A compendium of simple techniques on how best to accentuate the positive and redirect the harmful, increasing productivity at the job and at home.

What do your people at the job and your partner and kids in the home have as a common factor having a five-ton killer whale?

Probably much more than you think, according to top business consultant and mega-bestselling author Ken Blanchard and his coauthors from SeaWorld. Within this moving and inspirational fresh book, Blanchard explains that both whales and about Whale Done!: The Power of Positive Human relationships people perform better when you accentuate the positive. He displays how using the techniques of animal trainers — specifically those in charge of the killer whales of SeaWorld — can supercharge your efficiency at work and in the home.

When gruff business manager and family man Wes Kingsley visited SeaWorld, he marveled at the ability of the coaches to get these huge killer whales, among the most feared predators in the sea, to execute amazing acrobatic leaps and dives. Afterwards, talking to the chief trainer, he learned their techniques of creating trust, accentuating the positive, and redirecting negative behavior — which make these amazing performances possible. Kingsley took a difficult take a look at his very own often accusatory administration style and identified how a few of his shortcomings as a supervisor, spouse, and father in fact diminish trust and harm relationships. He began to see the difference between ‘GOTcha’ (catching people doing items incorrect) and ‘Whale Done!’ (catching people doing stuff right).

In Whale Done!, Ken Blanchard shows steps to make accentuating the positive and redirecting the adverse the best tools to increase productivity, rather than creating situations that demoralize people. These techniques are extremely easy to master and can be employed equally well in the home, allowing readers to become better parents and more committed spouses within their more happy and more successful personal lives.