Managing employees in today’s rapidly evolving workplace can sometimes feel like negotiating a minefield. Such recent new trends as flextime, telecommting, 360-degree feedback, the flattening of hierarchies, and the increased use of temps and contract workers present tough new challenges for supervisors in every field. This timely, completely revised and updated edition of Ferdinand Fournies’s classic management coaching bible shows you proven ways to get workers to perform at the highest level while eliminating the self-destructive kinds of behaviors that have become increasingly prevalent in recent years.

In this book, you’ll be taught specific face-to-face interventions you can use to enhance performance in every kind of workplace situation--from sales to creative brainstorming. There are also interventions uniquely suited to resolving problems ranging from low productivity to absenteeism to conflicts between individuals. You’ll learn precisely what to say and do so that each person you supervise will want to give you his or her best work--even when that person was previously thought to be a problem employee. Packed with brand-new case studies from Fournies’s latest research into the dynamics of the modern workplace, this classic guide takes all the guesswork out of becoming the kind of inspired, hands-on manager that every company today is looking for!

The New York Times bestselling guide to getting the best out of every employee-updated for the modern workplace

Based on the actual experiences of 25,000 managers, "Why Employees Don't Do What They're Supposed to Do..." gives you proven, straightforward methods that work on "real" jobs, in the "real" world. This results-oriented guidebook helps you handle the top 10 situations in which employees don't perform the way they should, including a detailed analysis of the causes and the plans for preventing the same problems down the road.

Featuring fresh insights on outsourcing, temp workers, flex time, telecommuting, and technology, this no-nonsense resource arms you with the people-management skills you need to consistently elicit the highest levels of performance from your workforce.

"In simple, straightforward language, Fournies offers practical solutions to the problems of employee performance... This book] should be on the desk of anyone who manages others."-"Entrepreneur"

From the "New York Times" Bestselling Author- Proven Methods for Getting Customers to Buy

This fully revised and updated edition of Ferdinand Fournies's classic on sales from the customer's point of view covers all the latest developments in business innovation and customer relations. "Why Customers Don't Do What You Want Them to Do..." ignores gimmicks and tricks, giving you specific actions that dramatically raise the odds of your customer doing the "buying things"-and placing the order. This results-focused guidebook presents 24 solutions to common selling problems and customer objections, helping you move beyond them to Achieve a customer action objective for each call Spark customer interest Clarify your product-and yourself Identify and address potential problems Address customers' fears and gain their trust Assist customers in choosing, negotiating, and placing an order

"Why Customers Don't Do What You Want Them to Do..." gives you practical strategiesto move to the close with the fewest number of calls by getting customers to do whatyou want-when you want-at each stage of the sales process.

"One of the better and more useful-and unique-books on selling."-"Booklist"