Team Building and Workplace Communication For SUCCESS

Review by Jason R. Miller for Creating Passion-Driven Teams: How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance
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I really loved this book and wished it was standard reading years ago while getting my business degree.

It brought important issues with the creation of teams that work, and more importantly, the facilitation of these teams. The fact is, a business degree doesn’t come with experience. In fact, most of the college ciriculum in management is built on theories that have worked years past in an environment that no longer exists. Much of that does not include team building.

This book really goes into the aspects that work, experience that has a weight to it, along with some common sense.

Thanks!

Jason

Review by Debra D. Murray for Creating Passion-Driven Teams: How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance
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I have read many books on business and agree with the “Good to Great” premise of the importance of getting the right people on the bus. But I still did not know how to do it in my own business. I found Dan Bobinski a couple of years ago and he began teaching us how to get the right people in the right place and train them on what to do, then how to review their performance. This has produced happier team members. His new book “Creating Passion Diven Teams” lived up to my expectations and more. As an employer I am still learning how to get the conditions right – the more steps I take towards this – the more passionate people I find in my workplace. This books teachs me what I should do to make this happen and reminds me of what I already know and am not doing. I highly recommend it for any business owner who wants to get out of micro-managing and someday have some peace. I have recommended this to other business owners and purchased 10 copies for my team members. Investing in passionate team members will bring a great ROI for my company – I am already starting to see that after practicing some of these principles for a few years.

Review by Rolf Dobelli for Creating Passion-Driven Teams: How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance
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Don’t try to motivate your employees by manipulating them; be honest with them and you’ll discover that they motivate themselves. Don’t humiliate them when they make mistakes; instead, treat errors as valuable learning experiences. Don’t automatically tune staffers out when they speak; listen and you will discover a lot. Don’t hold meetings just to meet; make sure every conference has a purpose. And above all, don’t micromanage, because that drives good people out the door. This is an ample list of management “don’ts.” But what should you do to manage well? Training expert Dan Bobinski says the answer is simple: Provide the conditions that will spark passion in your people. Although his anecdotes are overly simplified and may seem contrived, getAbstract believes Bobinski presents his points persuasively. His colorful, elementary guide will give newbie supervisors and human resource managers much pause for thought.

Review by Gary Harpst for Creating Passion-Driven Teams: How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance
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I believe in this book so much that I wrote a “forward” to it. I gave a lot of thought to my reaction to that book so I quote it here:

“In the information age, we have shifted to an economy that is primarily service based. A service-based economy’s primary assets are people and their innate ability to identify and solve problems – to innovate with purpose. In this “how to” book, Dan highlights the almost unlimited upside to unlocking the potential of individuals and teams working toward common goals.

When reading a book, I first peruse the table of contents to get a sense of what is covered. When looking at the table of contents in this book, my first reaction was “this looks like a bunch of familiar topics.” When I started reading, however, I found myself drinking deeply from his principles and examples, and realizing how far I had to go to provide the kind of environment that enables and unlocks the capability of the people around me — and even myself.

I whole heartedly recommend Creating Passion-Driven Teams. For some, it will be an eye opener to things you have not really thought about. For others, it will provide a much needed reminder of things you say you believe in, but aren’t doing. Either way, the practices Dan describes need to become habits for all of us.”

If you manage people, read it – you’ll be glad you did!

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