What do we know-really know-about management? What\'s proven to work? What conventional wisdom has proven to be utterly worthless? In a nutshell, what\'s the best way to manage people to get the results you\'re after? Now, Stephen P Robbins-best-selling management author-distills the most important management research into over 60 proven "truths" you can use right now!

Along the way, you\'ll discover how to overcome the real obstacles to teamwork, why too much communication can be as dangerous as too little, how to improve your hiring and employee evaluations, how to heal "layoff survivor sickness," even how to "learn charisma."

This isn\'t just "someone\'s opinion": It\'s the first, definitive, evidence-based guide to effective management. In The Truth About Managing People-and Nothing but the Truth, Robbins delivers bedrock principles you can rely on-regardless of your organization, role, or title.