You are only one person with 24 hours in the day. Learn how to maximize your greatest resource, your people, to get more done, better. Implement the leadership skills responsible for driving up productivity and innovation.
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"Excellent does not do justice in describing your book. I don't know of any executive who could sit down, read your book and not get excited. It's a great wake up call for US executives and one that should be required reading of anybody who leads, or wants to lead, others." —Bill Vick
Essential leadership skills for every level of management.
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Managing People to Be What Exactly?
As we found out in a previous video, for top performance at every level of your organization, to get the most productivity, creativity, innovation, commitment and motivation from the people you manage, it is necessary to unleash the inherent talents of each person.
To get there, let's discuss the vision of this person which is The Five Star Employee.
Part 5 of Leadership Skills Series: Listening is the most important of your leadership skills to develop. So how do you do it in the workplace, with the people you manage, most effectively? Find out in this video, including the 5-Step Process to follow.
Don't be so quick to give answers as the boss, person in charge. It is not necessary and is detrimental to the people you manage and lead. Plus, thoughtful answers come with great benefits. Find out more in this 1-Minute with Ben segment.
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“People are 4 times more capable than we think, but only if we unleash their full potential through our leadership.”
—Bennet Simonton
Bennet Simonton managed people for 34 years and effected many successful turnarounds, including a nuclear-powered cruiser in the US Navy and a 1,300 person unionized operation in New York City. Ben now teaches and coaches executives and managers to become highly effective leaders capable of increases in productivity upwards of 300% per person.
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Leadership Is a Science
As it turns out, managing people and leadership are the same science with theory and supporting steps to creating the desired outcome. During tough economic environments, isn't that exactly what you need - a set of instructions on how to get the most out of your workforce and how to make them a high performing, self-reliant entity?
Even if you know what good leadership is, do you have all of the tools to really get yourself, your team and your organization there?
Through this website and through my book, Leading People to be Highly Motivated and Committed, I break down the science and tell you exactly how to develop and hone your leadership skills, so you can unleash the inherent talents of your employees — to see productivity gains of 30% to 300% and to turn ordinary employees into Superstars. I provide you with what many other books (and videos and seminars) have not — years of proven tactics, and the cold hard facts of the role of managers and executives.
And, if it's a science, doesn't that mean anyone with the desire to do so can learn to be a true leader of people? Yes, that is exactly what it means.
Whether you manage one person or thousands, I can teach you how to become an exceptional manager, because I developed and proved a set of leadership skills over more than 30 years of managing people and teaching other managers to lead.
Here's to excellence in managing people!
Book About Leadership Skills: Soft-cover book, eBook PDF download, Kindle and Nook.
As the boss, whether you are a line manager or executive, your leadership is the key to unlock the mother lode of employee potential. The way to unleash everyone's creativity, productivity, innovation, motivation and commitment is through your leadership.
Clear Implementation
This book explains and outlines what to do to manage people effectively and exactly how to do it. And each how-to is actually one of many easy to learn, easy to perform leadership skills.
Not Dependent on Leadership Style
Don't worry about your leadership style, personality, looks or charisma. My managers and I proved that actions are what count, and that carrying out the actions specified by the leadership skills outlined in my book will make you an exceptional manager of people. Also, you will be able to coach subordinate managers and feel comfortable farther up the ladder or taking on organizational challenges.
But what about motivating my employees? That's what I need.
We also proved that self-motivation is the key to success. It opens all doors. You know that your best people are self-motivated self-starters. I teach you how to have a workplace where self-motivation is the norm. I teach you how to create the environment where this happens which will also prevent de-motivation and all its fearsome consequences. In truth, there is no limit to what employees can accomplish once your leadership skills tap their own motivations. I know this first hand from turning around organizations considered hopeless.
To learn about the huge difference between companies who unleash employee motivation and those who don't, I suggest you read the bestseller Good to Great, by Jim Collins. In this book, Mr. Collins describes utopia. My book provides the tools to get you there!
Why follow your methods?
I am not talking about small gains, I am talking about substantial and sustainable gains, all of which are proven results from my 34 years of managing people:
Majority of employees become highly motivated and highly committed.
Lower costs due to decreased turnover and absenteeism.
A highly ethical, values-based culture with high morale.
Higher level of creativity and lower costs enable you to beat your competition!
Problems from change, personality and diversity conflicts, and ethics issues disappear.
Your stress from managing people turns to satisfaction!
You greatly increase your ability to turn around major personnel issues or management disasters.
Fewer and fewer problems, because people are solving issues themselves.
Productivity gains from 30% to 300% per employee!
The leadership skills set in the book comprehensively covers the subject of managing people, from A to Z. It includes how to effectively deal with stress and 22 problematic workplace conditions and behaviors such as dealing with bosses, bureaucracy, negative attitudes and personality clashes. Whether you manage one person or thousands, these clearly defined leadership skills are your script for achieving excellence.
In addition, the leadership skills presented are backed by easy-to-understand leadership theory which makes so much sense you will wonder why you didn't think of it yourself. In fact, the 20+ leadership principles explained in my book are as certain as the Law of Gravity.
What Readers Have Said
"Excellent does not do justice in describing your book. I don't know of any executive who could sit down, read your book and not get excited. It's a great wake up call for US executives and one that should be required reading of anybody who leads, or wants to lead, others."-Bill Vick
"In reading the book the first time, it almost seemed as if you had observed all the management mistakes I had committed over time and set-out to write a methodology on how to correct them." -Shanthie Goonetilleke
"Just a cursory read of the ebook indicates to me that it is worth a lot more than the $10.00 US. Even if you are not in management, I would recommend it for the following reasons: for self-improvement; for improving work place relations; for improving relations at home." -Frank Deutsch
"I've now gone through the book and have found it more than illuminating. In fact I have printed out a copy of it for my 17 year old to read and take back to college with him; I think your approach and insight into dealing with people will be invaluable to him, whether he is operating from a leadership position or simply as a team member." -Charles Bearsdley
Book Review
"The subtitle...does little to make the casual reader aware of the massive significance of this book... He asks quite rightly how we can afford to turn off a single one of our people and is very specific about what needs to happen to create what he terms a five star ("Turned On") employee. He is equally specific about what is missing that prevents that five star performance." Peter A. Hunter, author "Breaking the Mould"Read more...
