Gung Ho!: Turn On the People in Any Organization - Hardcover

Kenneth H. Blanchard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068815428X ISBN 13: 9780688154288

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 1997

Synopsis

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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Review:

""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"

From the Back Cover:

Through the inspirational story of business leaders Peggy Sinclair and Andy Longclaw, Blanchard and Bowles reveal the secret of Gung Ho - a revolutionary technique to boost enthusiasm and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. The three principles of Gung Ho are the spirit of the Squirrel, the Way of the Beaver, and the Gift of the Goose. These three cornerstones of Gung Ho are surprisingly simple and yet amazingly powerful. Whether your organization consists of one or is listed in the Fortune 500, this book ensures Gung Ho employees committed to success. Gung Ho! also includes a clear game plan with a step-by-step outline for instituting these groundbreaking ideas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey Bass
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 068815428X
• ISBN 13: 9780688154288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188