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The Little Book of Coaching: Motivating People to Be Winners

2 Ratings: 3.5

A book by Ken Blanchard

In brief paragraphs and anecdotes, business guru Blanchard and NFL coach Shula offer wisdom on how to help people excel. The advice is sound, if simple: "Avoid being a `leave alone and zap' manager and use... praising more." While some of Blanchard and … see full wiki

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Author: Ken Blanchard

Publisher: HarperBusiness

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review by NYWriterBarbaraGarro. September 12, 2010

Give Yourself the Gift of 117 Pages of Priming Your Coaching Pump!

Motivating people to be winners comes naturally to Ken Blanchard and Don Shula, the winningest football coach in history. The heart of Blanchard and Shula's book is this simple acronym, describing the quealities of leaders who choose coaching as their main methodology-- C = Conviction-Driven as in never compromising your beliefs O = Overlearning as in practice until it's perfect A = Audible-ready as in … more

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review by Robert1936. April 16, 2001

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Little in So Many Ways

I began to read this book with great expectations because I hold both Blanchard and Shula in such high regard. Perhaps my expectations were unrealistic but I had hoped for some penetrating insights; instead, I found recycled material from previous publications. Shula is among the greatest football coaches ever but has also achieved great success in an equally competitive environment, the restaurant business, so I had hoped for some of his observations about that. None. Blanchard is among the most … more

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