LEADING PEOPLE TO BE HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND COMMITTED [Paperback]

Bennet Stocum Simonton (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0976674807 | ISBN-13: 978-0976674801 | Publication Date: March 16, 2005

Provides managers of people, of one person or thousands, with the precise whats, whys and hows required to lead employees to unleash their full potential of creativity, innovation, productivity, motivation and commitment. Provides exactly what to do and say and the reasons why those actions are correct and other alternatives are incorrect. The book provides a precise understanding of leadership and exactly what it is that employees follow. In addition, the book includes how to handle stress and 22 different workplace conditions and dysfunctional personal behaviors such as negative attitudes and personality conflicts. The difference between poorly motivated and highly motivated employees is about 500% productivity and this book provides the tools needed to make the conversion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Simonton Associates (March 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976674807
• ISBN-13: 978-0976674801
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,937,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

As a graduate of the US Naval Academy, I spent years managing people by the traditional top-down command and control approach. That is after all what I was taught. Once I shifted to actively listening and supporting those who worked for me, I learned that people are 4 times more capable than we give them credit for, but only if they are led by management to unleash their full potential of creativity, innovation, productivity, motivation and commitment. It was through improving my leadership skills that I finally led the people who worked for me to their full potential.

Additionally, I learned that managing and leading people is a science that anyone can use. With this science, I successfully turned around four disastrous operations including a nuclear-powered cruiser ("The crew is wrecking the ship!") and a 1,300 person unionized group ("Your customers hate you. Get rid of the group or change them.")

Over my years as a manager and executive, I made all of the mistakes, but I developed all of the solutions and people never failed to surpass my expectations, and theirs, when I started helping and allowed them to become superstars.

I wrote the book "Leading People to be Highly Motivated and Committed" to teach the Science of Leadership and now coach executives and managers to use that science.

I am on a mission to transform management in the United States and elsewhere to maximizing the inherent capabilities of every individual in their workforce.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Info. Bad editing., July 9, 2007

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CG "CG" (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LEADING PEOPLE TO BE HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND COMMITTED (Paperback)

I almost didn't read this book after I purchased it because there is a typo on the cover of the book. I am glad I got past that initial response. The information in this book is wonderful. One note to the authors...get a new editor. There are so many grammatical inconsistencies and typos throughout the book. You don't want others to have the same reaction as I did. I plan to use this book as a tool to help our front line supervisors in my department. The information is very useful.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If your competitor has read this book and you have not, do!, April 14, 2005

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P. A. Hunter (Loch Long, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LEADING PEOPLE TO BE HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND COMMITTED (Paperback)

Leading People to be Highly Motivated and Committed - By Ben Simonton

If your competitor has read this book and you have not, don't even think about what to do next,


A Review by Peter A Hunter of the Book,

"Leading People to be Highly Motivated and Committed"
By Ben Simonton.

The Whats, Whys and Hows of Achieving Productivity Gains Through Freeing People From The Bondage Of Following.


The subtitle of the book leaves us without any doubt as to the contents but does little to make the casual reader aware of the massive significance of this book.

This book is awesomely well researched with a logical progression that takes us from the current status quo through the stages needed to arrive at a new way to manage people.
Using a surgically perceptive analysis of the post war US economy Ben compels us towards the launch platform for his alternative view.

Ben blames in part the acceptance that the arrogance of a boss is the sign of a good leader.
The analogy being likened to the arrogance that created a great country when there was no competition to measure greatness against, and the surprise the great suffered when they realised that they were not.
How difficult it is to blame ourselves when we can point the finger at someone else, and how at the same time it is impossible to learn if we cannot accept our own fallibility.

How to Unleash the Power of People is effective and compelling, there is never any doubt that we are being exposed to a radical proposition against which there is no logical argument.

Having read this book I would be very surprised if the reader can think of a single counter to Ben's propositions.

Ben says that giving orders to subordinates constitutes the weakest and most destructive action which any boss can take.
A statement backed by impeccable logic that goes on to tell us why rewards and disciplinary action do not act as motivators and shows us how much greater an issue motivation is than the carrots and sticks that cloud the real issues.

This book is about changing the way that people feel about coming to work.
When was the last time that your team could be described as proud and happy on Monday morning.
Ben shows us how and why they could be.

He talks about the inverted pyramid as a management strategy, not as a good idea to try if you have the time but as an inevitable consequence of valuing and respecting people.
The boss becomes the supporter of his people and not their manager.

Ben says that "Turned 0n" people figure out how to beat the competition,
"Turned Off" people only complain about being beaten by the competition.

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.

The biggest revelation is that the problem does not necessarily lie with the employee.
The way the manager treats that employee creates or destroys his ability to perform at the 5 star level.
When the manager gets it right the workers become valued team players rather than frustrated beggars eager for scraps from the bosses table.

Ben recognises that if you treat someone like a beggar that is what they will become.
If someone is treated as if they have value, they will become valuable.

The beggar is not at the bosses table because of what he is.
He is there as the result of the way he has been treated.

Ben concludes modestly that there are very few original ideas in this book.
He may be right, but I would suggest that those there are, are of massive importance in every aspect of business life.

If your competitor has read this book and you have not, don't even think about what to do next,

Read this book then stop worrying about being an impressive individual and start to consider how you can help others to be effective.

Peter

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read it ASAP!, August 2, 2005

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Edin (NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LEADING PEOPLE TO BE HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND COMMITTED (Paperback)

Great book, easy to read, very interesting. This book will change your life and your outlook on managing people. Essential book not only for managing people but also for personal success.