encourages managers to patronise weak performers, thus dis-incentivising employees to achieve more. It also praises conformity rather than innovation. Instead, companies should create an environment where high-performance is celebrated and exceptional results are applauded. This summary puts forward a radical program to get the full potential of every employee. It suggests that executives stop trying to make everyone happy: always treat people with respect, but give them expectations and celebrate those who meet those expectations. Always be honest with people, and be specific in your feedback. Never give across the board bonuses: they should be performance-based. Think about your own role as a thermostat rather than a thermometer – you should be controlling the business environment, not passively standing by. Ideally, business processes should be structured to avoid burnout, so that you don’t sacrifice long-term productivity for short-term speed. This summary sets out a manifesto for improving company performance and increasing morale. By following this plan, employees will be motivated to perform better and will reap benefits themselves.
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Book Presentation If You Don’t Make Waves You’ll Drown by Dave Anderson
Book Abstract
About the Author
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Summary of If You Don’t Make Waves You’ll Drown (Dave Anderson)
1. Don’t worry about trying to make everyone happy.
2. Forget entitlements – Build a vibrant meritocracy.
3. Don’t confuse the scoreboard for the game.
4. Give honest feedback – even if it ticks people off.
5. Be prepared to go against conventional wisdom.
6. Forget diversity – Go for results.
7. Don’t play to win – Play to dominate your market.
8. When people go off track, confront them directly.
9. Don’t make people happy – Make them better.
10. Put your money where your values are.
Book Abstract
MAIN IDEA
Political correctness is draining the health and vitality out of many businesses. This is due to the fact all too often political correctness sacrifices truth for the sake of harmony, creativity for the pursuit of conformity and emulation instead of innovation. Political correctness weakens the strong so the weak don’t feel left out, which forces companies to become mediocre. It’s time to stop all this madness and build a high-performance culture where exceptional results are celebrated instead of being frowned on.
To achieve this in practice, there are ten things you need to do:
It’s time for business to stop paying the price of political correctness, and to return again to the single-minded pursuit of greater productivity and exceptional performance, even if that means some of the marginal performers feel left out. Companies need to build a meritocracy where the best talent can excel based on personal responsibility and accountability for the results achieved. The culture of entitlement bred by political correctness needs to be replaced with a culture of celebrating world-class performance.
About the Author
DAVE ANDERSON is founder and president of his own sales and management training organization, Dave Anderson’s LearnToLead. He is a member of