There are hundreds of books on finding jobs, and dozens on hiring employees -- all guides to operating in the job market. But the best bosses and employees rarely use the traditional job market. No surprise there, at least not to sophisticated recruiters or job hunters.

The Gifted Boss – Revised Edition

After more than a decade, including ten foreign editions and 16 printing, William Morrow/HarperCollins is bringing out a Revised Edition. The conversation that is the heart of the book remains the same, but Dale has added a "quick start" guide to help readers implement the book's ideas, as well as a Discussion Guide to make it easy to build a program for managers around the book.

Amazon has the book at a special price of $14.00 -- click here to order.

Or, if you'd like a signed copy, we are making them available for $15, plus Shipping & Handling (in the U.S.)

What they're saying about Dale Dauten

"Dauten's work clearly soars ahead of his time. He is the Obi-Wan Kenobi of business consultants."

-- Steve Chandler, author of The Story of You

"While Dale's writing will keep you up late reading, his book is like a great night's sleep – leaving you refreshed, renewed, and eager to try something new."

-- Bill McLaughlin, president and CEO, Select Comfort
(creator of "The Sleep Number Bed")

"Let's say we have two managers who, on the same day, take over identical teams. Both are bright and eager to excel. One has read all the management books on motivation; the other has just this book."

"In six months, the first manager will have increased productivity by 10 percent, maybe 20 percent. The second boss, using the great employees only system, will have increased productivity by over 100 percent, while putting in one-third fewer hours at the office."

"Along the way, the great employees only leader will have encountered less resistance, made more friends, learned more, and had far more fun."

(GREAT) EMPLOYEES ONLY:
How Gifted Bosses Hire and De-Hire Their Way to Success - Dale Dauten's newest book!

With lively language and entertaining stories, (Great) Employees Only reveals how gifted bosses hire, de-hire and inspire, and shows you how to emulate their tactics and success.

You'll get an insider's look at forty-eight insights developed from Dale Dauten's decade of research into America's most effective leaders, including what it takes to:

• Master "contrarian hiring"
• Tap into the "underground talent market"
• Transform employees into lifelong allies
• Replace firing with the graceful art of de-hiring
• Establish a culture that hires and de-hires for you
• Create the Set-Up-To-Be-A-Hero Syndrome
• Enjoy the benefits of Effortless Leadership.

SPECIAL ONLINE PRICE: This book is listed at $21.95. We're selling it for just $18.95.

The Max Strategy

Don't know what you want to do when you grow up? The Max Strategy is for you!

It argues that you don't need to be obsessive about planning and goal-setting, that success is usually an accident and that finding it requires a willingness to experiment.

Better Than Perfect

With the crisp style 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.

In Better Than Perfect , you will meet:

• The welder who became a manufacturer's informal champion of excellence
• The scientist who turned into a master salesman in order to change the history of medicine
• The old lady who charmed and inspired the world's leading architect

The Laughing Warriors:

How to Enjoy Killing the Status Quo, Dale Dauten's summary guide to a career of "creative usefulness."

He writes, "The warriors of the modern organization aren't just fighting deadlines or bureaucracy or even the competition, they are searching out better ways to serve, faced off against the current standard of quality.