Download or read book Blue Collar Leadership written by Mack Story and published by Kaizenops. This book was released on 2016-03-13 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, there is a book specifically created for the often overlooked and underdeveloped blue-collar workers on the front lines. My passion is to help leaders and organizations invest in those on the front lines or to help you invest in yourself. For the blue-collar workers I value so much: I've written the book I wish someone would have given me this book nearly 30 years ago when I started my career on the front lines. It would have changed my life then. It can change your life now. Separate yourself from the crowd quickly by learning how to master the traits High Impact leaders value most. You will learn how to get noticed for the right reasons and how to get promoted for the right reasons. You will learn how to become recognized as a front line leader worth following, and you don't need formal authority (position) because you will develop something better: moral authority (influence). I've made this book easy to read for the non-readers on the front lines. There are 30 chapters with 3 pages each. If you read a chapter a day (3 pages) you will easily complete the book in 1 month even if you're a non-reader. I've written this book specifically for the often overlooked great people with so much untapped potential on the front lines. If you're on the front lines it will help you better understand: - how to make an impact from where you are - how to be recognized for your abilities - how to position yourself well for promotions - how to increase your influence with your leaders and your teammates - how to be a better team player - how & why you should accept more responsibility - how to intentionally become more valuable to the company - how to become more valuable and successful as an individual - how to lead yourself well in order to create a better future for yourself This book will actually be great for anyone at any level in any industry, but the greatest value will be for those in the blue-collar world on the front lines along with the first few layers of front line leaders. Of course, higher level leaders also need to know and understand what's in this book to multiply the potential of those on the front lines.

Download or read book Blue Collar Leadership Supervision written by Mack Story and published by Kaizenops. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential is the blue-collar version of Maximize Your Leadership Potential: Beyond Management & Supervision and the content is nearly identical. It's primarily for those who have others reporting to them, especially those new to a formal leadership position or those who have had very little or no formal leadership training. Think of this book as "Leadership 101" for front line leaders. It's written in an easy to read format with 30 chapters that are three pages each. It can also be easily utilized for conducting a 30 day book study with your front line leaders. My first book in the Blue-Collar Leadership series, Blue-Collar Leadership: Leading from the Front Lines, was written as a tool and resource for high impact leaders to use to develop the front line, entry level team members that are so often underdeveloped and overlooked in the blue-collar workforce. High impact leaders can use it to transform those they lead into high impact team players. This second book in the series, Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Powerful Leadership Simplified, is a tool and resource for developing those courageous people who have stepped up and accepted a position of leadership, most often, without ever receiving any formal leadership training. They're simply expected to lead without being taught how to lead. And, they do the best they can. This book will help them grow beyond supervision and management. They will understand what it means to be a high impact leader of people and how to become a more effective front line leader. They will learn how to move beyond managing people and to begin leading people. As I share the principles that allowed me to be promoted 14 times in the first 20 years of my career, they will learn how to get noticed by the right leaders and how to get promoted for the right reasons. With over 11,000 hours of leading cross-functional teams through change and transformation, I've also used the principles in this book to achieve amazing results with and through other people. After reading this book, you will have a choice. Will you remain a traditional supervisor or manager? Or, will you choose to become a high impact leader that also supervises and manages?

Download or read book Blue Collar Leadership Teamwork written by Mack Story and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most valuable player is the one that makes the most players valuable." Peyton Manning In today's high stakes game of business, the players on the team are the competitive advantage for any organization. But, only if they are on the field instead of on the bench. Blue-Collar Leadership(R) & Teamwork provides a simple, yet powerful and unique, resource for individuals who want to increase their influence and make a high impact. It's also a resource and tool for leaders, teams, and organizations, who are ready to Engage the Front Line to Improve the Bottom Line. After logging over 11,000 hours leading leaders and their teams through process improvement, organizational change, and cultural transformation, Mack reveals the 30 key character traits of high impact players. Mack explains why each trait is critical and how adopting and leveraging each trait will help you develop 360° of influence regardless of your position, title, or rank. High impact players do more than get results. They motivate and inspire their teammates to get results. Adopting and applying these traits will help you and your team climb to the next level and beyond. "My first words are, GET SIGNED UP! This training is not, and I stress, not your everyday leadership seminar!" Sam M. VP/COO

Download or read book Blue Collar Leadership Culture written by Mack Story and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's easier to compete when you're attracting great people instead of searching for good people." Mack Story"We just can't find any good people." is a phrase Mack hears far too often as he speaks to and interacts with leaders all across the USA. If you or a member of your leadership team has ever spoken these words, this book was written specifically for you. It doesn't have to be this way.Blue-Collar Leadership(R) & Culture will help you understand why culture is the key to becoming a sought after employer of choice within your industry.Culture matters because those who work there will determine who wants to work there.Becoming a sought after employer means, "People who don't work at your organization have a strong desire to work there."Becoming an employer of choice means, "People who already work at your organization have a strong desire to continue working there."Mack wrote Blue-Collar Leadership(R) & Culture specifically for leaders who want to become THE sought after employer of choice within their industry and in their area of operations.Sought after employers of choice attract great people and don't spend their time and resources constantly searching for good people.Mack has logged over 11,000 hours leading leaders and their blue-collar teams through process improvement, organizational change, and cultural transformation and speaks with his wife, Ria Story, on personal growth and leadership development throughout the USA as they help leaders transform their cultures and develop high performance teams.Although leaders in all industries at all levels will benefit greatly from this book, Mack structured the content specifically for the top leader who has never led a cultural transformation but is curious to find out what will be required. He'll help you not only discover why you should transform your culture, but also what to do and how to do it. Therefore, Mack includes many references and links to additional resources throughout the book that will support and accelerate your cultural transformation.Blue-Collar Leadership(R) & Culture is intended to not only teach, but also to serve as a tool, a guide, and a transformational road map for leaders who want to create a high impact culture that will become their greatest competitive advantage. It's a starting point for those who don't know how to start or those who want to become more intentional and methodical as they take their team to the next level and beyond.In Blue-Collar Leadership(R) & Culture, you'll also discover how to leverage the components of The Transformation Equation to create a culture that will support, attract, and retain high performance team members. To learn more about The Transformation Equation, visit GetTheTransformationEquation.com "My first words are, GET SIGNED UP! This training is not, and I stress, not your everyday leadership seminar! I have never been a part of anything like it. After 30 years in technology and two years in Concrete Construction, I have attended dozens and sent hundreds to the so-called 'Leadership-Training'...while all of the courses, classes, webinars, and seminars, had good intentions, nothing can touch what Mack and Ria Story provide...100% of the team that attended said that they were 'blown-away.'" Sam McLamb, VP Sam M. VP/COO

Download or read book Blue collar Kaizen written by Mack Story and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Where there's a will, there's a way; where there's a team, there's more than one way." Rex Murphy The biggest challenge in process improvement and cultural transformation isn't identifying the problems. It's execution: implementing and sustaining the solutions. Until there is authentic respect for the people, there will not be authentic buy-in to the Lean initiative and the gains will not be sustained. Blue-Collar Kaizen is a resource for anyone in any position who is, or will be, leading a team through process improvement and change. This book will help you take the lead in creating a meaningful, and sustainable kaizen culture one kaizen team at a time. Learn to engage, empower, and encourage your team for long term buy-in and sustained gains. Learn what it means to truly have authentic "respect for the people." The people will always know if there is authentic respect. Not because they hear it, but because they feel it. Mack Story has over 11,000 hours of experience leading hundreds of leaders and thousands of their cross-functional kaizen team members through process improvement, organizational change, and cultural transformation. He shares lessons learned from his experience and many years of studying, teaching, and applying leadership principles.

Download or read book Leadership Is Language written by L. David Marquet and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street Journal Bestseller From the acclaimed author of Turn the Ship Around!, former US Navy Captain David Marquet, comes a radical new playbook for empowering your team to make better decisions and take greater ownership. You might imagine that an effective leader is someone who makes quick, intelligent decisions, gives inspiring speeches, and issues clear orders to their team so they can execute a plan to achieve your organization's goals. Unfortunately, David Marquet argues, that's an outdated model of leadership that just doesn't work anymore. As a leader in today's networked, information-dense business climate, you don't have full visibility into your organization or the ground reality of your operating environment. In order to harness the eyes, ears, and minds of your people, you need to foster a climate of collaborative experimentation that encourages people to speak up when they notice problems and work together to identify and test solutions. Too many leaders fall in love with the sound of their own voice, and wind up dictating plans and digging in their heels when problems begin to emerge. Even when you want to be a more collaborative leader, you can undermine your own efforts by defaulting to command-and-control language we've inherited from the industrial era. It's time to ditch the industrial age playbook of leadership. In Leadership is Language, you'll learn how choosing your words can dramatically improve decision-making and execution on your team. Marquet outlines six plays for all leaders, anchored in how you use language: • Control the clock, don't obey the clock: Pre-plan decision points and give your people the tools they need to hit pause on a plan of action if they notice something wrong. • Collaborate, don't coerce: As the leader, you should be the last one to offer your opinion. Rather than locking your team into binary responses ("Is this a good plan?"), allow them to answer on a scale ("How confident are you about this plan?") • Commit, don't comply: Rather than expect your team to comply with specific directions, explain your overall goals, and get their commitment to achieving it one piece at a time. • Complete, not continue: If every day feels like a repetition of the last, you're doing something wrong. Articulate concrete plans with a start and end date to align your team. • Improve, don't prove: Ask your people to improve on plans and processes, rather than prove that they can meet fixed goals or deadlines. You'll face fewer cut corners and better long-term results. • Connect, don't conform: Flatten hierarchies in your organization and connect with your people to encourage them to contribute to decision-making. In his last book, Turn the Ship Around!, Marquet told the incredible story of abandoning command-and-control leadership on his submarine and empowering his crew to turn the worst performing submarine to the best performer in the fleet. Now, with Leadership is Language he gives businesspeople the tools they need to achieve such transformational leadership in their organizations.

Download or read book Good Work written by Dave Hataj and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Can Blue-Collar Business Teach Us About Work and Faith? The faith and work conversation is alive and well, but most resources focus on white-collar jobs, neglecting the majority of the workforce. When Dave Hataj realized he needed to go home and take over the family gear shop, he didn’t expect it to become a spiritually transformative season of his life. Yet as he began to think about what it meant to be a Christian in business, he discovered just how much our work matters to God and how blue-collar business can change people, communities, and even the world. Drawing on the stories of his business, Edgerton Gears, Dave teaches you how to cultivate true inner goodness, meaning, and mission at work—no matter what you do. Your workplace can and should be a place of significance.

Download or read book Change Happens written by Ria Story and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change Happens: Leading Yourself and Others Through Change gives readers two different perspectives (personal and professional) on 15 principles of dealing with change. Included are key lessons on overcoming resistance to change, leading change, communicating and overcoming fear of change, and more. Learning how to respond effectively to upcoming changes will allow you to turn challenges into opportunities.

Download or read book Blue Collar Gold written by Mark Stoner and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem: Most Americans don't realize the potential gold mine in blue-collar business. By "blue-collar business" I mean a business providing a specialized service requiring a trained employee and manual labor. In my case it is chimney sweeping, but it can range from construction to gardening to plumbing and junk removal. There are literally thousands and thousands of opportunities, but many people don't consider blue-collar work as an option and are missing out as a result... Over 3 million blue-collar and skilled labor jobs went unfilled in America last year! The service industry is wide open in America and this book will open your eyes to a growing opportunity that you probably never thought about. By reading this book you will learn how to: Think bigger - Don't be scared of starting or growing your existing business. Make a decision and then make the decision right. Be a leader - You have to learn to be a leader if you want to have a great business. Leadership is a learned skill and this book can help get you started. Start with a plan and an exit strategy so you can live the life you want without being stuck in your business. So come on America, let's get to work doing the "dirty" jobs and make a whole lot of money while you're at it

Download or read book Million Dollar Blue Collar written by Mark Breslin and published by . This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rise Up written by Sylvia Rose and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2004-06-09 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sylvia Rose draws on her own rich experience and that of others to challenge African American women to stand up and follow God's call into leadership.

Download or read book 10 Values of High Impact Leaders written by Mack Story and published by Kaizenops. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We have far more than we need to succeed on the outside. The question is do we have what we need to succeed on the inside?" Mack Story High Impact leaders align their habits with key values in order to maximize their influence. These 10 values are common sense. However, they are not always common practice. These 10 values will help you build trust and accelerate relationship building. Those mastering these 10 values will be able to lead with speed as they develop 360 of influence from wherever they are. THE VALUE OF VISION Vision is the foundation of hope. THE VALUE OF MODELING Someone is always watching you. THE VALUE OF RESPONSIBILITY When we take responsibility, we take control. THE VALUE OF TIMING It matters when you do what you do. THE VALUE OF RESPECT To be respected, we must be respectful. THE VALUE OF EMPOWERMENT Leaders gain influence by giving it to others. THE VALUE OF DELEGATION We should lead with questions instead of directions. THE VALUE OF MULTIPLICATION None of us is as influential as all of us. THE VALUE OF RESULTS Leaders like to make things happen. THE VALUE OF SIGNIFICANCE Are you going to settle for success? Why we do what we do is about our purpose. How we do what we do is about our performance. What we do will determine our potential. Where these three components overlap, you will achieve a HIGH IMPACT."

Download or read book Bankable Leadership written by Tasha Eurich and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If I relentlessly drive my team to achieve our goals, they won’t like me.” “If I try to make everybody on the team happy, we won’t hit our numbers.” As a leader, you’ve likely felt this fundamental tension—the tension between driving results and developing positive relationships with your people. Despite all the research telling us that effective leaders do both, most of us struggle to balance the happiness of our teams and the health of the bottom line. We are more comfortable focusing on one or the other, and we feel overwhelmed and drained by the challenges we face when we try to accomplish both. In Bankable Leadership, psychologist, executive coach, and proud leadership geek Dr. Tasha Eurich (or Dr. T) solves this dilemma and reveals how to make leadership exhilarating, fun, and fulfilling. Built on decades of research and the transformation of real leaders, her fresh, practical model can help anyone become bankable—producing results while fostering a healthy work environment that ensures sustainable success. Discover how to • Be human and drive performance, • Be helpful and drive responsibility, • Be thankful and drive improvement, and • Be happy and drive productivity. Dr. T’s approach will help you develop these universally effective behaviors through an online assessment and boots-on-the-ground tools, like earning trust through transparency, treating adults like adults, and taking a no-fear approach to feedback. Whether you’re struggling to build a more productive team, increase confidence in your leadership skills, or consistently deliver results, Bankable Leadership is the resource you’ve been waiting for!

Download or read book Maximize Your Potential written by Mack Story and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: Maximize Your Potential: Unleashing the Leader Within is the white-collar, or non-specific, version of Blue-Collar Leadership: Leading from the Front Lines and the content is nearly identical. It's primarily for those team members who do not have anyone reporting to them. Finally, there is a book specifically created for the often overlooked and underdeveloped entry-level team members. My passion is to help leaders and organizations invest in their team or to help you invest in yourself. I wish someone would have given me this book nearly 30 years ago when I started my career. It would have changed my life then. It can change your life now. Separate yourself from the crowd quickly by learning how to master the traits High Impact leaders value most. You will learn how to get noticed by the right people and how to get promoted for the right reasons. You will learn how to become recognized as a leader worth following, and you don't need formal authority (position) because you will develop something much better: moral authority (influence). I've made this book easy to read for non-readers. There are 30 chapters with 3 pages each. If you read a chapter per day (3 pages; 8-10 minutes), you will easily complete the book in one month even if you're a non-reader. I've written this book specifically for the often overlooked and underdeveloped entry-level team members who have so much untapped potential. It will help them better understand: - how to make an impact from where they are - how to be recognized for their abilities - how to position themselves well for promotions - how to increase their influence with their leaders and their teammates - how to be a better team player - how & why they should accept more responsibility - how to intentionally become more valuable to the company - how to become more valuable and successful as an individual - how to lead themselves well in order to create a better future. This book will actually be great for anyone at any level in any industry, but the greatest value will be to those in any position who have received little or no leadership development. Of course, higher level leaders also need to know and understand what's in this book to multiply the potential of those on their team. Because the book is based on principles, they apply to all people at all levels regardless of position or title.

Download or read book Radioactive Leadership written by Roy E. Alston and published by . This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lead Like a General written by Paul Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining the best in modern research on leadership with real life examples from the American Civil War, Lead Like a General will help people in any field hone their leadership abilities. Using many engaging and untold stories of a day-in-the-life of a Civil War leader, this book shows how the research on leadership styles, organizational structure, brain dominance and other related fields can be seen in the actions of these historical figures. A must read for those interested in developing their leadership abilities, as well as those looking for new insights into some of the leaders, both north and south, from this pivotal period of history.

Download or read book Blue Collar Leadership Supervision written by Mack Story and published by Kaizenops. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential is the blue-collar version of Maximize Your Leadership Potential: Beyond Management & Supervision and the content is nearly identical. It's primarily for those who have others reporting to them, especially those new to a formal leadership position or those who have had very little or no formal leadership training. Think of this book as "Leadership 101" for front line leaders. It's written in an easy to read format with 30 chapters that are three pages each. It can also be easily utilized for conducting a 30 day book study with your front line leaders. My first book in the Blue-Collar Leadership series, Blue-Collar Leadership: Leading from the Front Lines, was written as a tool and resource for high impact leaders to use to develop the front line, entry level team members that are so often underdeveloped and overlooked in the blue-collar workforce. High impact leaders can use it to transform those they lead into high impact team players. This second book in the series, Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Powerful Leadership Simplified, is a tool and resource for developing those courageous people who have stepped up and accepted a position of leadership, most often, without ever receiving any formal leadership training. They're simply expected to lead without being taught how to lead. And, they do the best they can. This book will help them grow beyond supervision and management. They will understand what it means to be a high impact leader of people and how to become a more effective front line leader. They will learn how to move beyond managing people and to begin leading people. As I share the principles that allowed me to be promoted 14 times in the first 20 years of my career, they will learn how to get noticed by the right leaders and how to get promoted for the right reasons. With over 11,000 hours of leading cross-functional teams through change and transformation, I've also used the principles in this book to achieve amazing results with and through other people. After reading this book, you will have a choice. Will you remain a traditional supervisor or manager? Or, will you choose to become a high impact leader that also supervises and manages?