Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process

by Matt Tenney

Overview

Quickly and sustainably improve employee motivation, engagement, and performance with this simple, four-step process from a top leadership expert.

Leadership tends to be thought of as an art, not a science. Imagine the benefits of having an algorithm—a repeatable process based on decades of research on what motivates employees—that any leader could follow to consistently inspire greatness in others.

From sought-after speaker and consultant Matt Tenney, Inspire Greatness outlines a simple, scalable, four-step process that enables leaders to routinely bring out the best in team members and improve performance by:

• Taking responsibility for employee engagement and acting from the wisdom that their primary job is to inspire greatness in their team members.
• Identifying what team members need to thrive and do great work.
• Collecting regular feedback on how well direct supervisors are meeting the 14 universal needs people have for being engaged at work.
• Pairing feedback for leaders with bite-size learning that is easy to consume and act on immediately.

Tightly synchronizing employees’ feedback with targeted, microlearning for their direct managers creates an incredibly powerful, synergistic effect by: (1) dramatically increasing the likelihood that managers will develop lasting habits that contribute to employee engagement, and (2) allowing employees to see meaningful action almost immediately in response to their feedback.

Inspire Greatness is a practical guide to consistently bringing out the best in team members while also helping you and other leaders in your organization realize deep meaning and fulfillment at work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637745083
Publisher:	BenBella Books, Inc.
Publication date:	05/14/2024
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Matt Tenney has been working to help organizations develop leaders who improve employee engagement and performance since 2012. His ideas have been featured in major media outlets and his clients include numerous national associations and Fortune 500 companies. He is often invited to deliver keynote speeches at conferences and leadership meetings, and is known for delivering valuable, actionable insights in a way that is memorable and deeply inspiring.

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From the Publisher

“It’s not often that a business book completely disrupts the status quo. Inspire Greatness does exactly that. If you are a leader of people, the learning moments shared in Inspire Greatness are must-reads!”
—Garry Ridge, Chairman Emeritus, WD-40 Company
 
“This transformative guide equips leaders and leadership teams with a process and tools for building a sustainable, high-performance culture that drives organizational success and helps employees thrive.”
—Skip Prichard, CEO, OCLC, Inc., and Author, The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future
 
“In Inspire Greatness, Matt Tenney has done an exceptional job of presenting a clear, concise, and compelling game plan to improve employee engagement, company culture, and organizational success.”
—Lou Gizzarelli, President, Quadient Canada
 
“Inspire Greatness is a groundbreaking book on employee motivation and engagement . . . A must-read for all leaders—from the front line to the C-Suite—who want to be better leaders of teams and improve business results.”
—Mark Smith, Executive Director, Global Talent, The Kraft Heinz Company
 
“Matt Tenney shares an ‘engagement acceleration formula’ that can be easily scaled across an entire organization. I strongly recommend this insightful book to all leaders.”
—Mark Roberge, Cofounder, Stage 2 Capital; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School; Founding Chief Revenue Officer, HubSpot; and Author, The Sales Acceleration Formula
 
“This is an inspirational and thought-provoking book . . . A must-read for anyone looking to be more effective as a leader while also finding deeper meaning and fulfillment at work.”
—Alyssa Thach, Cofounder and CEO, Pierpoint International

"Inspire Greatness should become mandatory reading for every business leader in every industry . . .  jam-packed with research, unforgettable examples, and prescriptive action plans that when implemented will significantly elevate any company's engagement, productivity, and profits."
—Russell M. Kern, CEO, Kern and Partners, and Founder and former CEO, Kern Agency, An Omnicom Company
 
"Inspire Greatness is an engaging, page-turner of a book that includes a very innovative approach to employee motivation and engagement.  I highly recommend this book!"
—Steve Fields, Founder and CEO, Fields Law Firm