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The On-Time, On-Target Manager: How a Last-Minute Manager Conquered Procrastination » (Unabridged, 2 CDs, 2 hrs.)

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Authors: Ken Blanchard, Steven R. Gottry, Brian Corrigan
ISBN-13: 9780060584825, ISBN-10: 0060584823
Format: Compact Disc
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: Unabridged, 2 CDs, 2 hrs.

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Author Biography: Ken Blanchard

Ken Blanchard is an international bestselling author and motivational speaker whose books, including The One Minute Manager®, The One Minute Entrepreneur, and Leading at a Higher Level, have sold more than eighteen million copies in thirty languages. He lives in San Diego, California.

Book Synopsis

Ken Blanchard's phenomenal bestsellers, such as The One Minute Manager and Raving Fans, have made him a globally recognized business legend. Now, he has joined with noted business author Steve Gottry to explore one of the most common and insidious problems plaguing the workplace - procrastination.

The On-Time, On-Target Manager tells the highly recognizable story of Bob, a middle manager who tends to put things off to the last minute. He misses deadlines, rationalizes, justifies, and tries to explain. Luckily, Bob is sent to his company's CEO - a new kind of CEO - the "Chief Effectiveness Officer" - who helps him deal with the three negative side effects of procrastination: lateness, poor work quality, and stress to himself and others. Bob learns how to overcome procrastination, and transforms himself into a productive On-Time, On-Target Manager through the Three P strategy.

With this engaging parable, Blanchard and Gottry tackle the problem of...

Table of Contents

Forewordix
Introductionxiii
1Late For A Very Important Date1
2Changes Ahead9
3The First P15
4The First Test23
5Denial29
6The Second P41
7The "Bill of Rights"45
8Deep in Thought71
9Whose Alphabet is it, Anyway?79
10Another Night of Thought85
11Not More of This!93
12On-Time, On-Target97
13The Perfect Solution107
Epilogue: A Personal Note from the Authors111
You Can Make a Difference ...117
Acknowledgments119
About the Authors123

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