BERRETT-KOEHLER - McGraw-Hill Books
BERRETT-KOEHLER - McGraw-Hill Books
BERRETT-KOEHLER - McGraw-Hill Books
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B e r r e t t - K o e h l e r<br />
213<br />
WHALE DONE PARENTING<br />
How to Make Parenting a Positive Experience for You and<br />
Your Kids<br />
Ken Blanchard,Thad Lacinak, Chuck Tompkins, and Jim Ballard<br />
What does raising children have to do with training killer whales? More<br />
than you'd think. Mega-selling author Ken Blanchard teams up again<br />
with hisWhale Done coauthors to show how positive reinforcement techniques<br />
used by trainers at Seaworld can help parents bring out the best in<br />
their children.<br />
* Offers five simple and effective principles for coping with any parenting<br />
challenge<br />
* Based on actual killer whale training techniques<br />
* Story format makes this an unusual and entertaining approach for a<br />
parenting book.<br />
Ken Blanchard has had an extraordinary impact on the day-to-day<br />
management of millions of people and companies. Thad Lacinak has more than<br />
29 years of marine mammal training and management experience and is currently<br />
Vice President and Corporate Curator for one of America's foremost<br />
marine parks. Chuck Tompkins is Vice President of Animal Training at<br />
SeaWorld Orlando. Jim Ballard has written a number of inspirational books,<br />
including Mind Like Water and What's the Rush?<br />
S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 9<br />
Berrett-Koehler • Parenting<br />
Paperback • 168 pp<br />
ISBN-13: 978-1-60509-348-2<br />
$14.95<br />
S E C O N D E D I T I O N , R E V I S E D, U P DAT E D A N D E X PA N D E D<br />
THE SECRET<br />
What Great Leaders Know -- And Do<br />
Ken Blanchard, and Mark Miller<br />
In the now classic business fable, "The Secret", Debbie, a struggling<br />
leader finds herself about to lose her job due to poor performance.<br />
In a desperate attempt to save her career, she enrolls in a new<br />
mentoring program offered by her company. Much to her surprise,<br />
Debbie finds her mentor is the president of the company (Jeff Brown).<br />
Debbie decides that all she needs is the answer to one question,<br />
'What is the secret of great leaders?' Over the next 18 months Jeff<br />
explains to Debbie that the secret is rooted in an attitude. He tells her<br />
that she must be willing to become a serving leader rather than a selfserving<br />
leader.The secret is that all great leaders Serve.The story<br />
unfolds as Debbie learns and applies each of these imperatives with<br />
her team.As a result, Debbie's team goes from worst to first.They<br />
become the highest performing team within the company. In the end,<br />
Debbie understood that all the changes and improvements were the<br />
result of the choices she made as a leader. She realized that to Serve is<br />
a choice. Debbie decided once and for all, she would no longer be a<br />
self-serving leader, she would be a serving leader!<br />
Ken Blanchard is founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of the Ken Blanchard<br />
Companies. Mark Miller worked his way up from hourly worker to Vice<br />
President of Training and Development at Chick-fil-A, a fast-food chain with over<br />
1,400 locations.<br />
O C T O B E R 2 0 0 9<br />
Business/Leadership<br />
Hardcover • 144 pp<br />
ISBN-13: 978-1-60509-268-3<br />
$19.95
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