Ken Blanchard’s phenomenal bestsellers, like the One Minute Manager® and Raving Followers®, have produced him a globally recognized business legend. Today, he has joined with noted business author Steve Gottry to explore one of the most common and insidious complications plaguing the office — procrastination.

The On-Time, On-Target Supervisor tells the highly recognizable story of Bob, a middle manager who will put things off to the last second. He misses deadlines, rationalizes, justifies, and attempts to explain. Fortunately, Bob is sent to his company’s CEO — a new sort of CEO — the ‘Main Effectiveness Officer’ — who assists him deal with the three bad side effects of procrastination: lateness, poor work quality, and stress to himself and others. Bob learns how to overcome procrastination, and transforms himself into a productive On-Time, On-Target Manager through the Three P strategy.

With this engaging parable, Blanchard and Gottry tackle the issue of procrastination head-on, offering practical strategies any professional can immediately apply to improve his or her performance.