Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees: How to Ignite Passionate Performance for Better Business Results

Employee engagement is the cornerstone of achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. In Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees, leadership expert Lee J. Colan delivers the “how to” for inspiring your team so they deliver unparalleled value to your customers. Proven at Fortune 500 companies across the globe, Colan's simple but powerful formula is this: meet your employees' basic intellectual and emotional needs, and they will perform at peak ability. Their minds and hearts will be fully engaged, they will be energetic and innovative-and they will keep your customers satisfied and loyal. To do this, he equips you with the practical tools to engage employees at all levels, and ignite the fire of “Passionate Performance.” With clear, concise strategies, Colan reveals how to view employees as human beings, not just workers, in order to fulfill their six basic needs: intellectual (Achievement, Autonomy, and Mastery) and emotional (Purpose, Intimacy, and Appreciation). He gives you concrete action steps to: <ul>
<li>Identify ways to eliminate barriers to achievement </li>
<li>Define boundaries within which employees have the autonomy to do their jobs </li>
<li>Create a compelling purpose for your team </li>
<li>Focus resources and time to best support your purpose </li>
<li>Answer the Fundamental Four questions that employees are always asking, whether you hear them or not </li>
<li>Create team rituals that help build intimacy </li>
</ul>
Packed with proven strategies for meeting your people's needs as well as instructive examples from stellar companies including Nordstrom, Southwest Airlines, Toyota, and General Electric, Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees is your field guide for conquering your competition…one employee at a time.

Business & Money

Colan, Lee J.

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

This actionable guide will help you, your team, and your business thrive. Healthy leadership addresses human needs―it’s personal. Healthy leadership is like a cultural magnet that attracts people to your team and the cultural glue that makes them want to stay. If your employees don’t see healthy leadership, they will look for it elsewhere.

Healthy Leadership: How to Thrive in the New World of Work

Davis-Colan, Julie

CornerStone Leadership Institute

This quick read cuts through the clutter to offer practical strategies to engage the minds and heart of your employeees. Learn why this is such a powerful advantage for your organization. Read it and conquer your competition!

Passionate Performance: Engaging Minds and Hearts to Conquer the Competition

The topic of attitude can be conceptual and confusing. In fact, as we go through life we often hear phrases like: keep your chin up, look on the bright side or you need a winning attitude. Unfortunately, we seldom know how convert these soft sayings into hard results. This book translates the incomprehensible into the actionable. It cuts through the clutter to deliver inspiration and application so you can orchestrate your attitude..... and your success.

Orchestrating Attitude: Getting the Best from Yourself and Others

What s the REAL secret to success? Throughout our lifetime, we grasp at the latest fads and the newest techniques, all with the hope of capturing the magic we see in others who are highly successful. We emulate strong role models, we study, we strive all to find the secret of success. Based on research and real-life experiences, the absolute highest-achieving people practice three things to win in the game of life. They continually: Ø Sharpen their Focus Ø Build their Competence Ø Ignite their Passion Learn the secrets from the world s highest achievers. These 107 practical, inspiring tips will help you stick to it and WIN!

107 Ways to Stick to It: Practical Tips to Achieve the Success You Deserve

How long does it take to build Leadership Excellence? Just moments… defining moments, that is. 
The moment we commit ourselves to a goal. The moment we create a compelling plan to realize our vision. The moment of honest self-reflection that urges us to take action. The moment we decide to invest in others. The moment we choose to change. The moment we take a stand for what we believe. 
The difference between average and excellent can be found in moments... literally. Seize the moment to read and apply this book, and you will be one step closer to leadership excellence!

7 Moments ... that Define Excellent Leaders

The classic leadership guide to engaging and inspiring your employees―available in paperback for the first time with a new foreword by Dr. Marshall GoldsmithAre your people excited to come to work? Are they passionate about your team’s purpose? In Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees, leadership expert Lee J. Colan reveals the necessary steps to inspire and engage everyone on your team. By fully engaging your employees, you'll ignite stellar team performance and customer service. You’ll find concrete action steps to: • Eliminate barriers to achievement• Give employees autonomy to perform and own their jobs• Create a compelling purpose for your team• Answer the fundamental four questions employees are always asking• Implement powerful team rituals that help build intimacy, and more This edition features an insightful new foreword by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, the renowned leadership expert ranked as one of the top ten Most-Influential Business Thinkers in the World. Packed with proven strategies and instructive examples from stellar companies such as Nordstrom, Southwest Airlines, Toyota, and General Electric, this is an essential field guide for conquering your competition…one employee at a time.

Business Culture

Positive Coaching Mindset x Positive Coaching Habits = Winning Results and Relationships Most coaching books focus on skills and scripts. But without the right mindset, those skills and scripts will not yield the response and results your want from your team. When you have a positive mindset, you are able to see more opportunities for growth and improvement. Coaching is not just about investing in others―it’s about investing in yourself. When you grow, you can better help others grow. The Power of Positive Coaching shows you how to elevate your coaching game and drive winning results and relationships. Acclaimed coaches Lee Colan, Ph.D. and Julie Davis-Colan reveal how to build a positive coaching mindset that you can use to apply the five positive coaching habits With this book as your guide, you’ll learn how to: • Develop a more positive mindset to leverage on the job and in your personal life • Build proven, positive coaching habits by using simple tools and techniques • Inspire better results and relationships on your team • Explain the circle of consequences to gain alignment • Ask purposeful questions to ignite engagement • Involve your team to reduce the eight areas of waste to enlist ownership • Measure performance with relevant scoreboards to enhance accountability • Appreciate the people behind your employees to deepen commitment. Apply The Power of Positive Coaching, and create a positive ripple effect throughout your team, your business, and your life.

The Power of Positive Coaching: The Mindset and Habits to Inspire Winning Results and Relationships

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Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees: How to Ignite Passionate Performance for Better Business Results

Healthy Leadership: How to Thrive in the New World of Work

Passionate Performance: Engaging Minds and Hearts to Conquer the Competition

Orchestrating Attitude: Getting the Best from Yourself and Others

107 Ways to Stick to It: Practical Tips to Achieve the Success You Deserve

7 Moments ... that Define Excellent Leaders

Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees: How to Ignite Passionate Performance for Better Business Results

The Power of Positive Coaching: The Mindset and Habits to Inspire Winning Results and Relationships