{"product_id":"stop-spending-start-managing-strategies-to-transform-wasteful-habits-9781422143025","title":"Stop Spending, Start Managing: Strategies to Transform Wasteful Habits","description":"\u003cb\u003eStop Wasting Precious Time and Money\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou have a complex problem at work, and you know the standard solutions: hire a consultant, enlist a superstar employee, have more meetings about it. In short, spend money and hours to dig your way out. But you've been down this road before--the so-called solution consumes your time, dollars, and resources, and yet the problem still reappears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is a way out of this cycle. Organizational researchers Tanya Menon and Leigh Thompson, experts in collaboration and creativity, identify five spending traps that lead to this wasteful \"action without traction\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Expertise Trap: recycling old solutions on current problems\u003cbr\u003eThe Winner's Trap: investing additional resources into failing projects\u003cbr\u003eThe Agreement Trap: avoiding conflict to feel like a team player\u003cbr\u003eThe Communication Trap: communicating too frequently over too many channels\u003cbr\u003eThe Macromanagement Trap: assuming your employees don't need your direction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMenon and Thompson combine their own research with other findings in psychology to provide strategies to break these unproductive habits and refine your skills as a manager. From shaping problems in new ways and learning from failure through experimentation, to stimulating productive conflict and structuring coordinated conversations, you can escape these traps and discover the value hidden in your organization--without spending a dime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTanya Menon\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University. She is also an associate editor at \u003ci\u003eManagement Science\u003c\/i\u003e, and her research considers how people in organizations collaborate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeigh Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e is the J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution \u0026amp; Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Thompson has authored several books, including \u003ci\u003eCreative Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Negotiations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harvard Business Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566485934354,"sku":"9781422143025","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b4d13d59-8efc-45c9-ab07-73986c42d27e.jpg?v=1731900173","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stop-spending-start-managing-strategies-to-transform-wasteful-habits-9781422143025","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}