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Common Things Uncommon Ways: Proven techniques to grow any business through your staff

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This book was recommended to me by friends and I can see why! It's full of practical, easy-to-use tips as well as thoughtful explanations about why things work as they do and how to apply these principals at every turn in my business.

This book is a "must read" for anyone who has a staff. I don't care if it's two co-workers on your team, your shift at the plant, your branch at the bank or your volunteer committee for your civic group. This book is page after page of practical tips we ALL can use to get better results from the people we work with! Thank you for writing this book!

By far the most useful, practical book on employee motivation I have ever read. Simple, easy to execute tips we can all use to motivate our staff - paid and volunteers alike!

This book is a fitting match for its title. While the subject matter of how to motivate people in your organization is all too familiar, Sunny has presented the common in an uncommonly good way.

One telling sign I use to determine the impact of a book on business and employee related strategy is how many times I find myself stopping and simply thinking about all the ways I can apply the concepts. While the basics here are not brand new, my copy now has more dog-ears than the local pound. I think I applied the concepts in over half a dozen ways within hours of finishing the book.

The book covers several top motivators for employees. The chapter on "leaving your mark" was full of excellent suggestions on how to build employee "contribution", a key element in not only boosting internal performance, but building solid word of mouth business growth through referrals and retention. Sunny hits the mark herself when she talks about how basically everything is marketing, in some form. The chapter on "leading with your heart" was also quite persuasive. It is unfortunately often that senior leaders fail to understand the emotional wake they leave behind. That miss can cause serious barriers to the very performance they are trying to inspire.

I only gave four stars because I thought it was a bit too short, and light on examples. This is a quick read, and on the surface looks tame enough. However, when examining the content a bit deeper there are numerous valuable learning's here, and more importantly, they are packaged in a way that resonates and inspires one to action.

"Winner of Inc. Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year award, winner of Washington CEO Magazine as "Best Place to Work in Washington", and extremely successful mattress retailer in Washington and Oregon shares many low-cost, highly effective techniques for building your business and beefing up your bottom line through your staff. A great book for business owners, managers at any level, even secretaries looking to move up in business."
You can never have too many ideas for building good staff relations.

A must read for ANYONE in a supervisor or manager's position. Teachers and parents could even benefit as well. Proven techniques that are easy to do!. A very positive book with practical solutions - not just theory.