Bestselling author Ken Blanchard joins 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 is the story of Bob, a typical middle manager who puts things off to the last minute. As a result, he misses deadlines because his lack of focus causes him to accomplish meaningless tasks before getting to the important things. Like many professionals, Bob rationalizes, justifies, and tries to explain. Luckily, Bob is sent to his company's CEO—which stands for "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 transform himself from a crisis prone Last-Minute manager into a productive, On-Time, On-Target manager.
With this engaging business parable, Blanchard and Gottry offer practical strategies any professional can put into practice to improve their performance.
"Do not procrastinate—read The On-Time, On-Target Manager! And give a copy to any friend who is habitually behind the curve."
~ Bobb Biehn, president, Masterplanning Group International and author of Mentoring
Details:
Category: Managing self
ISBN-13: 978-0-060-57459-8
Publisher: William Morrow
Publication date: 2004
Edition description:
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.53(d)
Also available in paperback, audio, and e-reader formats
Ken Blanchard, one of the most influential leadership experts in the world, is the coauthor of the iconic bestseller, The One Minute Manager, and more than 60 other books whose combined sales total more than 21 million copies. His groundbreaking works have been translated into more than 42 languages and in 2005 he was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time. He is also the cofounder with his wife, Margie, of The Ken Blanchard Companies® , an international management training and consulting firm in San Diego, California.
Steve Gottry is the former owner and president of an award-winning advertising agency in Bloomington, Minnesota. He is the author of Common Sense Business in a Nonsense Economy, the coauthor (with Linda Jensvold Bauer) of A Kick in the Career, and a screenwriter with four children's videos to his credit. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
