MARC MUCHNICK

In the bestselling tradition of Whale Done! and The One Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard and Marc Muchnicks entertaining and inspiring new book is a parable about the competition between two leaders with totally different management stylesa story that reveals the ingredients of truly effective leadership.How can you become a more successful manager, a stronger team leader, and a motivator who gets the best results from a group? Ken Blanchard and Marc Muchnicks The Leadership Pill provides the answer.Consider this tantalizing possibility: What if there were a pill that could actually stimulate the natural powers of the mind and body to provide leadership? In the story, an amazing new pill heightens one leaders powers, but contains the wrong ingredients, stimulating him in an obsessive and shortsighted direction with disastrous results. In contrast, the Effective Leader, working without a pill, proclaims that "only through sustainability can our teams remain motivated and successful." An inspiring and supportive leader, he supplies the right ingredients, earning his teams respect and trust with a blend of integrity, partnership, and affirmation. The hard-won result is a highly motivated team producing consistent top performance and genuine success. Ultimately it is recognized that "leadership for a lifetime" is much easier to digest than a pill for leaders looking for a quick fix.Destined to be a transforming experience for countless readers, The Leadership Pill shows business managers at any level how to apply the right techniques for getting both results and the commitment of their people, even when the pressure to perform is high.

Partiendo de una curiosa situación hipotética, una empresa de ficción crea una píldora que contiene todos los atributos necesarios para ser un líder efectivo, los autores analizan las condiciones necesarias para alcanzar el liderazgo. Tras experimentar con dos grupos, uno que toma la pildora y otro que trabaja con un lider efectivo y tradicional, llegan a la conclusion de que aunque tarde mas tiempo en alcanzar sus objetivos, el segundo grupo los asume con mayor solidez: integridad, participacion, aseveracion, sinceridad, respeto... junto con la voluntad de vencer el estres y la precipitacion en las decisiones, son algunos de los principios que Blanchard y Muchnick proponen, de forma clara, divertida y amena, para emprender con exito el liderazgo en la vida.