Revved! : An Incredible Way to Rev up Your Workplace and Achieve Amazing Results

by Paul, Harry

• ISBN13: 9780071465007
• ISBN10: 0071465006
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-30
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

From the co-author of Fish!, a powerful new management parable that gives you the secret to motivating people What happens when you, as a manager, discover that you're the cause of poor performance? Fish! Co-author Harry Paul teams up with renowned business psychologist Ross Reck to reveal techniques that will help you overcome common behavioural obstacles and reach ever-increasing levels of success in today's workplace. These techniques include ways to engage employees, control negative emotions, and develop a contagious positive attitude that will spread through your company.Revved! tells the story of Katie, a department head at MedSol who, with the help of a popular Chicago radio psychologist, learns how to reconnect emotionally with her people and turn a disorganised, under-motivated department into a supercharged team of go-getters. In the process, Katie also learns how to revitalise both her personal and professional life, and plan new avenues to greater success. Key features The Fish! series has sold more than a million copies worldwide and has been translated into 34 languages Paul's breakthrough approach has been proven at top companies, including Wal-Mart, American Express and Southwest Airlines The simple but powerful lessons introduced in Revved! help managers inject passion, energy, and team spirit into even the most dysfunctional department or team

Author Biography

Harry Paul is an internationally renowned speaker and a management trainer with more than 20 years of experience. As senior vice president of a speaker's group, he personally managed the speaking career of Dr. Kenneth Blanchard, co-author of The One-Minute Manager, among others.

Dr. Ross Reck is one of the most sought-after business speakers in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. His recent consulting clients include Hewlett-Packard, John Deere, American Express, Janssen-Ortho, Inc., the Chicago Cubs, and Xerox.