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Summary: Easy reader edition of Performance Improvement
Review: Story line is a bit hokey; too much story line, not enough technical information.Although the three levels of performance level "needs" were identified, I never got the feeling that they were aligned with each other. Book is light on the cause analysis. The highest level: Business Goals is missing entirely. Moreover, the book ended with the "capability needs" not solidly aligning with business needs. They were identified, yes, but not aligned. Another area of concern is the inappropriate method of prioritizing solutions. Blanchard's story characters went back to the floor to prioritize, should have gone back to the business goal & objectives.
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Summary: A Gap in rational thought
Review: This book follows Whale Done and after that dumb book was published you would think the author would have some shame, but this is not the case. Zap, Zap, Zap is nothing more than a marketing piece filled with platitudes, slogans and feel-good material. Reading this book is like eating icecream and thinking that is it good for you when in reality it is filled with fat and suger. Zap maybe mind candy, but I have lost my taste for such superficial and tasteless books. I suppose because Blanchard wrote the book I gave it chance and I am sorry I did. The One Minute Manager was a good little book and ever since then the writing and the ideas have fallen remarkably flat.
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Summary: Decent information in a really lame story. Nothing new
Review: This is a very quick read. 1-2 hours and you're done. It's a cute little story about 2 people trying to improve quality and performance for their company. The story is about the advice they receive from a friend which is simple and presented well. It's really nothing you can't find in just about every other management book out there. Analyze the problem, look for options and choose the best method to fix it. If you're reading this, chances are you've read other management books. There isn't anything groundbreaking here. But there certainly isn't anything bad about it either. I personally would recommend "The Power of Six Sigma" by Subdir Chowdry over this. But you won't go wrong if you do decide to pick this one up.
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Summary: Clarifying Barriers to Change
Review: When I finished reading this book, I couldn't believe how well the authors had identified the barriers, in organizations and in individuals, that prevent employees from achieving maximum performance. Too often as line managers, we establish expectations for employees, without knowing if the expectations can be achieved in our current environment, and if the employee has the skill and knowledge to make it happen. This book blew me away with its insight and suggestions for partnering with employees to "Go for the Win!" A must read for managers!!!
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Summary: Zap with Action - Zapping the gaps with 'We n Us'
Review: Zap the Gaps is a sure fire way with tips n tricks to improve the Management skills n shoot rise high the company performance. The book marvels a class to bridge the gaps to approach, find and resolve the root causes of the management flaws at grass root levels. The authors state to adopt enhanced strategies to bridge the gaps between the management n employees. The win to excel rule is applied to better the workplace environment to sail smooth in a more applied work force results. The authors have engaging tale with examples as they focus on the problem of high tech firm and their tool Zap gapper brings in a sea of change to tackle the issues. A must read for CEOs n Managers to boost up their egos n bring out the potentialities of employees to scale for better performance. It sure is like zapping in action for results with a more 'Team work - We n Us'
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Summary: Easy to Use Performance Improvement Advice at its Best!
Review: ZAP THE GAPS is a wonderful book that takes a subject that I've seen extended over thousands of pages of academic text and boils it down to a clear and actionable framework. This is a book that truly delivers what Ken Blanchard fans like myself have come to expect. A great story, with a great lesson that can immediately be put to work to produce great results.
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