By S. Chris Edmonds, MHROD
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Advance Praise
Chris Edmonds deftly articulates the power of positive corporate culture. His insights on the qualities great bosses share are a must-read.
Tristan Bishop, Director of Social Business, Symantec
Chris Edmonds knows what makes a great bosshe has been helping create them for over 20 years. Read this book and learn from the best!
Ken Blanchard, Co-author, The One Minute Manager, Trust Works!
Anyone interested in enhancing their impact will want to read #GREAT BOSSES tweet. Chris nails it on what it takes to become a Great Boss!
Mark Deterding, Founder & President, Triune Leadership Services, LLC
In #GREAT BOSSES tweet, Chris Edmonds gives you powerful tools to step into your brilliance and change your corporate culture through leadership.
Victoria Halsey, PhD, Vice President Applied Learning, The Ken Blanchard Companies, Author, Brilliance by Design, Co-author, #SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE LEARNING tweet Book03: Instructional Design for Todays Professionals
#GREAT BOSSES tweets the truth about leadership. Chris Edmonds messages are powerful reminders of how great leaders create great workplaces.
Jim Kouzes, Author & Lecturer, The Leadership Challenge
Chris Edmonds has produced another classic must-read book in #GREAT BOSSES tweet. This book shows how to create passionate team members through exemplary leadership.
Kyle Rhodes, President, PESCO
Great bosses will read this book to remind themselves of their duty to inspire growth, relationships, excellence, accountability, and teamwork.
Lisa Zigarmi, Director of Client Solutions, The Ken Blanchard Companies, Co-author, #POSITIVITY at WORK tweet
To my wife, Diane, and my family (especially Mom, Karin and Greg, and Andy and Dana), who keep me on track with coaching, humor, and love.
This book is also dedicated to:
My best (and worst) bosses who taught me more about the impact of great bosses than any course could accomplish.
My culture clients, who accept my coaching with grace and enthusiasm as I help them create work environments filled with great bosses.
Special gratitude goes to Jerry Nutter (1938-2012), my greatest boss ever, who I think of every time I consider a best boss practice. Jerry was a best boss to more people than the Lord can count.
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to my wife, Diane, for her love, support, and enthusiasm, all of which made this book possible. She tolerates me writing tweets, blog posts, and book chapters at all hours.
Thanks to my mentor and friend Becky Robinson, who coaches me kindly yet firmly and champions my efforts to put my ideas effectively into print.
Thanks to Garry Ridge, Tristan Bishop, Ken Blanchard, Mark Deterding, Victoria Halsey, Jim Kouzes, Kyle Rhodes, and Lisa Zigarmi for reviewing this book in its early stages and providing such kind praise.
Thanks to Mitchell Levy and the entire THiNKaha team for their enthusiastic focus and support of the #GREAT BOSSES tweet addition to the THiNKaha series.
Why I Wrote This Book
- I want leaders to act on their primary responsibility to create safe, inspiring workplaces for their team members, every day.
- I believe leaders can create positive, nurturing workplaces that are a joy for employees to live in, thrive in, and contribute in.
- I want leaders to value people as much as profits and shareholder return.
- I want leaders to BE great bosses who inspire team members to generate performance, passion, and profits.
S. Chris Edmonds
The Purposeful Culture Group
http://DrivingResultsThroughCulture.com
http://twitter.com/scedmonds
How to Read a THiNKaha Book
A Note from the Publisher
The THiNKaha series is the CliffsNotes of the 21st century. The value of these books is that they are contextual in nature. Although the actual words wont change, their meaning will change every time you read one as your context will change. Experience your own aha! moments (ahas) with a THiNKaha book; ahas are looked at as actionable momentsthink of a specific project youre working on, an event, a sales deal, a personal issue, etc. and see how the ahas in this book can inspire your own ahas, something that you can specifically act on. Heres how to read one of these books and have it work for you.
- Read a THiNKaha book (these slim and handy books should only take about 15-20 minutes of your time!) and write down one to three actionable items you thought of while reading it. Each journal-style THiNKaha book is equipped with space for you to write down your notes and thoughts underneath each aha.
- Mark your calendar to re-read this book again in 30 days.
- Repeat step #1 and write down one to three more ahas that grab you this time. I guarantee that they will be different than the first time. BTW: this is also a great time to reflect on the actions taken from the last set of ahas you wrote down.
After reading a THiNKaha book, writing down your ahas, re-reading it, and writing down more ahas, youll begin to see how these books contextually apply to you. THiNKaha books advocate for continuous, lifelong learning. They will help you transform your ahas into actionable items with tangible results until you no longer have to say aha! to these momentstheyll become part of your daily practice as you continue to grow and learn.
As Thought Leader Architect & CEO of THiNKaha, I definitely practice what I preach. I read #POSITIVITY at WORK tweet, #MANAGING YOUR VIRTUAL BOSS tweet, and one new book once a month and take away two to three different action items from each of them every time. Please e-mail me your ahas today!