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5 Books To

Motivate Your Team

Why Motivating People Doesn't Work . . . and What Does: The New Science of Leading, Energizing, and Engaging

Top leadership researcher, consultant, and coach Susan Fowler says stop trying to motivate people! It’s frustrating for everyone involved and it just doesn’t work. You can’t motivate people—they are already motivated but generally in superficial and short-term ways. In this book, Fowler builds upon the latest scientific research on the nature of human motivation to lay out a tested model and course of action that will help leaders guide their people toward the kind of motivation that not only increases productivity and engagement but that gives them a profound sense of purpose and fulfillment.

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Sinek starts with a fundamental question: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with WHY. They realized that people won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the WHY behind it.  START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way -- and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.

The Inspiring Leader: Unlocking the Secrets of How Extraordinary Leaders Motivate

The Inspiring Leader reveals the authors’ newest proprietary research on how top leaders inspire teams to greatness. It discusses the behaviors exhibited by the most successful leaders and includes advice on how to implement them. Drawing from statistically significant data and objective empirical evidence, the book shows how to:
  • Establish a clear vision and direction
  • Use the power of emotions
  • Create stretch goals for your team
  • Foster innovation and risk taking
  • Encourage teamwork and collaboration
  • Champion change, and much more

The Inspiration Code: How the Best Leaders Energize People Every Day

All it takes is the right conversation . . . Great leaders inspire action with their words. They spark enthusiasm and commitment. With a single conversation, they can change the direction of someone's life. Everyone wants to be the kind of leader who energizes and mobilizes others-yet too few are. Why is it so challenging to crack the code? Executive coach Kristi Hedges spent years studying exactly what inspiring leaders do differently. Informed by quantitative research and thousands of responses from leaders at all levels, she reveals that inspiring communication isn't about grand gestures. Instead, those who motivate us most do a few things routinely, consistently, and intentionally. Eye-opening and accessible, The Inspiration Code dispels common myths about how leaders communicate-and guides them in cultivating qualities that authentically excite. Inspired companies need inspirational leaders. Learn to unlock motivation, lift peoples' sights, and lead them into the future.

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Creativity Inc is a book for managers who want to lead their employees to new heights, a manual for anyone who strives for originality, and the first ever all-access trip into the nerve center of Pixar Animation: into the meetings, postmortems, and Braintrust sessions where some of the most successful films in history are made. It is at heart a book about how to build a creative culture, but it is also, as Pixar co-founder and president Ed Catmull writes, "an expression of the ideas that I believe make the best in us possible."  For nearly twenty years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation producing such beloved films as the Toy Story trilogy, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and WALL-E, which have gone on to set box office records and garner thirty Academy Awards. In his book, Catmull reveals the ideals and techniques that have made Pixar so widely admired and so profitable.

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  • ABOUT US
    • The Pixel Team >
      • Jamie Lewis Smith, PhD
      • Rebecca L Behle, MLIS
      • Cassandra Vaughn
      • Adam B. Troy, PhD
      • Brett Powell
      • Jorge Perez
    • Pixel Coaches >
      • Adam J. Feiner, PsyD, MBA Coach Bio
      • Ali O'Malley, PhD Coach Bio
      • Brian A. Bienn, PhD Coach Bio
      • Cassandra Vaughn, MS Coach Bio
      • Daniel C. Lattimore, PhD Coach Bio
      • Ginevra Drinka, PhD Coach Bio
      • Heather McCarren, PhD Coach Bio
      • Jamie Lewis Smith, PhD Coach Bio
      • Jane M Floyd, PsyD Coach Bio
      • John Hunthausen, PhD, MBA Coach Bio
      • Kate Licastro, PhD Coach Bio
      • Kathryn Esquer, PsyD, MBA Coach Bio
      • Keisha Morris, MALM Coach Bio
      • Lauren Frye, PhD Coach Bio
      • Liz Sweigert, PhD Coach Bio
      • Michael "Brett" Powell, ACC Coach Bio
      • Patti Weiter, PsyD Coach Bio
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            • Manage Conflict at Work
            • Delegate for Best Results
            • Manage Up More Effectively
            • Motivate & Inspire Your Team
            • Increase Communication Effectiveness
            • Coach & Develop Your Team
        • Self-Awareness through DISC
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        • Books to Achieve Your Goals
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        • Access Our White Paper
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      • The Definitive Employee Retention Risk Quiz
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      • The Ultimate Workplace Personality Quiz
    • Take an Insight Assessment
  • ANALYTICS
    • Science >
      • Workplace Science Explained >
        • The Astonishing Impact of Psychological Safety on Workplace Safety in Manufacturing
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