Gung Ho

Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, co-authors of the New York Times business bestseller Raving Fans, are back with Gung Ho! Here is an invaluable management tool that outlines foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace. It is a must-read for everyone who wants to stay on top in today's ultra-competitive business world. Raving Fans taught managers how to turn customers into full-fledged fans. Now, Gung Ho! brings the same magic to employees. Through the inspirational story of business leaders Peggy Sinclair and Andy Longclaw, Blanchard and Bowles reveal the secret of Gung Ho--a revolutionary technique to boost enthusiasm and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. The three principles of Gung Ho are: The Spirit of the Squirrel The Way of the Beaver The Gift of the Goose These three cornerstones of Gung Ho are surprisingly simple and yet amazingly powerful. Whether your organization consists of one or is listed in the Fortune 500, this book ensures Gung Ho employees committed to success. Gung Ho! also includes a clear game plan with a step-by-step outline for instituting these groundbreaking ideas. Destined to become a classic, Gung Ho! is a rare and wonderful business book that is packed with invaluable information as well as a compelling, page-turning story. Management legend Ken Blanchard and master entrepreneur Sheldon Bowles are back with Gung Ho!, revealing a surefire way to boost employee enthusiasm, productivity, and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. Raving Fans brilliantly schooled managers on how to turn customers into raving fans. Gung Ho! now brings the same magic to employees. Here is the story of how two managers saved a failing company and turned in record profits with record productivity. The three core ideas of Gung Ho! are surprisingly simple: worthwhile work guided by goals and values; putting workers in control of their production; and cheering one another on. Their principles are so powerful that business leaders, reviewing the manuscript for Ken and Sheldon, have written to say, "Sorry. Ignored instructions. Have photocopied for everyone. I promise to buy books, but can't wait. We need now!" Like Raving Fans, Gung Ho! delivers.

ABLAZE proudly presents...GUNG-HO...a “spiritual successor” to The Walking Dead! If you like The Walking Dead, you’ll love GUNG-HO... In the near future, the “White Plague” has almost completely decimated humanity, and civilization is only a sweet memory. The world as a whole has become a danger zone, where survival is only possible within towns or fortified villages. Enter orphaned brothers Zack and Archer Goodwoody, troublemaking teens who have just arrived at Fort Apache, and about to learn the hard rules of integration into the colony. Outside the walls lies a hostile and deadly environment, but inside is also a dangerous place, as the boys are about to find out. Benjamin von Eckartsberg and Thomas von Kummant deliver a creative and visual tour de force with jaw- dropping artwork that will transport you to a brand new post-apocalyptic world where the tension is palpable, and the wrong move will get you killed...or worse.

Archer accuses Bagster of raping Celine, and goes to Kingsten, demanding a public trial. But the trial does not go as planned. Instead of Bagster, it's Archer who is accused, betrayed and condemned by false evidence. Archer finds himself in very bad predicament, with the real possibility of permanent exile from the colony looming…

Yuki continues to make her presence felt at Fort Apache, drawing the interest of Zack, and the ire of Pauline. And two of the boys while on guard duty have their first encounter with one of “The Lost”—a permanently exiled member of the community—who pose their own kind of threat against the group.

With packs of reapers hot on his tail, Archer struggles to survive in the danger zone. Zack contemplates leaving the colony to search for his brother and provide him with food and supplies, in order to buy time until he can prove his innocence. But if he goes, he will not be going alone…

Zack and Yuki take a careless motorcycle joy ride out the front gate into the danger zone, with Holden and some of the other teens on their bikes in hot pursuit…and are quickly joined by a pack of hungry reapers on their tail. The group soon find themselves cornered and in deep trouble! And not all may make it out alive…

The arrival of Tanaka and his beautiful (yet deadly) daughter Yuki to Fort Apache mark a new chapter in Gung-Ho. Where the dangers outside threaten more and more every day. And rivalries inside exacerbate passions within, threatening the ability of the community to protect its own.

Archer is exiled from Fort Apache. In front of all the inhabitants, Kingsten withdraws his right to seek refuge in any colony whatsoever. He is tattooed with a cross on his forehead, a mark that makes him an outlaw…and virtually guarantees his death by the reapers, having to live outside the walls of any safe haven.