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The Game of Work (pb)
Since its original printing in 1984, The Game of Work helped thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of managers and employees experience increased job enjoyment while producing extraordinary results. The Game of Work examines the question of why people work harder at sports and recreation than they do on the job and uses these as metaphors for inspirational leadership strategies. Corporations worldwide have enjoyed the increased productivity, employee satisfaction and motivation, and bottom-line profits by implementing the concepts taught in The Game of Work. As qualified people become increasingly difficult to attract and retain, the implementation of the five principles in this book is the one key factor to improving results, retention, and recruitment.

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The Game of Work (pb)
Since its original printing in 1984, The Game of Work helped thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of managers and employees experience increased job enjoyment while producing extraordinary results. The Game of Work examines the question of why people work harder at sports and recreation than they do on the job and uses these as metaphors for inspirational leadership strategies. Corporations worldwide have enjoyed the increased productivity, employee satisfaction and motivation, and bottom-line profits by implementing the concepts taught in The Game of Work. As qualified people become increasingly difficult to attract and retain, the implementation of the five principles in this book is the one key factor to improving results, retention, and recruitment.

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The Game of Work (pb)

The Game of Work (pb)

by Charles A. Coonradt
The Game of Work (pb)
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The Game of Work (pb)

by Charles A. Coonradt

Overview

Since its original printing in 1984, The Game of Work helped thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of managers and employees experience increased job enjoyment while producing extraordinary results. The Game of Work examines the question of why people work harder at sports and recreation than they do on the job and uses these as metaphors for inspirational leadership strategies. Corporations worldwide have enjoyed the increased productivity, employee satisfaction and motivation, and bottom-line profits by implementing the concepts taught in The Game of Work. As qualified people become increasingly difficult to attract and retain, the implementation of the five principles in this book is the one key factor to improving results, retention, and recruitment.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781423630852
Publisher: Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date: 08/01/2012
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Charles A. Coonradt is internationally recognized in the fields of goal setting and profit improvement as an author, consultant, and speaker. His books, The Game of Work, Managing the Obvious, The Four Laws of Debt Free Prosperity, and Scorekeeping for Success are management “must reads.” He is a contributing author to the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series and lives in Park City, Utah.

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What we’ve discovered is that human nature doesn’t change and our proven methods are not trendy, or the latest management consulting style, or the latest best seller by the newest management guru. The Game of Work is not a silver bullet or a magic potion that can be swallowed or experienced in one evangelical weekend. The Game of Work requires a leader’s dedication to his or her team members and a willingness to change behavior to produce better results.

Zig Ziglar said, “You can get anything you want if you help enough people get what they want.” That is the bargain of life. The methodology and thought technology captured in the Game of Work gives each leader the keys to unlocking that unlimited human potential.

From baby boomers to Generation X to the Digital Generation of the twenty-first century, it is more important to find the similarities in people’s job expectations and experiences than to focus on the differences.

The five principles of the Motivation of Recreation are:

• Clearly defined goals

• Better scorekeeping and scorecards

• More frequent feedback

• A higher degree of personal choice of methods

• Consistent coaching

Table of Contents

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Chapter 1 The Game of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Chapter 2 Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Chapter 3 Scorekeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Chapter 4 Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Chapter 5 Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Chapter 6 Field of Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Chapter 7 Winning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Chapter 8 Attitudes of Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Chapter 9 Results to Resources Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Chapter 10 Picking Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Chapter 11 Coaching Winners to Greatness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Chapter 12 Winning at the Game of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

What Is the Game of Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

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