Lateral Approach

November 29, 2010. L. Bernstein “Knitting is Gluten Free” (Indiana) Anyone who enjoys the “One Minute Manager” style of writing, will probably enjoy this book. It is an easy, fast read written in parable to convey advice. As with One Minute Manager, there is a summery of the advice given at the end of each [...]

November 30, 2010. Alain B. Burrese “Author, Speaker, Mediator, … (Missoula, MT) “Lateral Approach To Taking Charge: Simple Principles for New Bosses on Building Authority and Partnerships” by H.W. Sit and Ling Bundgaard reminds me of the books by Spencer Johnson such as “Who Moved My Cheese?” and “Peaks and Valleys.” This book too is [...]

December 2, 2010. Matthew Morine (Castle Rock, CO) This book is simple and good. It packs a ton of helpful advice and information in a easy to read story. Everyone has struggled with the balance of taking charge and being submissive. The last thing you want to do is become unruly or unmanageable to your [...]

December 29, 2010. Christine M. Irvin (Columbus, OH) This is a guide-book, of sorts, for managers and managers-to-be. I say “of sorts” because this is not your usual, run-of-the-mill book on leadership. Rather, the author combines the elements of storytelling with instructions on how to be a good manager. He does this by telling the [...]

January 9, 2011. C. A. Webb “Conversations Book Club” (Jackson, MS) “Communicate, eduate, inspire and interact with the people you manage to achieve the results expected of your organization.” It is just the beginning of the lessons and advice given in LATERAL APPROACH TO TAKING CHARGE by authors H. W. Sit and Ling Bundgaard. They [...]

December 2, 2010. Israel Drazin (Boca Raton, Florida) This review is from: Lateral Approach to Taking Charge: Simple Principles for New Bosses on Building Authority and Partnerships (Hardcover) This volume is part of a series of books in which the authors give advice on how to manage businesses properly. The books are written as brief [...]

Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (12/10) “Lateral Approach to Managing Projects” is a hypothetical or fictional case study in a short story format.  Ho Wing Sit and Ling Bundgaard have collaborated in this project which introduces structured rapid implementation with four powerful practical exercises or management principles leading to customer satisfaction, while [...]

Roles And Responsibilities Of A Manager Posted By What Do You Want From Them, Inc., Monday, November 22, 2010 Day 3: 5:00 pm [...] “Can I assume that you can recruit David to your team? That you can excite and inspire him to join this project?” the Mystic continued to challenge. “Yes, I think I [...]

Four Tips for IT Managers: Go Lateral with IT Projects, Not Top Down (2010-11-09) – Contributed by Dennis McCafferty http://www.smartertechnology.com – SmarterTechnology Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc Generated: 23 January, 2011, 14:36 The more you plan and communicate a project’s worth in advance, the better the results, according to authors of a recent book on [...]

The Lateral Approach to . . . By: Jeff Rowe —  April 6th, 2010 . . . Taking Charge, Creating Success and Managing Projects. Three separate books explore building authority and partnerships, managing and earning high customer satisfaction. Each of these three books can be read in one sitting. Rather than a substitute for an MBA, [...]