First, Break All The Rules

Product Information

The NBA In-Season Tournament is a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 season. For more info, read the frequently asked questions summary. In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it” Best of all, with vital performance and career lessons for managers at every level, First, Break All the Rules shows you how to apply them to your own situation. Published by Gallup, “ First, Break All the Rules” – just like its companion-piece, “Now, Discover Your Strengths” – is, in fact, an in-depth report of the largest management surveys ever undertaken. And if you’re wondering how big are we talking about, let’s crunch the numbers.

The second one encompasses 80,000 12-question interviews conducted over a quarter of a century, with as many managers working for over 400 successful companies! And it’s the one which made “First, Break All the Rules” possible. It’s like managing a basketball team! It’s pointless to teach your center to shoot 3s: it’s much more sensible to be aware of the strengths of each member of your roster. Break the Golden Rule and Play Favorites Random drawing (in the unlikely scenario that two or more teams are still tied following the previous tiebreakers).Prioritize relationships in the workplace. Managers should foster open lines of communication between all levels of the organization and create an environment where people feel comfortable speaking up and taking risks. Speaking of which – the golden rule of management is “try to disregard the golden rule.” Some may say differently, but it seems that treating your employees as equals does nobody any favors. Playing favorites is much more reasonable. To determine each team’s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing. The groups are below: A formulaic approach will determine the matchups for these games using the Group Play standings in each conference (5th-15th). Two of the 22 games will be scheduled cross-conference since there will be an odd number of teams in each conference that do not advance to the Quarterfinals. These cross-conference games will be scheduled between bottom-finishing teams in the Group Play stage subject to travel constraints, and no team will play more than one of its two games cross-conference. The other 20 games will be scheduled within conference featuring teams that are otherwise scheduled to play each other three times over the course of the season wherever possible.

Before the drawing, each team was placed into a “pot” based on its record from the prior regular season (2022-23). In each conference, one team from each pot was randomly selected into each of the three groups in that conference. The pots were as follows: People don’t change that much. Don’t waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in.” The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual SuccessThe strategies and concepts outlined in First, Break All the Rules have been extremely helpful for leading my team more effectively.

The best managers select for talent, train for skill, and help shape behavior that reinforces the culture they are trying to create.” Managers can gain many practical lessons, methods, tactics and strategies from data gathered in two large-scale studies of management-employee interaction conducted over a 25-year period by the Gallup Organization. Managers are encouraged to focus on complex initiatives like reengineering or learning organizations, without spending time on the basics.” The hardest thing about being a manager is realizing that your people will not do things the way that you would. But get used to it. Because if you try to force them to, then two things happen. They become resentful — they don’t want to do it. And they become dependent — they can’t do it. Neither of these is terribly productive for the long haul.”

All 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on won-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season. Beginning Nov. 3 and continuing through Tuesday, Nov. 28, each team will play four designated Group Play games on “Tournament Nights” – one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road.