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Title: Winning Ways: 4 Secrets for Getting Results by Working Well With People by Richard I. Lyles, Ken, Phd Blanchard, Dick Lyles ISBN: 0-425-18194-4 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 04 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.24 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A phenomenal book destined to be a classic.
Comment: Winning Ways is one of those truly unique books that grabs you and won't let you go. It's one of the few books I've ever read where I actually remembered the lessons the next day.
In this case the lessons are four incredibly powerful "secrets" anyone can use to be more effective in their dealings with other people. The lessons are presented in the form of a very entertaining parable with characters we can all relate to. The simplicity, combined with the power, of this book's message make it one everyone should read.
After reading it, I put it down for a moment, and said "Wow." Not only can I use these ideas, but if I do and others do as well, the world will be a much better place. Then I immediately thought of three friends I couldn't wait to share it with. Thanks, Dick Lyles, for giving us such a powerful message in such an entertaining way.
Rating: 5
Summary: Winning Ways
Comment: At my work, we read this book to enhance our skills as a company and as individuals. I really enjoyed reading this book and would definitely recommend it to others. What this book said to me, was that in order to work efficiently, one needs to work well with others. Positions do not necessarily matter, as long as everyone feels that he or she is contributing all he or she can into the project. People need to be on the same wavelength as far as the goal for the project, because everyone can have different ideas on what the goal is. Another thing is to work together, not compete. If two people have different ideas in mind, they would both more likely succeed if they combined efforts. Lastly, if you boost each other's self esteem you will feel more comfortable working together.
Rating: 2
Summary: Exception to the Blanchard team¿s typical excellence
Comment: A simple, easy to follow book about building teamwork and advancing your career through 'soft' skills. However, I thought the book fell far short of the quality and rigor Blanchard's more popular works on management and team building. While Lyles' ideas work on some level, they seem to fall short when looked at analytically through tested and effective management models.
For example, "Make people feel good about themselves" sounds good on the surface. But what if someone is engaging in unacceptable behavior at work? The assertion "Make people feel good about themselves" is a weakened version of the very effective advice offered in the 'One Minute Manager:' "Be tough on the problem, easy on the people."
What about the advice to 'build camels,' with consensus ideas being better than individual ideas? In my experience, a team's ideas are often better than an individual's. But, think of pork-barreled legislation, and camels seem less appealing; there is a little known clause in the Homeland Security Act that absolves drug companies currently producing the MMR vaccines, linked to childhood autism, from lawsuits springing from its faulty product. So, to vote against the bill because of this clause would make a senator seem un-American, even if it were a vote against pork-barreled protection for unethical drug companies.
I have loved Blanchard's ideas for years, and this one a rare exception to the team's typical excellence. For a better treatment of teamwork, pick up"Gung-Ho,"another book from the Blanchard management training mill.
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Title: Winning Habits : 4 Secrets That Will Change the Rest of Your Life by Dick Lyles ISBN: 0131453580 Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 12 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: High Five! The Magic of Working Together by Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles ISBN: 0688170366 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 26 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Full Steam Ahead! Unleash the Power of Vision in Your Company and Your Life by Ken Blanchard, Jesse Stoner ISBN: 1576752445 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen R. Covey ISBN: 0071401946 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 18 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization by Ken Blanchard ISBN: 068815428X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 08 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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