Written by a retired military officer, this book includes insights gained from leadership experiences in many environments and locations. Clark studied management principles and concepts while managing workplaces in Japan, Vietnam, Turkey, the Philippines and numerous locations in the United States. He also incorporates his enlisted experience to consider conflict from both sides of the work environment: leaders and workers. This book graphically defines the workplace conflict zone and describes how that zone is created and how it impacts productivity. It also introduces and defines a new management and leadership concept titled, Supportive Management. Under this concept, leaders and workers function in concert to support company goals and personal goals. This supportive management concept is guided by four key words. These four words that determine the effectiveness of an organization include: confidence, risk, action and results. Productivity, quality, and harmony in a work environment are ultimately determined by the level of understanding and the sincerity of application of these words. When leaders and workers understand and apply these words, conflict is eliminated and productivity is maximized.
About the Author: Will Clark is a retired military officer. He served six years as an enlisted person before earning his commission through the last class of Air Force Officer Candidate School, in 1963. During his military career he served in many worker, manager, and staff positions, and in many countries. He completed major management and leadership schools in the military, including: Officer Candidate School, Squadron Officers School and Air Command and Staff College. During that time he earned a degree in management and business from the University of Nebraska. He also taught business courses for the City Colleges of Chicago. After his military service, he was a manager in industry for the next twelve years. He is now a writer and a management and motivational consultant, and the founder of Motivation Basics, a consulting firm that provides motivational training for employees and high school students. He also provides management and leadership training. He has authored five other motivation and leadership books. They are: Who's Blaming Who? Simply Success, The Leadership Handbook, How to Learn, and In Search of Education.