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| Whale Done! : The Power of Positive Relationships | 
 enlarge | Authors: Kenneth Blanchard, Thad Lacinak, Chuck Tompkins, Jim Ballard, Ken Blanchard
Publisher: Free Press
Category: Book
List Price: $21.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (64 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11485
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 074323538X
Dewey Decimal Number: 158.2
EAN: 9780743235389
ASIN: 074323538X
Publication Date: February 19, 2002
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Great Book for Business and Personal Relationships January 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent book on the power of positive reinforcement and the importance of focussing on what is being done right rather than wrong. Ken Blanchard has once again created a powerful story to help illustrate key points and make reading this book fun and memorable.
So intriguing are the principles presented in this book that I actually travelled to Sea World San Diego and spent a day working hands-on with their trainers to learn it first-hand (great program - TFD - Trainer for the Day also highly recommended).
The book is a nice quick read and you may find yourself reading it several times it is so compelling. It is good addition to one's personal library as I have referred back to it a number of times as I have had to deal with difficult co-workers, working with challenging children, etc.
Enjoy this book and apply its simple principles in your life!
 Five Stars for Chapter 2 December 27, 2007
Easy read, but got all I needed from chapter two. (I did read the whole book.) All these books are overpriced, so if your interested go to your library and check it out. If your short on time, just read chapter 2.
However with that said, the information is solid and helpful.
Great Book! October 28, 2007
This book was so good that I bought it as a gift for a client as well as the principal of my childrens' school. Worth reading multiple times.
 Quality content spoiled by poor presentation September 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Let's break the book down into two halves: the message and the writing. The message is great, and genuinely insightful, particularly in some of the subtleties of how one builds a positive relationship (rewarding progress, rather than just acheivement) and smart ways to do rewards.
The writing, though, is a different story. Like so many management books often do, it tries to reveal this information as a parable, by telling you the story of foul-mannered Wes Kingsley finding his guru at SeaWorld. The writing is unabashedly corny, and tiring, particularly with its relentless use of GOTcha (sic) and WHALE DONE (sic). I have found that I can relate the entire useful content of the book in a 5-10 minute conversation, and so, that makes the actual size of the book seem unnecessary. The upside is that print is large, and the writing is breezy, and the book reads very quickly. Think of it as the Cheerios of books: bland but easily digested.
Having read much stronger books that use this sort of presentation (Goldratt's "The Goal" comes to mind) I would not readily recommend this book, except that the concepts contained within are original, and useful. I think that there are other concepts from animal training that could have been integrated to improve the book, but as it stands, it is a tolerable and useful read. An abridged version with less of the overwrought story would be a very strong work.
Whale Done May 31, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have you actually wondered how they get those huge whales to jump out of the water at Sea World or Marine Land? This book can be used to train animals, family, workers in how to use positive praise to get what you want. It's not a gimmick, but giving praise to encourage better performance and not just when a good performance is seen but a way of life, a value system. A great book!!
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