BUDDA: 9 to 5, by Nancy Spears:

Synopsis:
Another great book to use with your team. It has many exercises and tips to use in team settings. It provides you with a hands-on set of tools to re-awaken yourself, your employees, and your organization. Don't let the title scare you as the principles are solid and can be your guide for authentic - and successful - leadership. Short; small book and is an easy read. Back to Top

Now, Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton:

Synopsis:
The premise of this new management study is that the most effective method for motivating people is to build on their strengths rather than correcting their weaknesses. The authors, researchers at the Gallup Organization, have analyzed results of interviews conducted by Gallup of over 1.7 million employees from 101 companies and representing 63 countries. Back to Top

Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know, by John C. Maxwell:

Synopsis:
A tiny and simple book, yet it contains more information than the average person living in 17th-century England was exposed to in a lifetime. Maxwell examines the importance of attitude in determining a leader's success or failure, the forces that shape a person's attitude, and the seven choices necessary if one is to change his or her attitude. Great book to present to team members and work on over the course of a year in team building.
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C.A.R.E Packages for the Workplace: Dozens of Little Things You Can Do To Regenerate Spirit At Work, by Barbara Glanz:

Synopsis:
Morale is down--spirits are low--the workload is mounting. Today's hard-working employees need a break! And nothing feels better than Care Packages for the Workplace. This timely gift-book format provides the hard at work with dozens of simple "brighten-your-day'' ideas such as: beautifying the work space in order to do what Tom Peters recommends--"Fight Bland Dullness!''; putting a personal signature on all work; sharing a joke-a-day, one month at a time; holding grapevine meetings where rumors are openly discussed; partaking in good news hours where positive news is shared; creating special awards for a job well done; scheduling lunches with management.. Back to Top

Zap the Gaps: Target Higher Performance and Achieve It! by Ken Blanchard, Dana Robinson, and Jim Robinson:

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A highly practical and easily adaptable program for improving workplace performance into a solidly informative tale. A gem of a management book, guaranteed to help improve your company's performance no matter what business you're in!Back to Top

How To Become A Great Boss: The rules for getting and keeping the Best Employees, by Jeffrey J. Fox:

Synopsis:
Solid, highly-readable business lessons to help entrepreneurs improve their leadership and management skills. Pointing out the huge cost of a mishire, including wasted training, damaged morale, and the missed opportunity of having the job done right, Fox suggests bosses adopt the motto of "Hire Slow, Fire Fast." The book contains many short and interesting stories about leadership. Back to Top

75 Cage Rattling Questions to Change the Way You Work: Shake-Em-Up Questions to Open Meetings, Ignite Discussion, and Spark Creativity, by Dick Whitney and Melissa Giovagnoli

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The contents of this book may shock any group into an unprecedented frenzy of creative thought and action. Thought-provoking questions that clean out the old-way-of-thinking cobwebs and get workers’ minds working in new and productive directions. Back to Top

The Gifted Boss : How to Find, Create and Keep Great Employees, by Dale Dauten

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This book tells how extraordinary bosses differ from ordinary ones but actually shows what these bosses look like on the job. Gifted bosses distinguish themselves from the pack. Back to Top

Getting Employees To Fall In Love With Your Company, by Jim Harris, Ph.D.:

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Not only does he tell how others have succeeded in the challenges associated with employee motivation and retention, he gives practical, DO-ABLE, action steps for building a great team, small or large. Back to Top

The Team Building Tool Kit: Tips, Tactics, and Rules for Effective Workplace Teams by Deborah Harrington-Mackin:

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The Tool Kit was written from work with real teams in real work situations. This book has given me so much PRACTICAL information on the how's and why's of a team-based work system. Back to Top

1,001 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Others by Sang H. Kim:

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Disguised beneath a boring cover is a fun handbook with motivational tips and sayings - in bullet-point format - for motivating yourself, your boss, employees, peers, students or customers, in situations of conflict resolution, creativity, decision making and leadership .Back to Top