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Maverick!: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace [Paperback]

Ricardo Semler (Author)
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Publication Date: 6 Sep 2001

The international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900% per year!

- Workers make decisions previously made by their bosses

- Managerial staff set their own salaries and bonuses

- Everyone has access to the company books

- No formality - a minimum of meetings, memos and approvals

- Internal walls torn down

- Shopfloor workers set their own productivity targets and schedules

Result - Semco is one of Latin America's fastest-growing companies, acknowledged to be the best in Brazil to work for, and with a waiting list of thousands of applicants waiting to join it.

Learn Ricardo's secrets and let some of the Semco magic rub off on you and your company.

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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Business; Reissue edition (6 Sep 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0712678867
  • ISBN-13: 978-0712678865
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.1 x 19.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 12,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"The way that Ricardo Semler runs his company is impossible; except th at it works, and works splendidly for everyone. I relish this book. It revived my faith in human beings and my hope for business everywhere" (Charles Handy )

"In this book, Ricardo Semler tells how Semco, Latin America's fastest growing company, uses a revolutionary way of working to run a profit-making company with a work force who love their jobs." (The Sunday Times )

"Are there real-life lessons to be learned? The answer is yes...Pragmatic, inspirational and intriguing advice." (The Times )

"Ricardo Semler is our kind of capitalist" (Guardian )

"Semco takes workplace democracy to previously unimagined frontiers" (The Times )

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The international bestseller that tells how Ricardo Semler created one of the most successful and inspirational companies in the world. Con tains a new introduction by the author (20010730)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best management practice now made easy! 9 Oct 2004
By Jack Feeney-Author / Analyst
Format:Paperback
As a management consultant I found this book very useful indeed - much of it is directly applicable to shop-floor and pressure-politics situations - the 20-page cartoon "rulebook" at the end is more than worth the price of the book itself - buy it! And if you have the courage, apply what it says, too: It's been known for some time that organizations are designed according to "command and control" principles that very poorly match how humans are really built to behave. More complex self-ordering behavior is always observed when any lack of hierarchy exists, and the hierarchies that do emerge tend to be more effective than those that were designed by managers with experience in previous eras. Semler just chose to trust it more than, say, Tom Peters. Prof. Nicholson, head of London Business School recently wrote (in the Harvard Business Review) that Semler's model was the only one to really respect "stone age nature" of human behavior (the many insights from evolutionary psychology that tell us that we're far more often feeling our way through decisions than thinking our way through).

Semlers assessment of Human Resource Management (HRM) practice is truly radical but built on a foundation of good management practice and a healthy dose of common sense. HRM managers and departments confuse traditional and successful hierarchies and should be the first thing to be axed if any organisation is serious about survival in the 21st Century.

Excellent book and guide, highly practical and an enjoyable read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Business Too Good To Be True? 15 Mar 2004
By "gisouter"
Format:Paperback
It's almost unbelievable - an experiment in culture change that worked wonders. This inspiring tale of Ricardo Semler's successful 'quest' to run his company in the interest of all it's stakeholders is tremendous. It may well be easier to influence the direction of a business when you're the owner (as per Semler), but this great read helped me look at and adapt my own management style in an entirely new way (even within a large organisation). I only put it down in order to start implementing many of the ideas it contains. Well written and thought provoking.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic 17 Dec 2002
By Zahid Malik
Format:Paperback
I love this book. It doesn't read read like a business book at all but is more like a fascinating biography. I would recommend it to anyone not just people with an interest in business. I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I've probably bought around 50 copies of this book (over the years) for friends and colleagues.

Wonderful you must read it.

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