Author: Dale Dauten, best-selling
author of The Gifted Boss
ISBN: 1-56414-880-7
192 pages, 5 1/4 x 8 1/4, Cloth
$19.99
“Dauten’s work clearly soars ahead of his time. He is the
Obi-Wan Kenobi of business consultants.” —Steve Chandler, author
of 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself and 100 Ways to Motivate Others
With the crisp style and provocative insights that have made
him a leading syndicated columnist, Dale Dauten explores how the
best bosses, employees and suppliers think, learn and communicate
differently.
The title of Dale’s new book is taken from his conversation
with the late Jean-Pierre Rampal, who reigned for decades as the
world’s leading flute player. When asked about his willingness to
experiment with his technique, Rampal thought a long moment, then
said, “Some nights I go out and play a piece perfectly. Then, the
next night, I play it better.”
In his previous book, The Gifted Boss, Dale detailed what he
learned from his search for the country’s best managers. Now, with
Better Than Perfect, Dale expands his research to include
“best-ever” colleagues at every level. With his gift for
storytelling, Dale creates a three-way conversation between two
young employees and an eccentric business genius. We get to listen
in on their discussions about amazing people who were able to make
their work special., such as:
• The welder who became a manufacturer’s informal champion of
excellence.
• The scientist who turned into a master salesman in order
change the history of medicine.
• The old lady who charmed and inspired the world’s leading
architect. Here is a book for managers, for employees, for teams.
Here is a book that isn’t just perfect…it’s better.
Dale Dauten writes two newspaper columns, both nationally
syndicated by King Features: “The Corporate Curmudgeon” and "Kate
and Dale Talk Jobs" (with employment expert, Kate Wendleton). His
work appears weekly in over a hundred newspapers, including The
Denver Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, Arizona Republic and Houston Chronicle. In
addition, Dale has authored five books. Dale’s background as a
manager with two major corporations, an executive with two
consulting companies, and head of his own nationally-known
marketing research firm, has allowed him the opportunity to work
with leading organizations, including McDonalds, Procter & Gamble
and 3M. As founder of The Innovators’ Lab®, he has also done
innovation work with Georgia-Pacific, United Auto Group, General
Dynamics, Caterpillar and NASA. Dale lives in Tempe, Arizona with
his wife and three children.
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