Audiobooks by Ken Blanchard

¿Quién mató al cambio? :Resuelve el misterio de conducir a través del cambio

Todos los días organizaciones alrededor del mundo lanzan iniciativas de cambio destinadas a mejorar el statu quo. Sin embargo, entre el cincuenta y el setenta por ciento de esos esfuerzos por lograr un cambio fracasan. Este libro te inspirará a convertirte en un eficaz Agente de Cambio en tu propia organización.

Ken Blanchard (Author), Johnny Pena (Narrator)

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¡Valores!

'Dirige tu vida y la empresa con base en ¡VALORES!' describe una nueva medida de éxito organizacional, gracias a la cual propietarios, accionistas, empleados y clientes por igual ganan en función de su compromiso con un propósito común y un conjunto de valores que se aplican a todos para lograr llegar a la lista de los '500 Afortunados'. En este audiolibro los autores te brindan: -Un plan de juego claro y práctico que comunica y alinea los procesos de la organización en todos los niveles y en todas las áreas, con un conjunto definido y funcional de valores. -Proporcionan una metodología clara para definir e implementar dichos valores para lograr objetivos organizacionales, grupales, de equipo e individuales. -Abordan el vacío y el desafío inherente al proceso de convertirse en uno de los pocos 'afortunados' en el mundo empresarial actual. -Remodelan drásticamente una nueva generación de organizaciones, propietarios, gerentes y empleados. -El secreto de cómo te puedes convertir en uno de los '500 Afortunados'. Este audiolibro está narrado en español latino - Ken Blanchard es un autor, conferencista y consultor empresarial de renombre mundial. 'Dirige tu vida y tu empresa con base en ¡Valores!' encarna toda su filosofía de liderazgo y gestión. Como conferencista, Blanchard ha recibido el mayor reconocimiento posible: el codiciado premio Golden Gavel y el premio a la Excelencia de la Asociación Nacional de Oradores. Michael O´Connor es fundador del Centro de Administración con base en Valores y creador del proceso 'Dirige tu vida y la empresa con base en ¡Valores!', que es la culminación de más de veinticinco años de investigación. Su experiencia en las áreas de comportamiento personal, grupal y organizacional es muy amplia.

Ken Blanchard, Michael O´connor (Author), José Gabriel Hernández (Narrator)

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¡Cierre las brechas!: Diríjase a un desempeño más alto y ¡consígalo!

Dana Robinson, James C. Robinson, Ken Blanchard (Author), Johnny Pena (Narrator)

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Who Killed Change?: Solving the Mystery of Leading People Through Change

Every day organizations around the world launch change initiatives-often big, expensive ones-designed to improve the status quo. Yet fifty to seventy percent of these change efforts fail. A few perish suddenly, but many die painful, protracted deaths that drain the organization's resources, energy and morale. Who or what is killing change? That's what you'll find out in this witty whodunit. The story features a Columbo-style detective, Agent Mike McNally, who's investigating the murder of yet another change. One by one, Agent McNally interviews thirteen prime suspects, including a myopic leader named Victoria Vision; a chronically tardy manager named Ernest Urgency; an executive named Clair Communication, whose laryngitis makes communication all but impossible; and several other dubious characters. The suspects are sure to sound familiar and you're bound to relate them to your own workplace. In the end, Agent McNally solves the case in a way that will inspire you to become an effective Change Agent in your own organization. A step-by-step guide at the back of the book shows you how to apply the story's lessons to the real world. Key questions help you evaluate the health of your organization's change initiatives, and you'll learn best practices for enabling and sustaining the desired change.

John Britt, Judd Hoekstra, Ken Blanchard, Pat Zigarmi (Author), Daniel Henning (Narrator)

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Trust Works!: Four Keys to Building Lasting Relationships

Trust Works! How to build it-How to keep it In this enlightening guide developed from his popular Trust Works! training program, #1 bestselling author and management guru Ken Blanchard turns his vast knowledge and insight to one of the most timely and complex issues that affects all areas of our lives. Once upon a time, a dog and a cat lived together with other animals and the humans who cared for them. But canine and feline did not trust each other-a situation that led to fighting, backbiting, and sabotaging that soon affected the whole household. Unless their conflict was resolved, all of the pets would lose their home. Fortunately, a wise old parrot stepped in, teaching dog and cat the ABCDs of trust. As each became aware of the unconscious behaviors at the root of their hostility, dog and cat discovered how to change their behavior-a mutual transformation that created a happy, productive environment for all. In Trust Works! Ken Blanchard applies that fable to real-life situations to show anyone how to get along better with those around them. He outlines his ABCD trust model and uses it to address the factors that lead to discord, including low morale, miscommunication, poor response to problems and issues, and dysfunctional leadership. In today's polarized society, building trust-and sustaining it-has never been more important or seemingly elusive. Trust Works! provides a common language and essential skills that can replace dissension with peace and cooperation and help us all work together productively and in harmony. **Please contact Member Services for additional documents.**

Ken Blanchard (Author), Cynthia Olmstead, Dan Woren, Ken Blanchard (Narrator)

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Trust Works

Bestselling author Ken Blanchard brings you the tie-in guide to accompany his TrustWorks! training program.Ken Blanchard is famous for his ability to make the seemingly complex simple. In Trust Works! he brings his talent to bear on the complicated and timely issue of trust.The book begins with an allegory - in this case, it's the story of a dog and a cat with major trust issues. Their fighting, backbiting, and sabotaging soon affects the whole household - including the humans. It quickly becomes clear that unless the ongoing conflicts can be resolved, all of the pets will be without a home. Through the counsel of a wise old parrot, the animals learn the ABCDs of trust, becoming aware of the unconscious behaviours that had been eroding their relationships and begin to change their actions. In the end, the results have a positive effect that reaches far beyond the dog and cats' relationship. Applying lessons presented in the fable to real life situations, Blanchard explores his ABCD trust model to address issues like poor morale, miscommunication in relationships, poor customer service issues, and dysfunctional leadership.Trust is an evergreen topic but is particularly relevant today, as protests in cities throughout the world underscore a growing distrust of corporations and institutions. Now more than ever, people need trust-building skills and a common language for learning the behaviours that build - or erode - trust.TRUST WORKS! is the first book to create a common, easy-to-learn language for talking about trust in a way that can bring peace and co-operation where once there was dissension.

Cynthia Olmstead, Ken Blanchard, Martha Lawrence (Author), Cynthia Olmstead, Dan Woren, Ken Blanchard (Narrator)

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The Simple Truths of Service: Inspired by Johnny the Bagger

Ken Blanchard (Author), Don Hagen, Rose Itzcovitz (Narrator)

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The Secret: What Great Leaders Know--and Do

Debbie Brewster is an executive whose work group is failing. She begins meeting with a mentor, her company president, who helps her discover the secret of great leaders. In this accessible business fable, Debbie learns five ways in which great leaders can actually serve their followers and takes her team from worst to first.

Ken Blanchard, Mark Miller (Author), Rick Adamson (Narrator)

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The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do

10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED In this new edition of their classic business fable, Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller get at the heart of what makes a leader successful. Newly promoted but struggling young executive Debbie Brewster asks her mentor the one question she desperately needs answered: "What is the secret of great leaders?" His reply-"great leaders serve"-flummoxes her, but over time he reveals the five fundamental ways that leaders succeed through service. Along the way she learns: Why great leaders seem preoccupied with the future How people on the team ultimately determine your success or failure What three arenas require continuous improvement Why true success in leadership has two essential components How to knowingly strengthen-or unwittingly destroy-leadership credibility The tenth anniversary edition includes a leadership self-assessment so readers can measure to what extent they lead by serving and where they can improve. The authors also have added answers to the most frequently asked questions about how to apply the SERVE model in the real world. As practical as it is uplifting, The Secret shares Blanchard's and Miller's wisdom about leadership in a form that anyone can easily understand and implement. This book will benefit not only those who read it but also the people who look to them for guidance and the organizations they serve.

Ken Blanchard, Mark Miller (Author), Joe Bronzi (Narrator)

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The Secret of Teams: What Great Teams Know and Do

Using the same characters as those found in Miller's other bestseller, The Secret and one new character, a retired Special Forces Commander, this work aims to help team leaders and team members create high-performing teams. The core message is that Talent, Skills, and Community are all essential to team success, and that team leaders and leaders supervising or training team leaders, need to develop all three in order to create such teams. This work presents a radical message in the team literature and in the practice of most organizations. Most team books focus on such things as getting clear about team purpose and team member roles, not the importance of creating a sense of community in a team. Miller offers concrete suggestions for building teams where people know each other deeply, server each other willingly, and genuinely care for each other. The reader learns of the value true affection and compassion bring to a team and how crucial that bond is to any team's success. ***Please Contact Member Services for Additional Documents***

Ken Blanchard, Mark Miller (Author), Bob Dunsworth (Narrator)

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The One Minute Entrepreneur

Mega-bestselling author Ken Blanchard and celebrated business leaders Don Hutson and Ethan Willis present an inspiring story that reveals the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur. In THE ONE MINUTE ENTREPRENEUR, Ken Blanchard (coauthor of the #1 bestselling business classic The One Minute Manager), Don Hutson, CEO of U.S. Learning, and Ethan Willis, CEO of Prosper Learning, tell the inspiring story of one man's challenges in creating his own business. Through a powerful and engaging narrative, we confront many of the typical problems all entrepreneurs face in starting up their business, from finding new sources of revenue to securing the commitment of their people and the loyalty of their customers. More important, we learn the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur, including how to build a firm foundation, how to ensure a steady cash flow, and how to create legendary service. In addition, the book offers invaluable advice, delivered through One Minute Insights, from such entrepreneurs and thinkers as Sheldon Bowles, Peter Drucker, Michael Gerber, and Charlie "Tremendous" Jones. Today, in the midst of the largest entrepreneurial surge in U.S. history, four out of five small businesses continue to fail. THE ONE MINUTE ENTREPRENEUR offers businesspeople and would-be entrepreneurs a treasure trove of wisdom on how to think, act, and succeed in creating and sustaining a business, no matter what their industry.

Don Hutson, Ethan Willis, Ken Blanchard (Author), , Sam Freed (Narrator)

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The On-Time, On-Target Manager: How A Last-Minute Manager Conquered Procrastination

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 procrastination head-on, offering practical strategies any professional can immediately put into practice to improve his or her performance.

Ken Blanchard (Author), Brian Corrigan (Narrator)

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