Books : The Leadership Pill : The Missing Ingredient in Motivating People Today
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by: Ken Blanchard, Marc Muchnick
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4092
EAN: 9780743530392
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN: 074353039X
Label: Simon & Schuster Audio
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 75
Publication Date: September 01, 2003
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Sales Rank: 309137
Studio: Simon & Schuster Audio
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Product Description:
A BREAKTHROUGH AUDIOBOOK IN THE BESTSELLING TRADITION OF THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER
How can you become a more successful manager, a stronger team leader, and a motivator who gets the best results from a group? The Leadership Pill provides the answer. An entertaining and inspiring parable about the competition between two leaders with totally different management styles, here is a story that reveals the ingredients of truly effective leadership.
Consider this tantalizing possibility: What if there was a pill that could actually stimulate the natural powers of the mind and body to provide leadership? In the story, an amazing new pill heightens one leader's powers, but contains the wrong ingredients, stimulating him in an obsessive and shortsighted direction with disastrous results.
In contrast, the 'Effective Leader,' working without a pill, proclaims that 'only through sustainability can our teams remain motivated and successful.' An inspiring and supportive leader, he supplies the right ingredients, earning his team's respect and trust with a blend of integrity, partnership, and affirmation. The hard-won result is a highly motivated team producing consistent top performance and genuine success. Ultimately it is recognized that 'leadership for a lifetime' is much easier to digest than a pill for leaders looking for a quick fix.
Destined to be a transforming experience for countless listeners, The Leadership Pill shows business managers at any level how to apply the right techniques for getting both results and and the commitment of their people, even when the pressure to perform is high.
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Rating:  - If it were only so simple that a pill would do!!
A cute, tongue and cheek book that will entertain the reader. Blanchard and Muchnick rightfully point out that true effective leadership is not about giving orders and driving people. What they point out that so many in business overlook is that positive, effective leadership is all about people and doing the right things to bring about sustained superior performance. When we look at the current failures in the lending industry in 2008, I personally believe that it is the result of ineffective ... Read More
Rating:  - Childish and Lame
I have read other books similar to this and always enjoyed them. This book, however is lame at best. I have a hard time believing Ken Blanchard would associate himself with this work. When I read this line "Praise is the easiest way to let people know they are appreciated" I immediately felt disdain. How sad would be the manager that would read this and have an epiphany. This book was childish and 99% of the content unnecessary. The title doesn't even match the content. This should have been titled ... Read More
Rating: - Very Good Quick Read!
Excellent book! Ken Blanchard's story telling prowess gives the reader a quick look at some of the differences between being, what some consider, "a good manager" versus being an "effective leader". The lessons taught in the course of the story can be thought of as basic for an experienced professional, but some will find the book helpful in reminding them of effective leadership principles that can be applied fairly quickly in a team environment.
If you're looking for a very quick read ... Read More
Rating: - A complex metaphor that makes an excellent point
While it is all a complex metaphor for many of the problems leading to incompetent business management, the leadership pill is an idea where the point is well understood and is an excellent one. The premise is that all of the qualities that make a good manager have been discovered and concentrated into a pill. Of course, the business world in general considers it the best of all possible quick fixes. However, one person, called "the effective leader", doubts the value of the pill.
The effective ... Read More
Rating:  - Typical Ken Blanchard
This is a leadership "story" (fable) told in a very Ken Blanchard style. I didn't find anything new in it. However, if you've never read Ken Blanchard, or if you are new to "leadership", I think it would serve as a very good introduction. If you have been into "leadership" for some time, and you are looking for a quick refresher of salient points, this should work.
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