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Summary: A Real Treat
Review: I found this a pretty quick & easy read. It reminded me a lot of Spencer Johnson's best seller "Who Moved My Cheese". Although all of the characters in Dick Lyles' book are human, the "lessons" are given in a story format & offered up in small easy-to-handle bites. I found the main character appealing though his storybook ending was a little overly cute. The basic principles of teamwork are spelled out really well in this book. As a staff trainer, I would find this little book a real gem. It provides instant lessons in team building that could be used successfully both with individuals & on a small group basis.
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Summary: Fans of "Who Moved My Cheese" will like this one too!
Review: I found this a pretty quick & easy read. It reminded me a lot of Spencer Johnson's best seller "Who Moved My Cheese". Although all of the characters in Dick Lyles' book are human, the "lessons" are given in a story format & offered up in small easy-to-handle bites. I found the main character appealing though his storybook ending was a little overly cute. The basic principles of teamwork are spelled out really well in this book. As a staff trainer, I would find this little book a real gem. It provides instant lessons in team building that could be used successfully both with individuals & on a small group basis.
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Summary: A Loan Officer from North Carolina
Review: I found this book to be very informative. It definitely makes you think about how to win people over. It not only tells you how to win them but it points out things you shouldn't do. The 4 secrets for getting great results by working well with people has already helped me increase my business. Big things do come in small packages. This is a quick read book but it is packed with lots of good information. Thanks Dick Lyles, great book.
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Summary: A Loan Officer from North Carolina
Review: I found this book to be very informative. It definitely makes you think about how to win people over. It not only tells you how to win them but it points out things you shouldn't do. The 4 secrets for getting great results by working well with people has already helped me increase my business. Big things do come in small packages. This is a quick read book but it is packed with lots of good information. Thanks Dick Lyles, great book.
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Summary: Very enlightening!!!
Review: I just loved reading this one. I have already started using the winning ways at the office with great results! I was even surprised when I found myself using the tips for my personal relationships (wife, parents, friends). Everyone should read this one.
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Summary: Nothing new
Review: I was a bit disappointed in this. There is nothing groundbreaking here. It was just OK. Actually, I think I'm being a bit generous here at 3 stars, because much of the advice is derivative. While the material wan't wrong, it wasn't news. Your time is better spent elsewhere.
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Summary: One of tools to Win
Review: Summary The story is about the brilliant Albert graduated from the University of Northeastern Michigan (UNM) and he was hired by UGAT (United Global Advance Technologies) quickly because of his intelligent. Albert is very efficient, however, he had poor interpersonal skills and had a problem to work with other people in ¡§Tiger Team¡¨. He believed working alone is better. He felt intellectually superior and rejected others ideas. Therefore, he asked his boss, Megan, let him not work with ¡§Tiger Team¡¨. His boss sent Albert introduced the famous football coach who set the best record in the history of all of college football and knew the secrets of his winning ways in UNM to him and asked him to learn about the things her taught his team. Over the course of several meetings, the coach taught our hero four principals of working well with others: 1. Making others feel stronger, rather than weaker: give power away to people, the more you give, the more you get 2. Camels are okay: collaborating with others, leveraging their unique talents through others, combining the strengths and vision of everyone on the team to create something everyone can get behind and support 3. Avoiding two-valued thinking: everything is neither good nor bad, nor is one better than the others 4. Influencing for the future: blaming for the future is usefulness for solving problems but need to learn from the past experience as it always is the best teacher to your life Comments Easy to read and understand It is written as context of story as the theory from the coach are given in a story format People can easy to understand what are going on and it is similar to their real life as many people may have the same problem as Albert that can¡¦t work well in a team with other teammates. Feeling own self as the top of people is always the problem of the people who can¡¦t work well with people in a team. Entertaining Besides mentioning the four secrets of winning ways, the story finally ended with a marriage of Albert and his teammate Jennifer who had conflicts with Albert before. It is not dry as other book that just mentioning the theory. The book has good ideas in theory, however, the usefulness and possibility of the four secrets of Winning Ways is uncertain. It is unrealistic to have a good interpersonal skill and good relationship by just using this Winning Ways. Learning about people shouldn¡¦t be seen skimming through a book. People keep changing and also their mind. Moreover, I think working well with people is not just the four secrets in the book. Love, passion, honesty etc there are many elements to build up a good relationship with people. Changing the value and ways of thinking of people may have a higher priority to use this winning ways.
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Summary: An enjoyable parable based on common sense and people skills
Review: The brilliant Albert graduated early from the University of Michigan. United Global Advance Technologies quickly hires the genius. However, though his mind may match is namesake, his personality leaves much to be desired. Albert is very efficient, but is ineffective as he fails to work well with peers or in a group because he feels intellectually superior and rejects the notion that others might have excellent ideas. Instead he runs over his colleagues who resent his narrow focus that often times ignores part of the process. Albert's boss knows that her superstar is not achieving what he is capable of doing because of his anti-social behavior. Albert needs to be more than just the lone ranger. He needs to be a team player and ultimately leader who appreciates diversity and varying opinions to attain a win-win environment. His boss sends Albert back to his alma mater to spend time with the highly regarded football team that has sent many stars to the NFL. There he learns from the coach about the WINNING WAYS of the Wolverines through 4 SECRETS FOR GETTING BETTER RESULTS BY WORKING WELL WITH PEOPLE. Although this book is written as a fiction, it actually is an entertaining self-help guide to improve relational skills. The book focuses on helping loners work with their teammates in a more cooperative environment. Author Dick Lyles keeps his advice simple while explaining how to escape the paradigm of the lone wolf. WINNING WAYS is a winner filled with a common sense approach to better organizational effectiveness. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: END OF THE INDIVIDUAL
Review: The empahasis of society as of late has been on the team rather than the individual. However, I am quite certain that events and inventions of a historical manner were never accomplished by a committee.
The individual spirit that made this country great no longer exists. Universities no longer are places of free thought but rather restrict the students to whatever the new PC movement may be at the time.
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Summary: Excellent reading
Review: This book is written in plain language, the best book I've read in a long time.
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