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Summary
Summary
The eagerly awaited paperback of the BusinessWeek bestseller that has sold 100,000+ copies and been translated into 20 languages. With combined sales of more than 14 million copies, the books of Ken Blanchard are a phenomenal source of business wisdom. In thisinternational bestseller - Blanchard's first big-picture management book - he and business strategist Terry Waghorn show how to lead any organization by simultaneously focusing on the present and the future.Written in Blanchard's signature style - concise, inspiring,emotionally gripping, and always down to earth - Mission Possible reveals how to make any organizational change program a success.
Author Notes
Kenneth Hartely Blanchard was born May 6, 1939, in Orange, New Jersey. He married Marjorie McKee, a business consultant, in 1962. He founded Blanchard Training and Development in 1977.
Blanchard has cowritten several books on management, including one of the best-selling management books of all time, The One-Minute Manager (1982) with Spencer Johnson. In the book, the authors describe effective and efficient management skills. The basics to good management are setting goals, praising, and reprimanding. Blanchard says that these skills can easily be translated to work in the home as well as the office.
Blanchard lives in San Diego, California.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews 2
Booklist Review
Blanchard, author of the best-selling One Minute Manager (1982), insists that for today's businesses to remain viable, managers must be "working on the present and the future of [their] organizations at the same time." His latest book is built around that central thesis. For managers to put this concept into practice, Blanchard offers three important premises: success in business is based on the creative use of untapped human energy, tapping into this resource requires managers to make partners of the people who work for them, and making people partners requires that they are meaningfully engaged "in either improving the present operation of the organization or creating its future." In elucidating his ideas, Blanchard brings into the discussion numerous specific examples and many words of wisdom from other management gurus. His logic makes sense; leaders need to pay attention. Based on his reputation and heavy publisher promotion, expect high demand. (Reviewed Sept. 1, 1996)0070059403Brad Hooper
Choice Review
One basic overriding theme prevails throughout this book: a world class organization manages the present while it envisions and creates the future. Although the authors express this sentiment somewhat differently, and repeatedly, the essence is the same. They claim this book is not a how-to-manual but rather is intended to provoke thought. True, it may provoke thought, but it reads more like a prescription for becoming a successful, surviving organization, particularly for profit-oriented businesses. The authors employ a two-curve approach to explaining their theses. The first curve represents strides toward present-day improvements ("P" teams). The second curve is illustrative of future innovations ("F" teams). They then proceed to explain each of these approaches using metaphors and slogans. The final two chapters combine discussion of these two teams and address the support they will need to succeed. There is little new information here if one is a frequent reader of the business press; however, it is presented in a pleasing, easy-to-read style. Recommended for collections serving general readers and lower-division students new to the topic.
