I recently participated in the annual planning for Hope Women's Centers and was shown a great book during our time together. I have always been a big fan of Ken Blanchard for his ability to make leadership understandable for everyone. One of his newest books, Helping People Win at Work (along with Garry Ridge), is another great resource for parents, managers, employees, business owners, coaches, teachers, and anyone else who works with people.
The premise of the book is centered around the philosophy "Don't mark my paper, help me get an A." What makes this so powerful is it puts the leader/teacher and the follower/learner on the same side of the table. The leader wants the follower to succeed, and the follower knows the leader's job is to help them succeed. It is a win-win situation.
In many ways, this is a good introductory book to many of Blanchard's other works. He ties together issues such as vision, planning, praising, reprimands, customer service, and situational leadership in this work. I would encourage you to get this book. It will only take you a couple of hours to read, and you will find a lot of good leadership principles to help you lead your family and work place.
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