New Business Book Summary Available for Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work . . . and What Does

Inspiring and motivating people are key aspects of leadership that are as critical as they are elusive. Leaders struggle to find ways to keep their people engaged and performing at their best, and this is largely because they misunderstand the nature of motivation. In an effort to push people to achieve results, many leaders employ counterproductive strategies. In Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work . . . and What Does, Susan Fowler reveals why traditional “carrot and stick” approaches to motivation will always fail to sustain results and explains the science behind what truly determines people’s attitudes and behaviors.

New Business Book Summary Available for Seven Disciplines of a Leader

Leaders make or break organizations. To help organizations succeed, Jeff Wolf and Ken Shelton have condensed Wolf’s Leadership Development Program into their book, Seven Disciplines of a Leader. It is based on Wolf’s 14 years of executive coaching and management training for international clients. Readers will learn how to motivate and inspire people to improve decision making, teamwork, and employee engagement. As a result, they will help their organizations attract the best people, which is the key to organizational excellence and, ultimately, profitability and growth. Wolf and Shelton have drawn on real-world examples—both positive and negative—to develop and illustrate their ideas. They also emphasize the “soft skills” that separate managers from true leaders.