First, Break All the Rules

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{{Infobox book

| name = First, Break All the Rules

| image = First Break All Rules cover image.jpg

| image_size = 170

| caption = Cover

| author = Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

| country = United States

| language = English

| subject = Management, employee satisfaction, motivating workers

| genre = Nonfiction

| published = May 1999 (Simon & Schuster)

| media_type = Print, hardcover

| pages = 271

| isbn = 0-684-85286-1

| dewey = 658.4/09 21

| congress = HD38.2 .B83 1999

| oclc = 40762827

}}

First, Break All the Rules, subtitled What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently (1999) is a self-help book authored by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman about improving employee satisfaction. The book appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for 93 weeks.{{cite news|last=McGregor|first=Jena|title=Ladies And Gents…Marcus Buckingham!|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_13/b4027050.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321004542/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_13/b4027050.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 21, 2007|access-date=August 31, 2010|newspaper=Businessweek|date=March 26, 2007}}Time magazine listed the book as one of "The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books".{{Cite news|title = The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books|url = https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2086680_2086683_2087670,00.html|newspaper = Time |date = August 9, 2011|access-date = February 20, 2016|first = Feifei|last = Sun}}