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Gung Ho [Hardcover]

Kenneth H. Blanchard (Author), Sheldon Bowles (Collaborator)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)

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Publication Date: 20 Aug 2007 | ISBN-10: 068815428X | ISBN-13: 978-0688154288 | Edition: 1
Increase productivity, profits, and your own prosperity!

The authors of the best–selling Raving Fans are back with Gung Ho!, a surefire way to boost enthusiasm, productivity and performance, and usher in astonishing results. You′ll learn the tools to turn your organization′s employees into your biggest asset.

The three cornerstones of Gung Ho! are surprisingly simple and yet amazingly powerful: worthwhile work driven by goals and values; putting workers in control of achieving the goal; and cheering each other on. Gung Ho! creates the magic of burning, internal drive and will help create enthusiastic employees committed to success.

Gung Ho! is a rare and wonderful new book that is packed with invaluable information as well as a compelling story. The Gung Ho! Game Plan
alone will sAnd you back for copies for every employee in your organization.

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  • Hardcover: 188 pages
  • Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall; 1 edition (20 Aug 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 068815428X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0688154288
  • Product Dimensions: 15 x 1.9 x 21.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 123,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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""Gung Ho!" will make a difference in your life, and in the lives of all of those you have theprivilege to touch."-- Anthony Robbins, author of "Awaken the Giant Within"and "Unlimited Power"""Gung Ho!" will become the preeminent book in energizing and empowering people as "The One Minute Manager? has become for management and "Raving Fans for customer service."-- Harvey Mackay, author of "Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive"and "Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty""Aboriginal North Americans are running banks and hospitals, designing computers and teaching in universities. They own and operate thousands upon thousands of successful businesses. It's nice to have the business-book world finally catch up to reality and give us Andy Longclaw, a man who saved 1,500 jobs and may well save yours." -- Phil Fontaine, Grand Chief, Assembly of Canadian Chiefs"Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles strike again. "You need and "business needs "Gung Ho!" This book will revolutionize any organization which adopts it, and those that don't won't survive. It's that simple."-- Tom Peters, co-author of "In Search of Excellence""I predict that like "Raving Fans" and "The One Minute Manager?, Gung Ho!" will become an invaluable tool in our team's pursuit of excellence. It conveys meaningful lessons about motivation, inspiration, and goal-setting that any organization can put to immediate use."-- Sally Gore, Human Resources Leader, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.""Gung Ho!" shows in three easy steps how to release the energy and enthusiasm of your whole team and focus it on success. A great book."-- Stephen R. Covey, author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"

About the Author

KEN BLANCHARD is universally characterized by friAnds, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, poerful, and compassionate men in business today. He co–authored the best–selling business book of all time (The One Minute Manager). SHELDON BOWLES, the co–author of Raving Fans, is a successful entrepreneur, a New York Times and Business Week best–selling author, and a noted speaker.
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4.8 out of 5 stars
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49 of 52 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read, excellent perspective 13 April 2002
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Format:Paperback
I read this book in one session on a Sunday afternoon. The skillful writing had me literally with tears rolling down my cheeks by the end of the prologue (not of laughter!) and thus I was glued. The message in the book is simple and a must for anyone who is looking to motivate their teams and increase productivity for the long term rather than short term fixes and is about looking at your own attitude as well as that of your team. If you wish to stay as one of life's lone rangers don't buy this book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Treating employees like human beings 2 Oct 1999
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Format:Paperback
Gung Ho! is a simple yet powerful presentation of three easily understood principles which saved an American factory from closure and resulted in the site receiving a White House commendation.

The three principles involve lessons from the natural world. The animals used to demonstrate the principles - squirrels, beavers and geese - should be sufficiently familiar to most readers, even if only from television, to not obscure the messages which the authors present. To me the beauty of this book - less than 200 pages in paperback - is the evident conviction conveyed in the text, supported by several references to other organisations who have successfully adiopted the Gung Ho! principles.

This is not a dry technical managerial textbook. It is rather a story of how observation of the natural world can be used to motivate human beings.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A dose of not-so-common sense! 21 Oct 1998
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I looked forward to my lunchtime reading breaks while reading this book, as I knew I would come away feeling more energised and positive about what is possible.

This is an easy book to read, and in some ways it is a simple book, although not simplistic. The principles are timeless, and you can take practical advice from it which you can apply straightaway.

What's cool is that the story is based on real events, and its connexion with real-life people is touching. A success-story blueprint.

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