Product DescriptionAbout the book: Thanks to Hans Christian Anderson, you already know the story of the Little Match Girl who froze to death selling matches on a street-corner on New Year’s Eve. But what about the managers who woke up the next morning (their day off!) to deal with the mess? How did they get in the situation in the first place? And, more importantly, how did they get out of it?The latest best-selling book by Dan McLaughlin, “ICE Girls: What Managers Can Learn from the Story of the ‘Little Match Girl’ by One Who Was There” is in the “tradition” of self-help management manuals such as sacred cows make great burgers and moving the cheese to excite the mouse. “ICE Girls” introduces a metaphor that encourages managers to embrace the clown of adversity when one is unwillingly thrust into a pair of big red floppy shoes, and then to smile. What more COULD there be in a novel so slim (and cheap)?Well, in addition to this one thought-provoking notion, ICE Girls also considers:The Princess and the Pea as seen by the Prince who ends up married to a lady whose only qualification is her innate ability to complain about the tiniest little thing. The Red Shoes as seen by the Deity who hacks off the feet of dancers. Not necessarily just a critique of modern dance. The Emperor’s New Clothes as seen by frustrated revolutionaries who convince the Emperor to wear his new clothes in public. Hint, it does not turn out well for them. The Story of the Steadfast Tin Soldier as seen by the of the object of his adoration, the one-legged ballerina. Being stalked is not its cracked up to be.

ICE Girls: What Managers Can Learn From The Story Of ‘The Little Match Girl’ By One Who Was There

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