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Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Enjoy Helping Others Excel Paperback – January 1, 1985
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Originally published in 1985, this bestselling, essential book about management and motivation has over 1 million copies in print and remains relevant for today.
Alan Loy McGinnis, author of the award-winning, international bestseller The Friendship Factor, studied great leaders throughout history, the most effective organizations of modern times, and prominent psychologists to culminate a wealth of motivational tips and ideas. In this book are 12 practical principles to help anyone -- parent, manager, teacher, friend -- motivate, inspire, influence, and build enthusiasm.
Mastering the art of motivation and improving relational habits isn't easy but McGinnis includes encouragement alongside real-life examples to relay life application for any scenario. Every chapter is a must-read with deeper revelations on specific topics and powerful ways to focus one's energy toward change and improvement.
People management, team-building, individual assessment, goal setting, accountability, and dealing with trouble-makers are just a few of the topics covered in the highly accessible chapters. McGinnis' positive and strengths-based approach inspires momentous change, allowing individuality and input along the way. Bringing out the best starts with you, and then you can bring out the best in others.
- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAugsburg Books
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1985
- Dimensions5 x 0.45 x 8 inches
- ISBN-100806621516
- ISBN-13978-0806621517
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Alan Loy McGinnis (1933-2005) was a best-selling author, family therapist, business consultant, and popular speaker. After a twenty year career as a minister, he became a counselor and co-founded the Valley Counseling Center in Glendale, CA. In the 1970s, he began researching friendship and authored The Friendship Factor, published by Augsburg Fortress in 1979 and revised in 2004. A popular speaker, he also authored more than fifty articles and several more books, including Bringing Out the Best in People, Confidence, and The Balanced Life, all published by Augsburg Fortress.
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- Publisher : Augsburg Books; Anniversary edition (January 1, 1985)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0806621516
- ISBN-13 : 978-0806621517
- Item Weight : 3.81 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.45 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #75,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #532 in Self-Esteem (Books)
- #1,907 in Personal Transformation Self-Help
- #2,038 in Motivational Self-Help (Books)
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The appeal to non-benovolent (e.g. malevolent) instincts, the denigration of the Christian ideal of love, and the exaltation of the cardinal sin of pride display a pattern of disregard for ethics and the worship of the practical.
May you be blessed as I was.
It is one of those rare books that is infinitely marked by the generous and well meaning demeanor of the author. McGinnis clearly has everyone's best interests at heart and a beautiful and studious insight into the human condition and the field of battle into which the leader enters.
The dynamics are simply and directly applied to anyone's context and I enjoy the raw absence of contemporary psychological jargon and perspectives.
Just bought this for a young friend of mine stepping into his first real leadership role, I look forward to seeing his emphasis shift from himself to the success of others.
I trust that my hope is that which was also McGinnis' goal when he wrote this book.











