Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
 

Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen

Here's another management parable that draws its lesson from an unlikely source--this time it's the fun-loving fishmongers at Seattle's Pike Place Market. In Fish! the heroine, Mary Jane Ramirez, recently widowed and mother of two, is asked to engineer a turnaround of her company's troubled operations department, a group that authors Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul, and John Christensen... (read more)

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Fish!
  • Rated 5 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, February 26, 2007
Received complete order in a reasonable amount of time and without any problems. Would order from them again.
Fish!
  • Rated 4 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, February 20, 2007
Good, and a light read. The ideas are powerful and worth taking time to think about.
Fun, Fun, Fun
  • Rated 5 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, January 30, 2007
This book is a super quick read and you'll find yourself able to not only grasp but also implement the key concepts the very same day in any organisation - if you chose to. This book has been so successful it's spawned a whole series of other similar books - but start with this one. Not only does this book help you to make your work fun, it's a fun read itself.
Fun concept, but no real substance.
  • Rated 3 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, January 24, 2007
Treat your customers like they're special. Make your employees feel part of a vision. I went to a seminar that highlighted this concept, and it was fun and inspiring, but didn't really have any hooks that I could actually implement in my small business. Running a business is very complex. This book takes a 10,000 ft view of the business, while ignoring certain realities of the world. For example, most employees don't buy into the vision thing. Most employees who work for what I can afford to pay just want to show up Monday morning, and leave Friday afternoon. And, you have to treat them accordingly. I ran into a lot of trouble letting my defense down and trying to implement a "fun" working environment. It just didn't work out for me. I'm certain the author think I did it wrong. Nonetheless, my observation is that the business people who are most successful run a tight shop. Throwing fish around and tickling the kids just doesn't make money. Sorry. Truth hurts.
Good addition to your management library
  • Rated 4 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, January 20, 2007
This is an easy and inspirational story. It will be required reading for my upper and middle management teams.
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