Know Can Do!: Put Your Know-How into Action
By Ken Blanchard, Paul J Meyer and Dick Ruhe
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Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard, PhD, is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world. He has co-authored 60 books, including Raving Fans and Gung Ho! (with Sheldon Bowles). His groundbreaking works have been translated into over 40 languages and their combined sales total more than 21 million copies. In 2005 he was inducted into Amazon's Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time. The recipient of numerous leadership awards and honors, he is cofounder with his wife, Margie, of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, a leading international training and consulting firm.
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Reviews for Know Can Do!
15 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a short book on management skills and the psychology of implementation of change. The principles are simple and they are described in story format to make it less boring. I will try to implement the ideas. I moderately recommend this book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very easy read, maybe too easy. And for that reason, the central messages (positive learning environment, repetition, and follow-up) may be waved off as overly simplistic. However, I'm planning to do some controlled experiments of my own to see how well the concepts work in practice.
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Know Can Do! - Ken Blanchard
KNOW
CAN DO!
KNOW
CAN DO!
Put Your Know-How into Action
Ken Blanchard
Paul J. Meyer
Dick Ruhe
9781605093376_0004_001Know Can Do
Copyright © 2007 by Blanchard Family Partnership, Paul J. Meyer, and Dick Ruhe
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Hardcover print edition ISBN 978-1-57675-468-9
PDF e-book ISBN 978-1-60509-337-6
IDPF ISBN: 978-1-60994-429-2
2009-1
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Cover design: Richard Adelson
PREFACE
When I think about the writing of Know Can Do, it’s been a long time coming and has quite a history. Years ago, a dear friend of mine asked me what my biggest disappointment was with my career. That thoughtful question motivated some real self-reflection.
That’s when I realized that what bothered me the most was that my work did not have universal, lasting impact. While my books were widely read, many people did not follow through on the concepts and use them consistently in their day-to-day work. My concern was that some managers seemed to be content merely to talk about leadership practices, rather than actually implementing them.
My friend said, Maybe you’re looking in the wrong place. You’re trying to change people’s behavior only from the outside.
He went on to say that he used to do the same until he realized that lasting change in people’s behavior starts on the inside and moves out.
I knew right away he was right, because all I had been focusing on were leadership methods and behavior. I hadn’t focused much on what was in people’s heads or hearts.
Armed with this new insight, I realized that I needed some way to close the knowing-doing gap—a way that focused on the inside as well as the outside.
Enter Paul J. Meyer.
Paul has been a trailblazer in the behavior change business for almost fifty years. His Success Motivation Institute, Inc., founded in 1960, is dedicated to motivating people to their full potential.
When I explained my dilemma to Paul, he was excited about trying to solve it. Give Paul Meyer a challenge, and you have a focused person beyond your belief.
After thinking about it, Paul prepared a keynote speech for a big international company on whose board he serves. The speech was entitled The Missing Link
—what is needed to put the know-how you gain from reading books, listening to audios, watching videos, or attending seminars into action. That was the beginning of Know Can Do.
Working with Paul on this project was a real joy. He is an entrepreneur extraordinaire who has founded more than forty companies with worldwide sales that exceed $2 billion. With more than forty books in print, in some circles I am considered an author extraordinaire. What we needed to complete our team was a spokesperson who was willing to travel near and far to spread the word.
The person who came immediately to my mind was Dick Ruhe. He has worked with our company for almost twenty years and has been our number one speaker, carrying our message around the world. Dick had done some writing of his own, but as a speaker extraordinaire, he was the perfect match to work with Paul and me on Know Can Do.
One plus one plus one has turned into far beyond three. We are excited about Know Can Do and hope it gives you and your organization the strategies you need to take the knowledge you are taught and put it into action. We know it only takes one diet to lose weight—the one you focus on. In the same way, we think Know Can Do can make a real difference by giving people simple tools to close the knowing-doing gap and make their knowledge come alive. May our dreams come true and your goals be accomplished.
—Ken Blanchard June 2007
THE PROBLEM
There once was a successful author who wrote about simple truths. His books were designed to help himself and others manage and motivate people in more effective ways.
Everyone who read his books loved his stories and messages. He sold millions of copies. Yet there was one thing that troubled him.
It usually reared its head when someone told him, I’ve read all your books and really love them.
The author had always been taught that true learning involves a change in your behavior. In fact, he thought that learning was