"Hundred percenters : stop making your employees happy, start making them great"

Push employees to their full potential withtough love leadership! provides the tools managers need to take average employees and create a cultureof accountable, fully engaged people. managers will learn to recognize theirleadership style and understand how they, too, can become hundred percenters. laura christiansen, vice president human resources, vtech communications, inc. "heavily-researched and loaded with tools and examples, this book shows you how to challenge your employees to achieve the kind of extraordinary results and innovations that every ceo dreams about. every leader needs to read this book!" ned fitch, ceo, kalahari tea "murphy finds that most workplaces are brimming with untapped talent. only it's suppressed by goal-setting that discourages big ideas and leaders who focus on happiness rather than greatness." Training Magazine weve all heard the saying that a happyemployee is a motivated employee. butwhat if thats not true? leadership iq ceo mark murphy says thehappy employee philosophy doesnt work.a study of more than 500,000 leaders and employeesshows that despite the billions of dollarsorganizations spend to satisfy and engageworkers, 72% of employees admit theyre stillnot giving their best effort at work. rather,its leaders who focus on making their peoplegreatnot happywho inspire hundredpercenter performance. if you talk to the employees behind todaysgreat innovations, youre unlikely to hear, iwas inspired by a boss who coddles me. insteadyoud probably hear, my boss challengesme and pushes me past my limits. mostworkplaces are brimming with untapped talentonly its suppressed by leaders who failto connect with and challenge employees tounleash their true potential. here are just a few of the big ideas in HundredPercenters:The harder the goals you set, thebetter your employees will performYou should never use a ComplimentSandwich to deliver feedbackTalented Terrorspeople with greatskills and a bad attitudecan destroyyour company cultureBefore you can start motivatingHundred Percenters, you have tostop demotivating themYou should never ask your employeesif theyre satisfied this groundbreaking book debunks managementfads that dont apply to todays workplaceand provides the facts, theories, and directionyou need to become a 100% leader.apply murphys leadership lessons and youllsee innovation, productivity, and profits soar,while employee turnover rates plummet.Hundred Percenters will bring out the best inyour workforce.