Jon Gordon - The Energy Bus Field Guide

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Copyright 2018 by Jon Gordon. All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Names: Gordon, Jon, 1971- author. | Kelly, Amy, author.

Title: The energy bus field guide / Jon Gordon, with Amy Kelly.

Description: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2018] | Identifiers: LCCN 2017044988 (print) | LCCN 2017049994 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119412465 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119412489 (epub) | ISBN 9781119412458 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Teams in the workplaceManagement. | Employee motivation. | Motivation (Psychology) | Positive psychology. | Success.

Classification: LCC HD66 (ebook) | LCC HD66 .G67155 2018 (print) | DDC 658.4/022dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017044988

I know from personal experience that taking a ride on the Energy Bus can change the entire course of your life, and on some level, you already believe that too. You made a decision to experience the benefits of positive energy in your life through the rules in the Energy Bus book, and this field guide will help build upon that experience.

I wrote The Energy Bus to help you take action toward more positive outcomes for your life, work, and team. This field guide complements the book by providing additional resource materials, specific practical guidance, and workbook-style content that further enables you to implement the 10 rules in The Energy Bus in your life, team, and organization.

From the moment The Energy Bus was published, readers have been clamoring for more information on how to implement the ideas outlined in the book. I have been writing newsletters, speaking all over the world, creating training materials, and answering personal emails in a continuous effort to provide support to individuals, teams, and organizations working with the book and seeing remarkable, positive results. When asking one of the leaders that implemented the program so successfully at her organization about the process for her success, she said, Based on my experience in learning and development, I knew reading the book alone wouldn't cut it. We had to live it somehow to get it to work. This comment started my thinking about other ways to help the individuals that wanted to make the rules in the book come alive in their personal life and work.

As supplemental materials for the book continued to grow exponentially and become more diverse, I realized it would be helpful to pull them all together into one comprehensive tool. I wanted to create a one-stop shop for you to begin your own Energy Bus journey.

This field guide is designed to help anyone interested in turning the 10 rules in The Energy Bus into reality in their day-to-day life. It is for anyone who wants to live and work with more vision, optimism, passion, and purpose. It is for executives, managers, coaches, teachers, parents, volunteers, community leaders, church leaders, healthcare professionals, trainers, facilitators, team builders, and students.

If you want to flourish personally and to help others around you do the same, this field guide will help you maximize every part of the journey through vivid individual and group activities that link back to one of the 10 rules in the book. I call them the Ten Rules for the Ride of Your Life.

Like The Energy Bus, this field guide follows a simple, powerful approach as well. It is a practical guide to support you in implementing the principles in the book. Each chapter presents information to help make the rules come alive in a logical order that mirrors the book. I designed this field guide to help you do three things:

1. Implement the Energy Bus principles in your own life.
2. Utilize these principles with your team.
3. Share ideas, case studies, and best practices to help you create an Energy Bus initiative in your organization.

This field guide is my gift to you. It is a summary of everything I have seen and learned thus far about how to successfully implement the Energy Bus in your life, your team, and your organization. There is not one specific way to do this. The exciting thing about The Energy Bus is how people have used so many creative approaches to make positive changesand knowing there are more to come.

As you work through this process, feel free to implement your own creative ideas. You may want to use this field guide for just your own life. Or you may decide to invite your team on the bus. Or, like many others, you may decide to create an Energy Bus program in your organization. I've worked to pull together materials that can help you build the road map for whatever journey you want to take and, as the driver, you decide what kind of ride it's going to be.

I look forward to hearing about your story and the things you do to implement The Energy Bus. If you decide to share it with your team and organization, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at . Who knows, your story may be in the next addition of the field guide. As you embark on this journey, please know I am sending positive energy your way.

Positive Energy is an undeniably powerful asset as well as a vital personal and organizational resource. It has fueled many successful people and organizations, and those who see positive energy in action recognize it and usually want to be a part of it.