by Kevin Brimhall | Aug 16, 2010 | Book Summaries, Personal Improvement
The author’s subtitle to his book is "A Surprising Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way" and his stated goal is to help you enjoy yourself more each day. The premise is that we all have a "vile, vicious, villainous, insufferably bully...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jul 17, 2010 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
The author’s subtitle to her book is "How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love", and she addresses topics such as visioning, driving change, upping enthusiasm, and eliminating gossip. Emmerich’s premise is that there are actually...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jun 15, 2010 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
We have been exploring employee engagement these last few months. The issue is that employee disengagement is increasing, and this is not a recent trend or one driven solely by the poor economy. Sarah Van of Raleigh Consulting Group informed me recently that more...
by Kevin Brimhall | May 18, 2010 | Book Summaries, Leadership
Based on a five-year research project, Good to Great answers the question: "Can a good company become a great company and, if so, how?" In this book, Jim Collins teaches that companies can make the leap to outperform the market leaders. And although his Good...
by Kevin Brimhall | Apr 6, 2010 | Book Summaries, Goals / Purpose
In "How to Become CEO. The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization," author Jeffrey J. Fox expands on 75 factors to help a person become the head honcho, the top banana, the big cheese, the boss. I’ve selected 21 from Fox’s list to...
by Kevin Brimhall | Mar 27, 2010 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
Zapp! is not a recent book. In fact, it was written 21 years ago. But its concepts about employee empowerment hold up very well in today’s challenging work environment. Employee motivation is often a difficult idea to truly grasp, yet alone to influence and...
