Full Engagement! : Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People

In these tough economic times, everyone is expected to produce more with less. And yet, studies have shown that on average, employees are working at only a fraction of their potential. What are managers to do? How can they inspire their people to perform at their absolute best? Whatever the situation, a good manager can quickly organize a group of average performers into a high-functioning team capable of achieving tremendous results for the company. The secret is knowing how and anyone can learn. In "Full Engagement!", business success expert Brian Tracy shows managers how they can supercharge their employees' efforts. Packed with powerful, practical ideas and strategies, this eyeopening guide explains how to: unlock the potential of each person; motivate and inspire employees to peak performance; trigger the 'X Factor' that maximizes productivity; drive out the fears that hold people back; create a high-trust work environment; set clear goals and objectives; and, recognize, reward, and reinforce in a way that energizes every employee. A manager's role is to achieve the highest possible return on the physical, emotional, and mental effort that his or her people put forth. It's not a return on investment!it's a return on energy. And when managers fail at that, they fail at their own job. With this essential guide, all managers can now hold the keys to unlocking superstar performance from their teams. As a manager, it's your role to achieve the highest possible return on the physical, emotional, and mental efforts your people put forth. A return on investment is a return on energy. How do you light a fire under each employee when most of them are working at only a fraction of their potential?In this essential guide, business leadership expert Brian Tracy shows you how to unlock superstar potential from everyone on your work team. Based on decades of research and thousands of hours maximizing personal and organizational performance, Tracy shares the hard and fast secrets of what you can do (and what you should stop doing) to inspire your employees to reach peak performance.In Full Engagement!, you will learn how to:create a high-trust work environmentdrive out the fears that hold your people backset clear goals and objectivesunlock the potential of each personmotivate and inspire employees to greater heighttrigger the “X Factor” that maximizes productivityrecognize, reward, and reinforce their efforts that energizes each team memberYour ability to channel the human energies of your staff into higher levels of productivity and performance is the yardstick by which your ability as an executive will be measured. In these tough economic times, everyone is expected to produce more with less.The only way to succeed is to consistently inspire your people to perform at their absolute best.?Full Engagement! provides you with the keys to unlocking not just the hidden drive and abilities that exist within every one of your people but also your own. Business success expert Brian Tracy shows managers how they can supercharge their employees' efforts. Packed with powerful, practical ideas and strategies, this eye-opening guide explains how to: unlock the potential of each person; motivate and inspire employees to peak performance; trigger the X Factor that maximizes productivity; drive out the fears that hold people back; create a high-trust work environment; and set clear goals and objectives, recognize, reward, and reinforce in a way that energizes every employee. A manager's role is to achieve the highest possible return on the physical, emotional, and mental effort that his or her people put forth. It's not a return on investment - it's a return on energy. And when managers fail at that, they fail at their own job. With this essential guide, all managers can now hold the keys to unlocking superstar performance from their teams Contents 8 Introduction 12 CHAPTER 1 Happy for Good Reasons 20 CHAPTER 2 The Psychology of Motivation 38 CHAPTER 3 Ignite the Flame of Personal Performance 58 CHAPTER 4 Make People Feel Important 78 CHAPTER 5 Drive Out Fear 106 CHAPTER 6 Create That Winning Feeling 130 CHAPTER 7 Select the Right People 151 CHAPTER 8 Results Are Everything 182 CHAPTER 9 Be the Best You Can Be 204 Index 226 A 226 B 227 C 227 D 228 E 228 F 229 G 230 H 230 I 230 J 231 K 231 L 231 M 232 N 232 O 233 P 233 Q 234 R 234 S 235 T 236 U 236 V 236 W 237 X 237 Z 237