Saltar a navegação
Inspire Greatness
Book

Inspire Greatness

How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process

Matt Holt Books, 2024 mais...

Buy the book


Editorial Rating

8

getAbstract Rating

  • Applicable
  • Overview
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

Matt Tenney, a leadership training expert, introduces team leaders to a process they can use to motivate and engage their team members and improve their performance. He explains how his “algorithmic” process works as he urges team leaders to target employee needs, give frequent feedback, and base the training they seek for themselves on the feedback they receive. Tenney offers fascinating case studies and colorful anecdotes that illustrate his teamwork and leadership lessons.

Summary

Leadership is a science.

Most people regard leadership as an art and seldom think of it as a science. But leadership is a properly developed science with well-established rules and procedures. Knowledgeable practitioners understand they can apply a systematic, scientific approach to leadership so that it works for them in a predictable way.

Leaders can tap into a formal, rules-based scientific process to guide and help their employees. This process is the fruit of decades of careful, systematic leadership research into proven ways to inspire greatness by motivating employees to do their best work.

Make leaders responsible for engagement, target employee needs, provide regular feedback, and give managers training that addresses the feedback they receive.

Organizational leadership is a positive, rules-based phenomenon. Leaders who follow a scientific, repeatable, and scalable process can engage their team members and motivate them to achieve excellent results. To achieve that goal, consider implementing these steps.

  1. Systematically remind leaders that their main job is to “inspire greatness” among their team ...

About the Author

Frequent keynote speaker Matt Tenney is the head of PeopleThriver, a consultancy specializing in leadership development and employee engagement. He also wrote several other books including Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom.


Comment on this summary

  • Avatar
  • Avatar
    A. C. 7 months ago
    good
  • Avatar
    S. W. 7 months ago
    Love this - reading it from a team member pov, everything mentioned rings so true

More on this topic

Related Skills

Avance na carreira
AI Transformation
Torne-se mais adaptável
Carreira
Desenvolva suas habilidades de pensamento
Fomente uma cultura de inovação
Recursos Humanos
Inovação
Lidere com ética
Lidere estrategicamente
Viva bem
Gerencie mudanças
Gestão
Domine a colaboração
Navigate Leadership Challenges
Crescimento pessoal
Promova diversidade, equidade e inclusão
Competências comportamentais
Compreenda as organizações
Habilidades no ambiente de trabalho
Foster Team Culture
Desenvolva hábitos positivos
Implemente programas de treinamento
Lidere durante mudanças
Manage Learning and Development
Cultive a autodisciplina
Pense cientificamente
Mentoreie funcionários
Cultive uma mentalidade de crescimento
Tenha reuniões produtivas
Implemente o coaching executivo
Motive a sua equipe
Atue como coach do pessoal
Avance como líder feminina
Desenvolva o autodomínio
Implemente programas de coaching
Use AI for Coaching and Development
Leverage AI for Leadership
Compreenda abordagens de liderança
Entenda a motivação
Lidere a si mesmo
Lidere com inclusão
Develop Team Members
Liderança executiva
Construa segurança psicológica
Manage People and Talent
Promova uma cultura de aprendizagem
Melhore o desempenho organizacional
Drive Team Performance
Apoie carreiras na equipe
Gerencie relações trabalhistas
Gerencie o seu impacto como líder
Liderança
Estimule a responsabilidade nas pessoas
Alavanque grupos de recursos dos empregados
Melhore a experiência do funcionário
Practice Transformational Leadership
Desenvolva líderes
Pratique a liderança servidora
Aumente o engajamento dos funcionários