Marta Wilson - Energized Enterprise: Leading Your Workforce to New Peaks of Performance in the Public Sector and Beyond

If youre looking for a way to motivate people and energize your organization, the stories and practical examples in this book will help you do it. Dr. Marta Wilson shows how leaders can engage and fulfill the personal goals of their team membersand the goals of their organization.

Joseph Martore, President & CEO of CALIBRE Systems, Inc.

If you want a team that is motivated, accountable, and enthusiastic, read Energized Enterprise.

Casey Coleman, Civilian Group Vice President of Unisys Federal Systems

With Dr. Wilsons highly perceptive approach, even the most dispirited workplace can transform into a source of creativity and productivity. The principles here apply to any organization that needs to improve performance and morale. Energized Enterprise is a powerful tool that will ignite both hearts and minds!

Marshall Goldsmith, a Thinkers 50 Top Ten Global Business Thinker and top ranked executive coach

As a consultant, Marta Wilson has an impressive history of helping public sector employees get results. Here she provides a public service of her own: a concise, practical leadership guide to unleashing the full potential of government employees whose talents can make a major difference in our world.

Vice Admiral John R. Ryan, (Ret.), President and CEO of the Center for Creative Leadership

Marta is unique in her ability to apply her years of leadership consulting and her passion for the subject to the issues of leadership in the public sector. She demonstrates through accessible, common-sense guidance and engaging stories that change in the public sector really does start with you.

Ellen Glover, Executive Vice President of ICF International

Good leaders thirst for hands-on, pragmatic approaches and steps to take that will unharness the inherent power of their workforce. While especially important in the public sector, these principles apply to any people-driven enterprise where executives are often caught in the crises of the day, and miss clear opportunities to find, attract and nurture the stars and staff who will enable their missions. I find myself re-reading key messages in Energized Enterprise that provide me clear pathways to inspire, develop and nurture my leaders and staffthe most important part of my job!

Robin Portman, Executive Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton

Effective leadership that challenges workforce dynamics can transform any organization. Having worked in both the Public and Private sectors, Ive witnessed very different ways of becoming an effective and successful organization. Of course, there are workforce challenges in every organization and Marta Wilson gets it right in her Energized Enterprise. She gives valuable insights into how common-sense organizational investments in human capital can yield big results. Her book is a fun and thought-provoking read, that can help any organization realize its full potential of performance excellence.

Douglas Todd, Director, Government Affairs of Siemens Corporation

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This book is dedicated to my husband, Robert Wilson. Our adventures together over the past twenty-five years have been thrilling, and I smile as I anticipate the next twenty-five. Thank you, Bob, for being an energizing force in my life and in the lives of so many.

Many wonderful people contributed to this book. I offer special thanks to the following:

Dr. Nicole Thompson, your research and interviewing prowess have brought Energized Enterprise to life. Your commitment to this project and your attention to detail were invaluable and much appreciated.

Thought leaders Vaughan Limbrick, Dr. Sharon Flinder, Dr. Garry Coleman, Dr. Altyn Clark, and Dr. William Brackenyou shared experiences and insights with me that inspired several passages and topics, and made the content more fun, interesting, and useful.

Janelle Millard, strategic initiatives director at TSI, you are indispensable in every aspect of our work, especially our publications. Without you leading the way on so many fronts, I could not have written this book while running a vibrant company.

Chris Benguhe, your wise counsel as my managing editor as I wrote the manuscript made the experience delightful and helped me take my work to the next level.

The Greenleaf Book Group team of Justin Branch, Neil Gonzalez, Emilie Lyons, Brandy Savarese, Carrie Jones, Steve Elizalde, and Corrin Foster: You are the best team ever!

I thank TSIs partners in community outreach and corporate social responsibility: American Red Cross, Easter Seals, Equal Footing Foundation, and March of Dimes. There are a million reasons why you are our charities of choice. The main reason is that you make a positive difference in our community every day.

Other leaders in the regional exchange of ideas to whom I express gratitude are the amazing stewards of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Inc. 5000, the National Defense Industrial Association, the Professional Services Council, the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum, the Society for Human Resource Management, the Marine Corps Association, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and the Washington Business Journal.

Im particularly delighted to acknowledge the signature professionalism of TSIs talented employees, stellar teaming partners, committed service providers, and dedicated clients within the public-sector community. You inspire my work and the books that disseminate our collective knowledge.

Many thanks to every individual who reads this book. Heres to continued success on your leadership journey!

R aised in a vibrant farming community, I loved working with my family to grow gorgeous heirloom flowers, fruits, and vegetables from an early age. Thats when I started learning the value of the human element. Those experiences helped me realize that regardless of what is being produced, if people are clear about their mission and have shared values, the results of their labor can be amazing. As a young girl I was also curious about leadership, which drove me to read every historical biography in my grammar school library to learn everything I could about the lives of famous and important leaders.

Later, as I worked my way through school, I chose to specialize in leadership effectiveness for my doctorate in industrial-organizational psychology. Since completing my PhD in 1993, I have dedicated my career to being a leadership consultant while serving in many roles including CEO, board member, author, catalyst, coach, mentor, researcher, speaker, trainer, volunteer, and fundraiser. With insight into workplace psychology and the human element, I have lifted people to achieve their bold goals and helped leaders transform their organizations to boost enterprise performance and employee satisfaction.

Over the years, Ive spoken and worked across the United States and around the worldfrom Scotland to Singapore and from South Africa to Canadasharing my message and developing leaders. Ive always felt in my heart that I wanted to devote my life to helping people maximize their potential and expand their talents. And when I assist leaders in maximizing and expanding their effectiveness, it truly fulfills my spirit. As their effectiveness increases, these leaders make a positive impact on the lives of the people in their workforces, and the state of the human condition improves every time that happens. Thats why I became an industrial-organizational psychologist specializing in leadership effectiveness, and thats why I wake up every morning energized and ready to do the work that Ive been called to do.