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Revved!: An Incredible Way to Rev Up Your Workplace and Achieve Amazing Results [Hardcover]

Harry Paul (Author), Ross Reck (Author)
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May 1, 2006 0071465006 978-0071465007 1

Imagine a new kind of business model: one where caring for people is your capital investment and the returns redefine your bottom line.

REVVED! is the story of Katie Adams, an up-and-coming manager who's struggling to rekindle the enthusiasm and support of her team at work. When she's passed over for a long-awaited promotion, the message from her boss is clear: turn things around or get out.

But how? How do you inspire people to work harder, reach higher, and achieve more? How do you get them to support you and go above and beyond in everything they do? How do you get them to care?

You show that you care about them.

From the coauthor of FISH!, the bestselling book that put fun and passion back into the workplace, comes REVVED!-an incredible three-step program that helps you to maximize the returns that come from caring about your most important asset: your people.

Jump-start your passion and put yourself and your team on the road to real results:

  • WIN THEM OVER: Release that reservoir of positive energy in people by listening to them and voicing your appreciation. When people know you care, they're excited about going the extra mile.
  • BLOW THEM AWAY: Take that excitement to the next level by creatively recognizing and rewarding your people. They'll feel so good about going that extra mile, they'll look for every opportunity to do it again.
  • KEEP THEM REVVED: Sustain that level of excitement indefinitely by consistently and sincerely maintaining positive, honest relationships with everyone you encounter.

Once you put this program into practice, you'll learn two very important lessons about caring: how huge the returns can be and how quickly your life can change for the better. So get ready, get REVVED!, and put your team on the road to high-speed success.

MORE ENERGY! MORE PASSION! MORE RESULTS!

Visit revvedbook.com to learn more about how you can create a high-performance team!



Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Veteran authors Paul (FISH! Tales and FISH! Sticks) and Reck (The X-Factor) offer a guide to the business of caring and how to maximize its effect on the workplace environment. Their advice is packaged as a story about Katie Adams, a working mother of two whose husband suddenly leaves her. Her career suffers when she brings her sour mood to work, until she sees Dr. Allen, host of a self-improvement radio show and inventor of a three-step program for business success: "Winning Them Over," "Blowing Them Away," and "Keeping Them Revved." Paul and Reck's parable serves as a vehicle for their advice on improving interpersonal skills, but it doesn't make their book any more accessible. As can probably be guessed, Katie follows Dr. Allen's advice to make allies at work, show appreciation for those that go the extra mile and be consistent in business relationships, becoming "director of human potential" and turning her company into a sought-after workplace. This is a simple read with a useful idea-caring for workers motivates them to care for their work-told, ironically (perhaps purposely), through a character that readers will find hard to care about.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From the Back Cover

Accelerate their energy, Pump up their passion, and Win the race for results!

“An exciting new approach to energizing and motivating people to bring out the best in themselves and others. Read it, enjoy, and apply!”-Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and The Secret

“A must read! Recapture your caring, compassionate 'hugging' self and share the story of Revved! with your associates and family.”-Jack Mitchell, CEO, Mitchells/Richards/Marshs and author of Hug Your Customers

“Thanks to Harry Paul and Ross Reck, who have brilliantly captured the antecedent conditions leading to a crusty worker, I now have something positive to suggest-Revved!”-Stephen C. Lundin, coauthor of Top Performer and the FISH! series

“What you give is what you get. Give others something great and then enjoy the benefits of greatness all around you! This book will show you how!” -Tom Morris, Author of If Harry Potter Ran General Electric

“I took delight in reading REVVED! Truly caring about people is what drives their performance to the next level. REVVED! worked for me and it will work for you.”-Mary Beth Galey, Director of Customer Care, Honeywell

REVVED! validates what we know to be true even though we sometimes stumble from the right path. It's a book I will pick up and read again and again whenever I feel the energy level starting to slip in my work unit.”-Jody Robertson, Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank

“Look out! This is no ordinary book you hold in your hands. REVVED! is a tool for extraordinary performance in work and in life.”-Nido R. Qubein, President, High Point University Chairman, Great Harvest Bread Company


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 150 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (May 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071465006
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071465007
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Years ago, my editor met Revved! co-author Harry Paul, one of the creators of the bestseller FISH!, and asked him to consider endorsing my forthcoming book The Soul of an Organization. He not only agreed to look at it, but read it with interest, and later spoke with me by phone to discuss his thoughts on some of the book's finer points. It was a kind gesture for a budding author that I will never forget.

I later had the pleasure of meeting Harry in person for the first time, together with his co-author Ross Reck, at last year's Book Expo America, and I was amazed at what I saw. With a long line of people waiting to meet him and get his autograph, he did more than smile and sign books - he truly created a connection with each and every person on line. It was like watching someone greet his best friend over and over again.

So, I smiled when I finally sat down to read Revved! - because it spells out, in story form, exactly how to be the way Harry is in real life. His three steps to getting people "revved" are common sense, and yet elegant and procedural at the same time - and I can tell you from personal experience that they work. Buy this book for your entire management team, or better yet, get Harry to come speak in person. If everyone put his words into practice, our workplaces would be the happiest places in the world.

-Rich Gallagher, author of The Soul of an Organization and Great Customer Connections.
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By Kristen
Format:Hardcover
Fast and easy reading and good information for many managers who truly are missing this piece of management - the caring piece can make or break your effectiveness as a leader! Following the guidelines in this book can take you to the top of your team as a leader of anything in any organization. Simple concepts + easily implemented = SUCCESS!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Doug
Format:Hardcover
I have been waiting for a book like this to come along for more than three years. Harry and Ross do an outstanding job of driving home the three steps for getting others excited about going the extra mile--Winning Them Over, Blowing Them Away and Keeping them Revved. REVVED! is the kind of book you'll want to read over and over again--I've already read it twice. Also, the exercises at the end of the book are excellent and easy to use--great bonus material! REVVED! will not only make you more successful at work, but it will enable you to live your personal life more fully as well. I can't recommend this book enough! Read it and you'll see why.
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Revved us an incredible short book that makes us realize the obvious on people management. Most of us know already what is shared in this book, but are we following the same in... Read more
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Now, here's a book I'm almost embarrassed to review, it's so far from "great literature." But every now and then, such how-to-get-ahead books (like a Hershey with Almonds) call out... Read more
Published on December 8, 2007 by Marilyn Coffey
Could this woman be happy if he didn't marry her???
I've read my last Harry Paul book. There's a disturbing pattern developing between Harry Paul's Revved and Fish!! coauthored with Stephen Lundin. Read more
Published on August 10, 2007 by Linda C. Lombardo
I was Revved
This is a thoroughly great read which I have been able to share with people in my training and coaching role. Read more
Published on February 1, 2007 by G. P. Junge
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This book is easy to read and most of all easy to implement! The examples used are realistic. I was so inspired by the book, my company hired Harry Paul as our speaker for a... Read more
Published on January 5, 2007 by Cathy Jo Sander
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A teacher long ago taught us to treat others as we would like to be treated. Unfortunately, this valuable teaching is seldom practiced in the modern corporation. Read more
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Helpful no matter what business you are in
I ended up reading the whole book the first day. Fantastic! Sometimes it is hard to find advice that applies, because these books are normally geared towards sales teams. REVVED! Read more
Published on July 11, 2006 by Happy Reader
Revved: A fun, insprining read!
Revved was a delightful, quick and fun story! Truly caring about people is what drives us to make a difference in every environment-- who doesn't want to make a difference when you... Read more
Published on June 13, 2006 by M. B. Galey
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TUESDAY MORNING, the Chicago suburbs: Katie Adams was living the life of her dreams. Read the first page
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