Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization Book

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by: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles, Ken Blanchard

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Average Rating: Rating: - Getting yourself and those around you motivated This book is a simple parable about what it takes to get people motivated to be productive. This quick read is a story about Peggy Sinclair and Andy Longclaw, two managers at a company ready to go out of business. They attempt to bring about change that will save the company and the town they live in. They follow three steps: 1) The Spirit of the Squirrel. This principle says that people need to know they are making a difference in the world. We have to see how our work relates to making the world a better place. Secondly we all need to work toward a shared goal. Our goals must be made together and must be driven by shared values. Leaders bring essential organizational goals to the table, but allow all to participate in goal making. 2)The Way of the Beaver. This principle gives managers the responcibility of creating an environment where workers can succeed, but then letting the workers work in their own way. Managers define the boundaries, but workers have control within those boundaries. The book's examples show how powerful this principle can be. 3) The Gift of the Goose. This principle states that people do better when they are congratulated for success. It talks about active and passive congratulations. Active is saying "good job." Passive is relaxing when a worker is doing a difficult task. It is trusting them to do it right. The context Gung Ho is written in is a large manufacturing business. These principles would be even more potent for small businesses. I recommend this book to leaders of businesses and organizations of all types. Rating: - It will make you believe in yourself and your staff I joined a new company almost two years ago. Many management people over me were required to read "Gung Ho". I asked to read it and found it thought-provoking, but the three concepts exciting. I've lived those three concepts for the past year and just recently was put in charge of a group seven staff-members. As I recalled the book and the basic concepts, I took it down and read it afresh. As I had practiced, I began teaching the three basic concepts without telling my staff what they are doing. Now my next step is to let them in on the secret. I know "people" are watching me and that's okay. My team is succeeding. With these three concepts in my daily plan of action, I know I will pass the test of a new supervisor as well as have helped create a great winning team. The staff themselves are the winners. The book explains in extremely simple but motivating language how to work together, take control of your actions, and praise one another when we "do good". The book "Gung Ho" is a great birthday or Christmas gift. Rating: - Gung Ho Excellent book that was an easy and quick read. The ideas behind Gung Ho! are as old as time, as they say. However, together the three basic principles the book espouses can be implemented at home or at work. The one point that really hit home for me is how much praise plays into the equation for success and successful organizations. Most American companies are better at finding ways to criticize employees' performance vs. looking at ways to acknowledge their accomplishments and actions. I think business assumes that people are self-motivating and that praise is a corny approach to managing human capital. I for one do not subscribe to that mindset. If you are in management, or hope one day to join the management ranks, this book supplies the management 101 guide you need.

Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization Book

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