Synopses & Reviews
Push employees to their full potential with “tough love” leadership! “Provides the tools managers need to take ‘average employees and create a culture of accountable, fully engaged people. Managers will learn to recognize their leadership 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 happy employee is a motivated employee. But what if thats not true?
Leadership IQ CEO Mark Murphy says the “happy employee” philosophy doesnt work. A study of more than 500,000 leaders and employees shows that despite the billions of dollars organizations spend to satisfy and engage workers, 72% of employees admit theyre still not giving their best effort at work. Rather, its leaders who focus on making their people greatnot happywho inspire Hundred Percenter performance.
If you talk to the employees behind todays great innovations, youre unlikely to hear, “I was inspired by a boss who coddles me.” Instead youd probably hear, “My boss challenges me and pushes me past my limits.” Most workplaces are brimming with untapped talent only its suppressed by leaders who fail to connect with and challenge employees to unleash their true potential.
Here are just a few of the big ideas in Hundred Percenters:
- The harder the goals you set, the better your employees will perform
- You should never use a Compliment Sandwich to deliver feedback
- Talented Terrorspeople with great skills and a bad attitudecan destroy your company culture
- Before you can start motivating Hundred Percenters, you have to stop demotivating them
- You should never ask your employees if theyre “satisfied”
This groundbreaking book debunks management fads that dont apply to todays workplace and provides the facts, theories, and direction you need to become a 100% Leader. Apply Murphys leadership lessons and youll see innovation, productivity, and profits soar, while employee turnover rates plummet. Hundred Percenters will bring out the best in your workforce.
Synopsis
Tough love leadership techniques from the CEO of Leadership IQ
Using groundbreaking research of more than 300,000 leaders, this book argues that employee happiness arises from performance, not vice versa, as some other leadership pundits believe. It reveals how leaders can push their people past any preconceived limitation, and it offers tools for providing positive reinforcement and corrective feedback, leading swiftly with toxic employees, setting clear expectations, and focusing employees on value-added work.
Synopsis
Push employees to their full potential with “tough love” leadership! “Provides the tools managers need to take ‘average employees and create a culture of accountable, fully engaged people. Managers will learn to recognize their leadership 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 happy employee is a motivated employee. But what if thats not true?
Leadership IQ CEO Mark Murphy says the “happy employee” philosophy doesnt work. A study of more than 500,000 leaders and employees shows that despite the billions of dollars organizations spend to satisfy and engage workers, 72% of employees admit theyre still not giving their best effort at work. Rather, its leaders who focus on making their people greatnot happywho inspire Hundred Percenter performance.
If you talk to the employees behind todays great innovations, youre unlikely to hear, “I was inspired by a boss who coddles me.” Instead youd probably hear, “My boss challenges me and pushes me past my limits.” Most workplaces are brimming with untapped talent only its suppressed by leaders who fail to connect with and challenge employees to unleash their true potential.
Here are just a few of the big ideas in Hundred Percenters:
- The harder the goals you set, the better your employees will perform
- You should never use a Compliment Sandwich to deliver feedback
- Talented Terrorspeople with great skills and a bad attitudecan destroy your company culture
- Before you can start motivating Hundred Percenters, you have to stop demotivating them
- You should never ask your employees if theyre “satisfied”
This groundbreaking book debunks management fads that dont apply to todays workplace and provides the facts, theories, and direction you need to become a 100% Leader. Apply Murphys leadership lessons and youll see innovation, productivity, and profits soar, while employee turnover rates plummet. Hundred Percenters will bring out the best in your workforce.
Synopsis
Push employees to their full potential with “tough love” leadership! “Provides the tools managers need to take ‘average employees and create a culture of accountable, fully engaged people. Managers will learn to recognize their leadership style and understand how they, too, can become Hundred Percenters.”
Laura Christiansen, Vice President Human Resources, VTech Communications, Inc.
Right now, 77% of leaders believe their employees are not giving 100%. And theyre not far off in their assessment, because 72% of employees admit theyre not giving 100%. Plenty of people are doing fine work, getting by, and delivering products and services to customers. But disappointingly small minorities are coming in every day saying, “Lets push the envelope, lets be great, lets do what nobody thought could be done.”
The truth is finally out: employees cannot be bribed or coddled into giving 100%. People become Hundred Percenters not because they had it easy, but because a leader cared enough to push them to new heights.
Hundred Percenters teaches new leadership practices to inspire employees to passionately give 100% every day. You will learn how to:
- Set clear expectations
- Deal swiftly with toxic employes
- Eliminate demotivators
- Focus employes on value-added work
About the Author
Mark Murphy is the founder and CEO of Leadership IQ, a top-rated provider of leadership training. He has trained personnel at Microsoft, IBM, MasterCard, Merck, and other companies. Murphy has been featured in such publications as Fortune, Forbes, BusinessWeek, and The Washington Post.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Paint a Bigger Picture
Chapter Two: Pushing People Using Corrective Feedback
Chapter Three: Pushing People Using Positive Reinforcement
Chapter Four: Stop Demotivating and Start Motivating
Chapter Five: Managing Talented People with Bad Attitudes
Chapter Six: Give 110% On the Right Things