What’s the best way to increase employee engagement?

Story

A senior leader was frustrated that he couldn’t motivate some of his key managers. He told us he’d tried everything he knew how to do, but what worked before at his previous job wasn’t working this time.

That’s when he signed up for a Performance Leadership program, which is one of the core areas we cover in our Adaptive Leader Journey.

“This program was really eye-opening to me. So much food for thought. So many actionable takeaways,” he told us.

One of the keys he noticed was “looking in the mirror.” In other words asking yourself the question:

• “What is something I as a leader can change right now, that would have a positive impact on my team’s performance?”
  

We’ve run this program so many times it’s clear that everyone has a unique, individualized answer to this question.

But what about us as coaches?

Our Own Look in the Mirror

A few months ago, one of our coaches challenged our way of doing things. Our main impact on the world is through live coaching sessions (individual or teams). What if we added something to that?

“I think we need a book?” he said.

“Woah! That would be different!” said another coach.  

But after in-dept discussion, we decided to go for it. And we’re happy to announce it’s already out!

Performance Leadership: 4 Keys to Extraordinary Results

Available now as paperback or Kindle

What’s In the Book?

This book contains the collective insights from our entire team of 20 coaches across multiple continents who have over 10,000 cumulative coaching hours.

It centers on the question:

• How can I as a leader help my team improve their performance quickly and effectively?

The book includes:

• Detailed explanation of our original Performance Leadership approach (what we call EMMA)
• Real case studies of real people from our work with clients
• Research-backed frameworks
• Practical “Quick Win” steps you can implement within 5 minutes for each chapter
• A revolutionary “flipped narrative” on the connection between engagement and performance
• Downloadable tools for scaling Performance Leadership across your organization
• Adaptive Strategies that go beyond technical “WHAT to do” to illuminate “why you might NOT do it”
• And more!

How We Did It

We actually used our own Performance Leadership framework to write this book in record time (3 months from idea to publication). And we include the story of the book as a final case study.

If that sounds too fun to pass up, we agree!

What ever happened…

Remember that senior leader who tried everything but it didn’t work? Within a few weeks of the Performance Leadership program his team’s performance had made a noticeable and dramatic increase. And their engagement had increased because they were performing better!

In addition to that, the leader was more relaxed and confident.

How did he do it?

He applied our Performance Leadership approach (EMMA), which is what the book is all about!

Next Steps?

In addition to getting your own paperback or Kindle version of the book, you can book a free 20-minute call with one of our coaches to discuss how we can bring Performance Leadership to your team (including bulk discounts on the book!).

Looking forward to talking to you soon!