“John and Ken have hit a homerun with this book. By adopting these practices and concise habits, our company transformed from a family business to a professionally managed business. In today’s economy and business environment, nothing less will suffice.”
—Terry Morse, CEO, Morse Industries
“The Winning Manager’s Playbook provides an approach to goal-setting and instituting an inclusive planning process that is very practical and yields real near-term and long-term results. The right people with clearly integrated personal and company goals yield real value increases in any company, and this book shows you how to do it.”
—Jim Warjone, former CEO of Port Blakely Companies
“The key to success for managers is to learn how to improve the processes they use to conduct their business activities. All managers face similar challenges, and this book puts a proven and practical knowledge base at their fingertips and will be of tremendous value to all of them.”
—Glenn Duarte, CEO, Ambia Architecture
“This book cuts through all the smoke screens and tangents to get to the heart of an issue. The concepts in The Winning Manager’s Playbook helped my company along our path to both survival and growth in a world that is changing faster than anyone can track. The authors have a way of grabbing our feet and pulling us back down to the real world, while still allowing us to excel as a creative firm.”
—Karl Bischoff, president, Phinney Bischoff Design House
“The authors’ commonsense approach to business basics combined with their fluid writing style makes this a valuable book for any manager. It is articulate, focused, and full of valuable experience. This book is beautifully written, and unlike most business books the text flows extremely well. Great job!”
—Richard Rhodes, owner, Rhodes Architectural Stone
“This is a great book. We applied the effective practices in this book to produce a company with strong growth, solid profitability, and empowered employees who exceed their goals and are commensurately rewarded. Not too many furniture companies can say this in the current economy.