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If You Don't Make Waves, You'll Drown: 10 Hard Charging Strategies for Leading in Politically Correct Times

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As a fan of merit-based achievement, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Dave Anderson's If You Don't Make Waves, You'll Drown: 10 Hard Charging Strategies for Leading in Politically Correct Times. In this straightforward tome, Anderson, president of LearnToLead, an international sales and management training organization, describes techniques for combating the politically correct cancer spreading wildly throughout businesses in the United States.

His no-nonsense strategies for implementing a meritocracy provide a great model for leaders aspiring to encourage and reward innovation and results, and weed out the dead weight. Throughout this book Anderson gives examples of political correctness run amuck. In his well researched chapter, "Peering into the PC Cesspool," his examples are enlightening, true-to-life, and at times, frustrating.

Anderson relieved my frustration by providing clear directions for eradicating the overabundance of political correctness in business. He can be blunt, and his frankness can be a little unnerving. To his credit, Anderson warns his readers of his candid approach, which comes from a conservative Christian point of view.

Anderson's knowledge comes from his firsthand experience running his own successful business, and dealing with the complications and barriers that can result from political correctness gone awry. This is an excellent book for anyone attempting to overcome challenges of this nature.

I've read a lot of books on leadership and business and I can honestly say I've taken something of value from each and every one. But I've never read a book where I've walked away with SO MANY gems to help make my business and me...BETTER! I love Dave's honesty. In this book he says the stuff the rest of us sometimes don't have the guts to say.

Thank you Dave. Great book!

Having had the pleasure of consulting with hundreds of managers and owners in the last 10 years, I have to say (or write) this book hits you smack dab between the eyes on how to run a profitable and growing organization.

Motivational speakers come and go. But it's pretty obvious Dave is here to stay and will make you laugh (and probably even cringe a little) along the way throughout this easy read.

Buy as many copies of this book as you can and share them with your management team. The opening comments in his preface hit home to everyone in business in the greatest country in the world.

I have shared Dave's ideas with some of my clients with great success.

Thanks Dave Anderson.

Gus Gustafson
www.cbcads.com

This book is outstanding. It cuts right thru to the heart of the matter. Warning: it is NOT PC.
Everyone can benefit from this, especially those in business with a desire to really get ahead!

If we didn't live in these 'politically correct' times, the title for this book might be.. 'Back to Leadership Basics'

The thread that runs through Dave Anderson's book is the need for honest appraisal and 'no holds barred' criticism as a tool for individual growth. I only wish some of the employers I worked for 35 years ago could have read a book like this. I recommend this book to any person in the position of management/leadership and for those who aspire to the same.

If you follow the tenets of this book, your employees will respect and admire you...and someday give you credit for their success.

Jim Boldebook
Creative Broadcast Concepts
Biddeford, Maine

I started reading the book in an Airport terminal, and I couldn't stop! What Dave Anderson has to say is honest, fair and most of all inspiring. This book caters to all, those starting out in the business world like myself, and those retired men and women who have experienced it all. I would definately recommend this book to anyone who wants great advice in their professional life.

Dave Anderson delivers a very candid, straight-forward rant on the politically correct office politics that are polluting work environments. I particularly enjoyed "The Business Facts of Life". Anderson makes valid arguments and some of his rhetoric is a needed wake-up call for many companies that are traveling the slippery slope of political correctness in business life. I do feel that Mr. Anderson purposely tries to be controversial and in doing so leaves the reader a bit turned off and inclined to miss the good points that are made. Sometimes you have to make waves in order to succeed in business, however, the contention that waves have to be made as a strategy is silly and unproductive. If you don't make waves you'll drown does have some leadership lessons that are worth reading and although some examples used to support his ideas didn't resonate well with me, there are enough good points in the book to make it a profitable read. Enjoy!

Reading this book will make you laugh, cry, get mad, get determine and change your life. I wish Dave Anderson had written this book 20 years ago because, I believe, it would have change the success of my dealership tremendously. Don't get me wrong, I had a very success business, I thought, but it could have been so much better. What I love about this book is it's a "no nonsense" approach to running a business, any business. If we all use "Waves" as the template for our business model................look out you'll reach levels you only dreamed about. As a business consultant, I recommend Dave's training materials to all my accounts but his new book is the best yet. If you want real answers to your business challenges this is the reference book. I love his chapters on entitlements and pay plans. It is hard hitting and direct. There is not sugar coating here, just the facts. Thanks Dave for once again writting to us about solutions that work if we have the guts to pull the trigger!

I bought Waves in the Dallas airport on the way home to Atlanta. As soon as I got to the airport in Atlanta I bought 3 more. The next day I went to the bookstore and bought more and started sending them to my clients. I own a sales and management consulting firm,I work with companies of all sizes and this book is perfect for them. I was inspired by what I read and encouraged to hold to my convictions(that I had let waver) that Dave brought out so clearly in his book. Thank you P.S. I got a call from one client immediatly--he loved it. Tim Alderman Tim@getadecision.com

It's about time somebody wrote a book like this. So called "political correctness" may have worked it's way into politics, academia and news coverage, but there is absolutely no place for it in your business.

Dave Anderson gives clear, concise examples of how this insideous disease has infiltrated businesses...and how to remove it from and keep it out of yours.

Reading this book will give you the wisdom to see what's wrong, and the courage to do what's right.

Michael Roscoe
President
Horizon Communications, Inc.