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PRAISE FOR ADAM GRANT
'One of my favourite thinkers' MALCOLM GLADWELL
'One of the great social scientists of our time' SUSAN CAIN
'Has a deserved reputation as an original thinker' Financial Times
'We would all be better off if we took Adam Grant's wise counsel seriously' YO-YO MA

The ground-breaking social scientist reveals the power of reciprocity as key to success


Everybody knows that hard work, luck and talent each plays a role in our working lives. In his landmark book, Adam Grant illuminates the importance of a fourth, increasingly critical factor - that the best way to get to the top is to bring others with you.

Give and Take changes our fundamental understanding of why we succeed, offering a new model for our relationships with colleagues, clients and competitors. Using his own cutting-edge research as a professor at Wharton Business School, as well as success stories from Hollywood to history, Grant shows that nice guys need not finish last. He demonstrates how smart givers avoid becoming doormats, and why this kind of success has the power to transform not just individuals and groups, but entire organisations and communities.

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ISBN9781780224725
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
Publication Date01/09/14
Pages366

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  • leserose
    leserose

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    5.0

    📚 „Geben und Nehmen“ – Adam Grant Wer gibt, gewinnt! 🤝✨ Ein faszinierender Blick auf Beziehungen, Erfolg und Zusammenarbeit – ein Universalgesetz: Je mehr man gibt, desto mehr erhält man zurück!

    „Geben und Nehmen“ von Adam Grant ist ein fesselndes Buch über Erfolg, Zusammenarbeit und menschliche Beziehungen. Grant zeigt, wie sich unsere Art, mit anderen umzugehen – ob wir eher geben, nehmen oder ausgleichen – auf Karriere, Freundschaften und das gesamte Leben auswirkt. Besonders spannend sind die praktischen Einsichten und Beispiele, die zeigen, dass Geben langfristig oft erfolgreicher macht, auch in wettbewerbsorientierten Umfeldern. Gleichzeitig warnt Grant vor den Risiken von Ausbeutung und zeigt, wie man als „Geber“ trotzdem erfolgreich sein kann. 💡 Fazit: Inspirierend, wissenschaftlich fundiert und praxisnah – ein Muss für alle, die erfolgreicher und erfüllter im Miteinander sein wollen.

    📚 „Geben und Nehmen“ – Adam Grant
Wer gibt, gewinnt! 🤝✨
Ein faszinierender Blick auf Beziehungen, Erfolg und Zusammenarbeit – ein Universalgesetz: Je mehr man gibt, desto mehr erhält man zurück!

    Mar 12, 2026

  • nilguen
    nilguen

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    Absolutely fascinating insights presented by THE Adam M. Grant! With this book, Adam Grant asks you the incisive question about your profile: Do you demonstrate the style of a giver, a matcher or a taker? For instance, ´takers are attracted to dominance…as they strive to be superior to others´ (Grant 2013: 130). Yet, ´when our audiences are skeptical, the more we try to dominate them, the more they resist´ (Grant 2013: 130). Matchers value reciprocity by ´playing it safe and waiting to offer support until they´ve seen evidence of promise´ (Grant 2013: 101). Whilst Givers build prestige by ´presenting vulnerability and expressing their interest in helping others, not gaining power over them’ (Grant 2013: 133). Grant highly values the sense of connection and belonging, which he attributes to the ´principle of optimal distinctiveness´, where you feel ´part of a group with shared interests, identities, goals, values, skills, characteristics or experiences´ (Grant 2013: 233). I love the fact that he is placing emphasis on human aspects in work environments by being consistent in our efforts to build trust and rapport. Because ´Trust, like love and happiness, is difficult for people to explain in clear, rational terms´ (Hurley 2012: 7) and research shows that it is ´hard to build but easy to destroy´ (Grant 2013: 198). MIND-Shifting read!

    Feb 21, 2023

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