Happy workers will be more productive workers! In this heartwarming handbook, best-selling author, Barbara Glanz gives you 180 morale-boosting ideas to help you bring more caring, communication, respect, and appreciation to the place where you work. Whether you are an employee or a manager, you can learn to "spread your contagious enthusiasm" and make a difference every single day!

This book is based on the belief that effective leaders accomplish big things by giving employees clear goals, solid accountabilities, and ongoing feedback, coaching and recognition.

Whether in a meeting or a presentation, a watercooler conversation or a formal speech, a leader’s most important job is to. Your idea may be groundbreaking. The potential profits might be exhilarating. The time to act may be right now, but if you’re not able to craft and deliver a clear message that doesn’t lead the audience to gain your perspective, that can be the difference between your pitch being transformational and becoming forgettable. Executive coach and leadership expert John Baldoni provides this concise tool kit containing more than 100 practical tips for creating and communicating meaningful messages with presence and authority. In The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence, you will discover how to: Present their ideas clearly and provide context Radiate confidence and put the audience at ease Refine their delivery Use stories to inform, involve, and inspire Leverage the energy of any room Convey optimism tempered with reality to gain buy-in Turn PowerPoint presentations into performances When a leader learns to own the room with an authentic and persuasive speech, the audience will become putty in their hands. The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence helps leaders achieve the kind of genuine presence that evolves into lasting trust and quantifiable influence.

John Baldoni's new book on the power of GRACE is a must read for all of us and particularly for anyone seeking to serve in a leadership role. In a world where good manners and courtesy sometimes seem to have gone out of style, this book is a practical guide for bettering relationships in all types of human connections. In a spiritual sense grace is unearned and as such, it is yours to use for the betterment of self and others. Grace as a gift is a catalyst for positive change to enable the greater good. Baldoni's GRACE mixes stories of everyday heroes with interviews of notable thought leaders. The results give practical insights into generosity, respect, and compassion coupled with the energy and actions it takes to deliver on these virtues. Baldoni turns GRACE into an acronym: Generosity, the will to do something for others Respect, the dignity of life and work Action, the mechanism for change Compassion, the concern for others Energy, the spirit that catalyzes people We can apply these universal truths in ordinary as well as extraordinary situations. Baldoni adds life to GRACE by including the stories of the famous as well as not-so famous, including Aretha Franklin, Fred Rogers, Jimmy Carter, Franklin Roosevelt and so many more. Each of whom inspires us with their example of compassion, courage and commitment to the greater good.