Margaret Greenberg - Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your Business, with a foreword by Tom Rath

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An excellent resource for leaders who want to fulfill more of their own and others potential, Profit from the Positive is accessible, riveting, and based on solid research that can, and will, make a difference in you and your environment. If you are a leader, or would like to become one, the best advice that I can give you is to follow the advice in this book.

T AL B EN -S HAHAR , New York Times bestselling author of Happier and Choose the Life You Want

Executive coaches Greenberg and Maymin offer over two dozen practical tools for running a more profitable business. All of their advice is backed up by science, tested in businesses large and small, and doesnt cost a dime to implement. The suggestions in Profit from the Positive are what business schools will be teaching in ten years.

S HAWN A CHOR , New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage

So many people are working from the negative side of the coin these days. Greenberg and Maymin have given you lots to implement here. Dont simply read this book. Absorb it.

C HRIS B ROGAN , CEO of Human Business Works and New York Times bestselling author of Trust Agents

As the third-generation president and CEO of our family company, I am a true believer in using positive leadership to help drive our company forward. This book provides some wonderful reinforcement for leaders to read as a reminder of how we should work with our teams.

C INDI B IGELOW , president and CEO of Bigelow Tea

Profit from the Positive is a phenomenal book because it suggests small changes that make a huge difference. Youll learn to ask yourselfWhat is the smallest action you could take? What if you preview performance? What could you do in five minutes?and the results are extraordinary. It makes the difference between you at work and the best version of you at work. And its contagiousas my colleagues see me implement what Ive learned from the book, they are putting the ideas to work for themselves.

D EBBIE N EWHOUSE , learning and development manager at Google and author of The Magic Seed

I have two pieces of advice for any startup founderbe prepared for very little sleep and read Profit from the Positive from cover to cover.

T HOMAS M. D AVIDSON , cofounder and CEO of EverFi, Inc.

In their book, Profit from the Positive , Greenberg and Maymin offer innovative ways for transforming a team, a department, even a company, to be more productive and profitable. They have turned some traditionally held notions on their heads, replacing them with ideas that turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones. Better yet, as a business leader, you wont need any capital outlay or long-range planning to implement these toolstoday.

G REG T RANTER , EVP, CIO, and COO of The Hanover Insurance Group

Dont go to work without this book! Profit from the Positive is a revolutionary, science-based road map to business success. If you want to amp up your success, follow Greenberg and Maymins unique prescription for driving phenomenal business results through the development of extraordinary employees. Get this book for yourself and every member of your team!

D AVID J. P OLLAY , author of The Law of the Garbage Truck

There are so many good and useful business and leadership books available. But this book is different! The authors cut to the heart of leadership mindsets that can drive results and create a positive and energized workplace. If you are a leader or aspire to be one, Profit from the Positive is indispensable reading.

K EVIN M C C ARTHY , president and CEO of Unum US and EVP and COO of Unum Group

Profit from the Positive is full of realistic, creative, practical, and effective strategies for leadership in the post command-and-control business world. It is a transformational handbook for leaders, teams, and organizations.

J OHN P. T ARPEY , COO of Balfour Beatty Construction, US

Greenberg and Maymin have written a must-read on how to power yourself, your team, and your organization with easy to read and easy to implement strategies. As Aetnas chief culture officer, I am applying many of the concepts, best practices, and action steps within our culture transformation efforts.

L AURIE B RUBAKER , CCO of Aetna

A great read! The research on how our moods and emotions as leaders influence our teams productivity struck home for me. Being aware of this is more important than most of us realize. I found the techniques to neutralize a negative mood enormously helpful.

L ESLIE A SHFORD , AVP of executive development at MassMutual Financial Group

Rarely do you find a book that tackles todays most pressing business challenges with such sound research and practical advice. Maymin and Greenberg have done it. They present more than thirty deceptively simple strategies that should be required reading for every leader, manager, and HR professional. Profit from the Positive delivers an amazing gifta mindset and toolkit that will revolutionize the way you work and lead.

J ESSICA A MORTEGUI , director of global talent development at VMware

This book is engaging, enjoyable, and practical. Especially intriguing is the notion of turning performance reviews into positive events, borrowing from sports psychology by positively visualizing the year ahead and setting up the conditions for success!

D EBRA P ALERMINO , EVP of human resources at MassMutual Financial Group

At a time when we are all trying to find ways to do more with less, Profit from the Positive comes to the rescue with practical advice and tools that are easy to implement and immediately impact the engagement and productivity of your workforce.

H EATHER T HOMAS , senior director of global human resources at SNL Financial LC

Profit from the Positive is a must-read for managers at all levels. Using case studies from their coaching experience, Greenberg and Maymin demonstrate how to avoid costly hiring mistakes and create an engaged workforceand they have the data to prove it. Profit from the Positive is written with the needs of todays world in mind. The practical and proven tools contained in this book, combined with its timeless wisdom, will inspire you for years to come.

L AURA A. B ELSTEN , president and CEO of the Institute for Social + Emotional Intelligence

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