Reviews for Office Professional's Guide

The average rating for Office Professional's Guide based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-06-28 00:00:00 Brandon Betts The second half seemed to flow better than the first half. Overall it's an enjoyable read with good quotes and anecdotes to support the author's ideas. I liked his debunking of outdated, faddish, silly leadership assumptions (e.g. charismatic style as important for good leadership). In fact he dismisses style altogether in favor of IQ as determining factor of success. Some ideas presented seem to suffer from outcome bias. Stories of "smart" approaches seem contradictory at times; in one case defying others proves to be vain whereas in other cases the defiant leader is proven smarter than his peers. These type assessments are only obvious in retrospect. To the author's credit, he does acknowledge this point.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-09-19 00:00:00 Jenny Lilley The last quarter where Menkes finally got to the meat of how to gauge Executive Intelligence was valuable, but the exhaustive discussion around the merit of IQ assessments and overt reliance on biological factors was definitely less enjoyable.