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Summary: Management, Patton Style
Review: Charles Province did an excellent job of compiling Patton's thoughts on leadership and how it applies to business. It brings a contrast between leadership and management concepts. He also linked the thoughts of Charles Deming to some of the messages. I have used selected points in sharing practical leadership and management principles with my business associates.Like any book, read it with a critical eye. Management and leadership studies are an evolutionary process. We should never stop learning. As an officer in the Army, I appreciate the candor of Patton and the book's focus on application. The messages are motivational. I would highly recommend the book as required reading and a forum for discussion.
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Summary: Management, Patton Style
Review: Charles Province did an excellent job of compiling Patton's thoughts on leadership and how it applies to business. It brings a contrast between leadership and management concepts. He also linked the thoughts of Charles Deming to some of the messages. I have used selected points in sharing practical leadership and management principles with my business associates. Like any book, read it with a critical eye. Management and leadership studies are an evolutionary process. We should never stop learning. As an officer in the Army, I appreciate the candor of Patton and the book's focus on application. The messages are motivational. I would highly recommend the book as required reading and a forum for discussion.
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Summary: Applicable today as when Patton was marching across Europe
Review: I teach middle school and high school industrial arts. On Veteran's Day, I read excerpts from the book with partriotic music playing in the background. My students enjoy the change in routine.
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Summary: READ AXELROD. This book is terrible in comparison
Review: If you read the Axelrod book on Patton it relates to management much better than this attempt. For a man who worships Patton like Province, the connection to business should have been easy, but he was not objective. And relating Patton to Deming? Ridiculous.
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Summary: Useful today.
Review: Patton was not only a student of military history,
he was also a profound student of leadership, and
one of the most remarkable practioners of conscious
leadership techniques ever.
He distilled many of his beliefs down into brief
one-liners, many of them only common sense (e.g,,
"Give credit where it's due", but the state of American
business today illustrates that many such time-proven
management methods have fallen into disuse.
The author has collected a number of Patton's aphorisms
and provided clear explanations of their applicability
to todays's managers, which will no doubt prove useful
to anyone willing to try them. It should be noted,
however, that while Patton's showy mannerisms are
commented on endlessly, his success was fundamentally based on
his life-long studies, and his solid
knowledge of basically everything there was to
know about his craft.
(The numerical rating above is a default setting
within Amazon's format. This reviewer does not
employ numerical ratings.)
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Summary: Read Ladislas Farago to really learn about Patton
Review: This book is taken almost word for word in the intro from the movie "Patton" based on Ladislas' book. It contains typos such as 'D Day' and also does not give any insight into the man. Connecting Patton to Deming seems a bit ridiculous to someone with knowledge of the two men. Patton did not consider war 'great', per se', and should not be idolized. He enjoyed it and was excellent at it, however he agonized over the men he lost. Perhaps that is the analogy that businessmen should make today.
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Summary: READ AXELROD. This book is terrible in comparison
Review: This book is taken almost word for word in the intro from the movie "Patton" based on Ladislas' book. It contains typos such as 'D Day' and also does not give any insight into the man. Connecting Patton to Deming seems a bit ridiculous to someone with knowledge of the two men. Patton did not consider war 'great', per se', and should not be idolized. He enjoyed it and was excellent at it, however he agonized over the men he lost. Perhaps that is the analogy that businessmen should make today.
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Summary: Read Ladislas Farago to really learn about Patton
Review: This book is taken almost word for word in the intro from the movie "Patton" based on Ladislas' book. It contains typos such as 'D Day' and also does not give any insight into the man. Connecting Patton to Deming seems a bit ridiculous to someone with knowledge of the two men. Patton did not consider war 'great', per se', and should not be idolized. He enjoyed it and was excellent at it, however he agonized over the men he lost. Perhaps that is the analogy that businessmen should make today.
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Summary: Tactical Leadership for Business Mamagers
Review: Through this book Charles M. Province has complied the very best there is in leadership. Read and learn....... This collection of George S. Patton's pithy one liners shows how business managers can successed by applying the combat-tested principles of one of America's most famous battlefield leaders. General Patton was a professional soldier who spent his life inspiring people to accomplish the seemingly impossible. A brief bio & photos of the General help readers visualize one of the great military leaders of all time. The inspirational content will make this book an indispensable companion for busy executives everywhere.
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Summary: Free Autograph for your book!
Review: When you buy "Patton's One-Minute Messages," send me a self addressed, stamped envelope with a note and I will send you an autographed bookplate. My address is in the back of the book. Charge Sabers!
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