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The New One Minute Manager Cracks the List

First Friday Book Synopsis

In 1981, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson published The One Minute Manager. Since then, Blanchard has published many variations on the subject. It is one of the best-selling and most translated business books of all time.

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Mark Miller on “the leadership game”: An interview by Bob Morris

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In his own words… I began writing over decade ago when I was fortunate to team up with Ken Blanchard on my first book, The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do. Since then I’ve co-authored a second book with Ken, Great Leaders Grow.

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Apologia: Can You Speak in Defense of Yourself?

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Ware Bad Language Barton Swaim Do You Make These Mistakes in English Edwin Battistella first friday book synopsis Ken Blanchard Oxford University Press Sorry About That Southern Oregon University The Logic of Markedness Wall Street Journal Wil Linkugel William Morrow' Karl''s blog entries Uncategorized apologia apologies Ashland B.L.

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The Secret: A book review by Bob Morris

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The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2009) The power and privilege of leadership as service to those entrusted to one’s care In this second edition of a book first published in 2004, Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller make skillful use of the business narrative when offering [.].

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The Secret of Teams: A book review by Bob Morris

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The Secret of Teams: What Great Teams Know and Do Mark Miller Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2011) High-impact leadership + high-impact teams = high-impact community Mark Miller is the co-author with Ken Blanchard of a previous book, The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do, now in a second edition. The “secret” to which the title of [.].

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Jeff Wolf: An interview by Bob Morris

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Jeff Wolf is one of America’s foremost executive business coaches, speakers and management consultants. Prestigious Leadership Excellence magazine named him one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders for his accomplishments in leadership development, managerial effectiveness and organizational productivity.

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So Many Losers (“I Win, You Lose!”) – Where Are The Actual Practioneers Of “I Win, You Win, We All Win?”

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I’ve been thinking about losing. There are so many books about winning that winning seems to be the preferred default position. But, I think, the way it is practiced in far too many instances, it is the “I win, you lose” approach to winning. And this is a very bad thing. Business is still dominated [.].

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