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The Leadership Pill: The Missing Ingredient in Motivating People Today [NOOK Book]
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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.
Today's workforce is more sophisticated, diverse, and informed than ever before. As a result, the "my way or the highway" command-and-control approach to management doesn't cut it anymore. Ultimately, people are looking for something different -- and better -- in organizational leadership. They demand leaders who not only get results, but who win the trust and respect of their teams.
The Leadership Pill is a fun parable that underscores the need for leaders to show integrity, build a culture of partnership, and affirm people's sense of self-worth by letting them know that what they do is important. Our belief is that when you tune in to what people really want, you can outperform anyone -- even someone who thinks they have found the perfect Leadership Pill.
We hope you will read this book to discover what it really takes to become an Effective Leader, and then perhaps share it with others who will benefit from the powerful message and learning points it contains. Remember, leadership is not something you do to people, it's something you do with them.
Our very best,
Ken and Marc
San Diego, California
Copyright © 2003 by The Blanchard Family Partnership and People First Group Holdings, LLC
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Contents
Introduction
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
Services Available
Anonymous
Posted September 24, 2003
The Leadership Pill makes the case that if leaders do these three things, they will build high performing teams: follow through on commitments, create a partnership, and show appreciation. Blanchard and Muchnik distill simple truths into an understandable, easy to read and motivating book. You might not learn anything new, but it will remind you of the things we often forget that are important to remember.
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Posted May 25, 2011
Very easy read with a GREAT MESSAGE!!!
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Posted April 29, 2004
Author Ken Blanchard¿s literary franchise began with the stunningly successful The One Minute Manager. He has mastered the art of a certain type of book for supervisors and higher executives who need to learn more about management, values and leadership. These readers probably don¿t have a lot of time and they like to get right to the bottom line ¿ Blanchard obliges. His book enjoys the blessing of brevity, and he takes an accessible, creative approach to demonstrating that effective management really matters, that it takes time to develop and that it is not the result of trendy theories or relentless bossy practices. Blanchard encapsulates his lessons in an bouncy parable about a contest between a company that uses a manufactured leadership pill to instill a pumped up results-only approach and a company that uses value-driven leadership based on integrity, partnership and affirmation. Although the medicine may be a bit basic, We recommend this dosage for students of the art of effective leadership. It¿s a spoonful of sugar.
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Posted October 3, 2003
Blanchard and Muchnick¿s new book, The Leadership Pill: The Missing Ingredient in Motivating People Today, is a quick and enjoyable read filled with solid truth and no-nonsense lessons for contemporary knowledge workers, leaders all. Recent studies by The Conference Board (Barrett & Beeson, 2002; Garone, 1999) document the narrowing of the gap between leadership and the knowledge worker. The Leadership Pill provides the keys to optimal performance for these individuals and teams widely populating modern organizations. Written with a broad audience in mind, this book will cross the lines of traditional business and find applicability in education, non-profit, and religious organizations as well.
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Posted September 22, 2003
This book is a 'must-read' for anyone who leads within an organization. Blanchard and Muchnick provided a humerous and insightful story with helpful and easy to use tips to aid in being an effective leader. I have purchased this book for my management team and have passed it along to my collegues.
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Posted October 20, 2003
I bought the Leadership Pill last week and it's been a real eye opener for me. Not so much in bringing up values, but to see it on paper along with the author's connections to action is terrific. I read it twice and then bought seven more for my peers at my company. Everyone is real pleased with the book here, and I'm hoping there will be ways to teach everyone in my company about the 'pill' they need to take.
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Overview
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 ...