#ReadThis #YouCantMakeaTomelettewithoutBreakingSomeGreggs @HarvardBiz by Harvard Business Review and Amy Gallo
To be clear, we absolutely love Succession and it earned our Highest Recommendation for the entirety of its four seasons. It is essential to watch all of it if you want to be a happy, entertained human on earth, and we already told you that. Anything that has something to do with Succession attracts our attention, and avid readers know that Harvard Business Review already had our attention, though they had been featured much more in 2022 than they have this year.
Obviously, Succession is a show of fiction.
However, in what we have seen and will never write about, in some cases the cut-throat piranha-esque nature of the show and its absolutely essential cutting writing and quintessential delivery lines performed best by Tom and Greg, it is fiction based on what is grounded in reality.
We did not write Succession and had nothing to do with its writing.
You Can't Make a Tomelette without Breaking Some Greggs argues in a well-thought out chapter-organized fashion how what one should do in business is the opposite of what happens in the show. It is well-written and explained. Much of this book is absolute dead-serious business advice and not entertainment: it's instructional. Boundaries, Diversity, Trust, Rudeness, Team Planning and much more awaits you inbetween these two covers. What a shame to discard Boar on the Floor though! Human Resources should have a lot more of a sense of humor...but we do think Logan is probably reading this upstairs and would not dismiss it as Namby Pamby. There are some obvious hints like: [ONLY] surround yourself with people that support you, and we do think one should dress for the office and for the occasion and not all cases of "expressing oneself" are the best bet.
You Can't Make a Tomelette without Breaking Some Greggs is Recommended by Whom You Know!
We look forward to many more hits from Harvard Business Review in 2024.
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HBR's Antidote to the Logan Roy School of Toxic Leadership.
For four unforgettable seasons, Succession has riveted viewers inside and outside the business world. Too absurd to be true, too real to truly be fiction, corporate patriarch Logan Roy, his feuding children, and the executives of Waystar Royco have kept us rapt. Every week the show has dominated office chatter and flooded Slack channels with expletive-laden memes, quotes, and insults.
But does the series offer any insights of real-world value to leaders or organizations? Can the psychological power dynamics, nine-figure negotiation tactics, and intricate M&A maneuvers actually teach us something about succeeding in business? Definitely: whatever the Roys do, do the exact opposite.
"You Can't Make a Tomelette without Breaking Some Greggs": Toxic Management Lessons from Succession (and What to Do Instead) pairs advice from HBR experts and researchers with some of the most unforgettable, hilarious, and cringey moments from the show. Featuring an introduction by workplace relationship expert Amy Gallo, author of Getting Along and the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict, you'll learn about:Giving pep talks that inspire (no f-bombs needed)
Holding offsites that work (tip: don't play Boar on the Floor)
Avoiding jargon and bizspeak (when the boss asks you to just feed him metadata)
Leading with trust (what's Kendall's "wobble"?)
And even improving succession planning (beyond never relinquishing control)
Succession has served up a billion-dollar buffet of bad business examples we can't look away from. Whether you're a superfan; you're dealing with a Kendall, Shiv, Roman, or Tom in your own life; or you're just curious about the buzz, "You Can't Make a Tomelette without Breaking Some Greggs" is HBR's spoiler-filled, occasionally profane final watch party for an iconic series.
