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Summary: Gung Ho! is fantastic
Review: As a person who loves Gung Ho! I was more than surprised at the review written by Macnabb claiming the book somehow is anti-military or disrespectful of the military. Having read and reread the book, and knowing that it has been part of the Army's training program, I thought Macnab must be refering to a different book. I turned to page 144, which he refers to and nearly laughed. If Macnabb thinks this disrespectful he needs to get a life! Disrespectful is what several Commanders In Chief have done in the past forty years. The whole premise of Gung Ho! is based on worthwhile work. Understanding how your work helps make the world a better place. This is exactly what Macnabb is saying. Service men and women have stood guard and died for more than tin. (Read medals.) This is the underpinning of the whole Gung Ho! system. Gung Ho! makes the point better than Macnabb does. The reference to the military on page 144 is an excellent observation and one that would not offend any member of today's professional army, navy or airforce. The military are masters of whipping up people with brass bands and medals ----- but this, as the book makes very clear, only has meaning, only works, when the worker, the enlisted man or woman, understands that their work is worthwhile. What the book is talking about is icing on the cake and it's right. The business world could learn something about icing on the cake from the Army. The cake, to continue the metaphor has already been baked. Macnabb wants to damn the book because the icing isn't the cake. It's not. It's icing and the first 143 pages (the book ends on page 164) are the cake. Don't let yourselves be misled by Macnab's review of Gung Ho! This is a fantastic book. It tells the story of how a great native American Indian military man used wisdom from nature and from his own career, to bring meaning and excitement to a business about to go bankrupt. The spirit of the squirrel: worthwhile work, the way of the beaver: in control of achieving the goal, and the gift of the goose: cheering each other on worked miracles and saved the business. The book came out two years ago and I noticed it was still on the Wall Street Journal's Bestseller List this week, and with good reason. I end with a quote from the cover of the book. "Gung Ho! is a gift of energy and enthusiasm for everyone. Ignore at your peril."
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Summary: Gung Ho's authors and military bashing
Review: This is perhaps the most flagrant military bashing I have ever read in a main stream business book. This passage is a window into the souls of the authors. They denigrate every man and woman who has served in our armed forces. How many of your classmates died to maintain our freedom. How many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for tin on their chests. How important was the gold braid on the hat to our forces in New Guinea? Did those who survived the Baatan Death March look forward to tin on their chests? As the landing craft lowered their doors into a veritable hell on D-Day, Our soldiers were there because of gold braid? What about Korea? Vietnam? Desert Storm? What part did tin pay to these heroes. I made a sales call on the Ft Hood commissary during Desert Storm. I drove past a huge field of cars surrounded by barbed wire, guarded by several MPs. I stopped and asked one of the policemen, " Where did all these cars come from? He replied, "The troops who went to Desert Storm." As I stood there looking out over a virtual sea of pick ups and automobiles it was quite humbling to realize that each car belonged to a solider. Soldiers who left their homes and families to go to war. They went because that is their job. Their job is to go into harms way for me and my family and all Americans. For tin or gold braid, I think not. This last February, my son and I climbed to the top of The Battle of The Bulge memorial in Bastogne, Belgium. "The Battle of the Bulge was the greatest pitched battle ever fought by the United States, its only major struggle in the dead of Winter." The biting cold wind driven snow was almost more than I could stand but as I looked out across the fields and hills where this decisive battle took place I knew I could leave anytime. I could run to the car and its warmth. The American combat soldiers could not escape the bitter cold of that winter in 1944. I sent up a silent prayer to God, asking him to nurture the souls of the thousands of Americans who gave their lives on this bleak frozen plain, so far from home. I tried to imagine how they endured here. I stood there until I finally knew why they endured here. Was it for a chest full of tin or maybe gold braid on the hat? You be the judge. Perhaps my managers did not actually read this book, or if they did they must have missed page 144. That is the only acceptable explanation. I thought we as a nation had healed our wounds over Vietnam, but as witnessed by the anti-militarism of Mr. Blanchard writings, the Jane Fonda syndrome lives on. What a tragedy for us.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Review: This is an easy to read book. A must for anyone in any organization. I was able to read the entire book in just two evenings -- however, it is one that I will continue to refere to again and again. I have shared it with my boss and co-workers.
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Summary: This is one of the best books I have ever read! It's great!
Review: This is one of the best management, teamwork books I have ever read. It is based on the Golden Rule that if we are all focused on a common vision, want the best for our firm or endeavor and for each other, there is nothing we can accomplish. I loved the three legends. They are so simplistic yet make so much sense. I wish everyone was this Gung Ho about life, their job, God, their family and mankind as a whole. The reading doesn't get much better than this. It can change your life!
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Summary: Simple but powerful concepts
Review: This book provides simple but powerful concepts that can actually be implemented. After all the lengthy management books I've read and struggled to apply this one is a breath of fresh air. Gung Ho!
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Summary: A MUST READ FOR ALL MANAGERS AND EXUCTIVES
Review: If you're a manager and you haven't embraced the principles of "Gung Ho!", you are on limited time. As the Web becomes THE place to do business, employee attitude (i.e., Customer Service) is the defining parameter your customers will most likely use in choosing to do business with a company. How does a company achieve superior customer service? By having content, motivated staff at all levels of the organization. And how does a company maintain a content, satisfied, motivated work force? GUNG HO!
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Summary: This book will change your life!
Review: I like many others read this book in a day. It was a wonderful story! Everyone should read this book. I have passed it along to not only my entire staff, but also to my mother! Gung Ho friend!
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Summary: A timeless, must read for all in the working world.
Review: Like other readers of this book, I read it cover-to-cover, in one sitting. Situations found in the book were so real to me. I've faced similiar ones in my own work place. Definitely a book I want my senior management to read and absorb. Gung Ho, Friends!
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Summary: awesome
Review: I read GUNG HO in a day, and sat in amazement as I turned each page. The book was so realistic and so true to life and to my own working environment. The Gift of the Goose was by far my favorite section. Always when words are spoken from the heart, they're heard! Thanks for sharing!
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Summary: great story, great tape, I want more!!!!!
Review: After reading Raving Fans, I was afraid a tape would not do justice to Blanchards work, Boy was I wrong. Thanks
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