Gallup Publishes Long-Awaited Follow-Up to Bestselling Management Book

The Elements of Great Managing builds on concepts that were introduced in the widely acclaimed First, Break All the Rules

More than a decade ago, The Gallup Organization combed through its database of more than a million people to figure out what the world's best managers did differently. What emerged was First, Break All the Rules, a New York Times bestseller with a million copies in print. The book, which challenged prevailing business wisdom, first identified the 12 Elements that all great managers share.

Now, Gallup brings readers the long-awaited follow up -- 12: The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner, a principal at Gallup, and James K. Harter, Ph.D., chief scientist for Gallup's international workplace management practice. 12 paints a compelling and vivid portrait of real-life managers as they harness employee engagement to save a failing call center, turn around a hotel's finances, improve care at a hospital for sick kids, build a better car, and maintain a factory's production while battling power outages. The book also addresses what the authors call "an element unto itself" -- the problem of pay, which explains why higher salaries don't always mean better work.

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