Monday Morning Motivation: Five Steps to Energize Your Team, Customers, and Profits

by David Cottrell

Overview

From David Cottrell, author of Monday Morning Choices and Monday Morning Mentoring, comes Monday Morning Motivation, the latest addition to his Monday Morning series. This step-by-step guide explains how to generate the positive energy found in successful organizations, providing readers with the tools to discover Synchronization, Speed, Communication, Customer Focus, and Integrity—five vital energy conductors to motivate their teams, customers, and profits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061965999
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/27/2009
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	245 KB

About the Author

David Cottrell, president and CEO of CornerStone Leadership Institute, is an internationally known leadership consultant, educator, and speaker. His twenty-five-plus years of business experience includes senior management positions with Xerox and FedEx, and his management expertise is reflected in twenty-five highly acclaimed books, including Monday Morning Mentoring and Monday Morning Choices. He has been a featured expert on public television and has presented his leadership message to more than 300,000 managers worldwide. He lives in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, with his wife, Karen.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Part 1 The Power of Eziepgy and Motivation

Introduction 3

1 The Formula: E=mc² 9

2 Why Energy and Motivation Leaks Occur 18

3 Mass: Building the Right Organization 32

Part 2 Tlie Conductors of Energy and Motivation

4 Synchronization 53

5 Speed 65

6 Communication 84

7 Customer Passion 106

8 Integrity 127

Part 3 Optimizing Your Resources

9 The Leader's Impact on Energy 149

10 The Final Word 162

Summary 167

Three Ways to Bring Monday Morning' Motivation into Your Organization 173

Acknowledgments 175

Editorial Reviews

Cottrell (Monday Morning Mentoring) continues his leadership series with this latest installment on generating positive energy at work. He identifies five key energy conductors leaders can utilize: synchronization, speed, communication, customer passion and integrity, and offers examples of how these concepts work together in an organization. Cottrell explores why motivation flags and how effective leaders can keep energy and productivity high. He also includes suggestions on how to identify energizers and sappers, build a dynamic organization and keep it in sync, adjust organizational strategies and create a culture of integrity. Each chapter ends with a summary of key points, discussion questions and a to-do list. Practical and informative, this book will inspire leaders and give them tools essential for motivating their teams. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

Practical and informative, this book will inspire leaders and give them tools essential for motivating their teams.” — Publishers Weekly

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