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Mission Possible

Becoming a World-Class Organization While There's Still Time

Ken Blanchard and Terry Waghorn
McGraw-Hill, 1999

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Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Engaging

Recommendation

Ken Blanchard, one of the most successful business authors of all time, teams up with Terry Waghorn in this clear, concise guide to surviving and prospering in a time of great change. The authors show you how to guide your business through the present while simultaneously preparing for and implementing changes for the future. This well-balanced book, which focuses as much on vision, intuitive processes and thinking as it does on nuts-and-bolts strategy, is a valuable guide for working and leading in the twenty-first century. getAbstract.com recommends this book for everyone in business, and finds it particularly essential for leaders, managers, and business owners.

Take-Aways

  • The nature of doing business has changed dramatically just in the past few decades.
  • In business, rapid-fire change is the norm.
  • You must be able to live in the present and the future simultaneously.

About the Authors

Ken Blanchard, chairman of Blanchard Training and Development, Inc., is one of the most successful business book authors of all time. His 1982 book, The One Minute Manager, still appears regularly on best-seller lists. He has also co-authored a number of other best-selling books. Terry Waghorn is a Senior Fellow of the Nolan, Norton Institute, the business strategy think tank of KPMG. He specializes in observing and studying organizational transformation efforts worldwide. A Canadian, he is currently based in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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