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Title: Peacock in the Land of Penguins by B. J. Gallagher Hateley, Warren H. Schmidt, Sam Weiss, Ken Blanchard, B. J. Gallagher-Hateley, BJ Gallagher Hateley ISBN: 1-57675-173-2 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Dealing with corporate culture in "bird-style"
Comment: As I grow up to involve with more complex problems, a mean to solve or just demonstrate the problem becomes simpler -fables or parables. Many parables came out. Mostly are "change-and-corporate" and "animal-related". Ranged from monkey (The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey, 0688103804), mouse (Who Moved My Cheese?, 0399144463), Fish! (0786866020), frog (Eat That Frog! 1583762027), and now it is the time for bird, peacock and penguins.
This book is about corporate culture (Penguins) and how to deal with the culture (by exotic birds, including a peacock). It is quite boring at the beginning and I found it's interesting about 1/3 of the book. After 1/3 of the book I keep debating myself if I should follow the penguin's rules or be an exotic bird. The author did good job to keep reader figure out what the story should go to.
The weak point of this book comes into 3 issues, book organization (after first half), the application parts (tip and trick), and theory behind story. After those exotic birds found Land of Opportunity, I feel like the author couldn't figure out how to end a story nicely. The author adding the tip &trick parts, which I found it's too mundane to add to this kind of elegant book, can also support this statement. Unlike other animal-parable story, this book has no principle to deal with the situation. Although it's not wrong, but if the author just rewrites the book with philosophy focused on other exotic birds' theory, it would make this book billion copies sold.
I recommend this book to the new comers who join century-found corporate. However, please read with warning and find other support books, such as Fish!. Otherwise, you will end up with another frustration experience as you're facing now.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Resource for Diversity Training
Comment: I am an attorney practicing labor and employment law and have used this book in diversity training. It is the best I have read, and believe it conveys the benefits of diversity in a simple and easy to understand way. All levels of employees, from rank and file to top executives, can (and in my experience do)relate to its message.
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Title: Building a House for Diversity: A Fable About a Giraffe & an Elephant Offers New Strategies for Today's Workforce by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Marjorie I. Woodruff, R. Roosevelt, Jr. Thomas ISBN: 0814404634 Publisher: American Management Association Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Putting Work in Its Place: A Quiet Revolution (Collection on Technology and Work) by Peter Meiksins, Peter Whalley ISBN: 0801438586 Publisher: ILR Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The 10 Lenses: Your Guide to Living & Working in a Multicultural World by Mark A. Williams ISBN: 1892123592 Publisher: Capital Books (VA) Pub. Date: 31 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Women and Men in Management, Third Edition by Gary N. Powell, Laura M. Graves ISBN: 0761921966 Publisher: SAGE Publications Pub. Date: 27 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $48.95 |
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Title: Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future by Margaret J. Wheatley ISBN: 1576751457 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: 09 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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