Synopses & Reviews
In the bestselling tradition of
Whale Done! and
The One Minute Manager, their entertaining and inspiring new book is a parable about the competition between two leaders with totally different management styles—a story that reveals the ingredients of truly effective leadership.
How can you become a more successful manager, a stronger team leader, and a motivator who gets the best results from a group? Ken Blanchard and Marc Muchnick's The Leadership Pill provides the answer.
Consider this tantalizing possibility: What if there were 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 readers, The Leadership Pill shows business managers at any level how to apply the right techniques for getting both results and the commitment of their people, even when the pressure to perform is high.
Review
"The Leadership Pill is as instructive as it is entertaining, with a positive message that can truly help managers at any level to develop effective leadership." Marcus Buckingham, author of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths
Review
"[A] solid, though obvious, message that should resonate with fans of Blanchard's brand of advice." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Now can you become a more successful manager, a stronger team leader, and a motivator who gets the best results from a group? Ken Blanchard and Marc Muchnick's
The Leadership Pill provides the answer. In the bestselling tradition of
Whale Done! and
The One Minute Manager, their entertaining and inspiring new book is a parable about the competition between two leaders with totally different management styles -- a story that reveals the ingredients of truly effective leadership.
Consider this tantalizing possibility: What if there were 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 readers, The Leadership Pill shows business managers at any level how to apply the right techniques for getting both results and the commitment of their people, even when the pressure to perform is high.
Synopsis
In the bestselling tradition of "Whale Done!," Ken Blanchard offers a new parable about the competition of two leaders with totally different management styles--and reveals the ingredients of truly effective leadership.
Synopsis
We all have regrets in life, but none of us want to have more of them. While the sources of our individual regrets are unique to each of us, Marc Muchnick has discovered that there are some common themes: we get stuck in ruts and lose perspective, hanging on to bad jobs, bad relationships, and bad habits; we fail to appreciate how little time we have on this Earth and take people and things for granted; we live without authenticity, sticking to the status quo and losing sight of our dreams; we stop evolving, becoming trapped in our fear of failure and rejection: and we become overly self-absorbed and judgmental, growing insensitive to others. Each of the “30 Ways” falls into one of five overarching strategies for avoiding these sources of regrets:
(1) Gain a Fresh Perspective
(2) Cherish Each Day
(3) Follow your Heart
(4) Stretch Yourself
(5) Be the Force of Goodness.
The book is written in a "pick-your-style" format—you can dip in at any point and find something of value. You can try to implement a way a day, or work on one way for a week. Just one or two new insights from the 30 ways presented in the book can be the key to having greater happiness and meaning in your life, career, and relationships.
About the Author
Marc Muchnick, Ph.D. is Founder and President of People First Group, a management consulting firm servicing leading organizations including start-ups, small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits, and companies such as Invitrogen, Hilton Hotels, Delta Air Lines, McDonald’s, Fidelity Investments, and many more. Muchnick is also coauthor of the international bestseller, "The Leadership Pill™" with Ken Blanchard, and author of Naked Management: Bare Essentials for Motivating the X-Generation at Work. He is an internationally known motivational speaker, leadership expert and online management professor with featured appearances on CNN and elsewhere.
Table of Contents
ContentsIntroduction
The Discovery
The Press Conference
The Surge
The Challenge
The Preparation
The Secret Blend
The Search for Integrity
The Partnership Imperative
The Art of Affirmation
Perfecting the Blend
The End and a Beginning
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
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