Kevin Freiberg - Boom! (International Edition): 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-As-Usual

PRAISE FOR BOOM!

The Freibergs have written the Manifesto every leader wants their people to embrace! This book has the power to change your life and transform your company. Read it, practice it, and hand it to everyone who has an impact on your business. These Seven Choices provide an ultrafresh approach to creating a culture of commitment and accountability!

Marcus Buckingham, author of Go Put Your Strengths to Work

The Freibergs have hit another home run with BOOM! People are our most important resourceour competitive advantage. Every leader asks, How can we motivate our people? Kevin and Jackie get to the heart of what it takes to create engaged and results-oriented team membersone choice at a time.

Jay Welker, Executive VP, Head of Private Client Services, Wells Fargo

The Freibergs principles have been key in helping us make our corporate promise to customers, With Us Its Personal, a reality. We are convinced that only engaged associates at store level can deliver this promise. This book inspires individuals to engage by realizing the value of their life at work, the freedom of personal choices, and the power to make a difference every day. Its a companywide must read!

Mary Sammons, CEO, Rite-Aid

In their prior literary hits, Nuts and Guts, the Freibergs provided breakthrough leadership insights for students of corporate culture. In BOOM! Jackie and Kevin have cracked the code for surviving, thriving, and engaging in the new world of work. Their Seven Choices are timely and important.

Steve Harrison, President, Chairman, Lee, Hecht, Harrison

This book is inspiring and challenging, it brings to life the freedom in personal choice, the value of finding more life at work, and the significance of making a difference. The Freibergs place the power of personal and professional success in the right handsYOURS.

Mike Murphy, President and CEO, Sharp Healthcare

In the fast-paced realities of the global economywhen faced with instability, changing requirements, and uncertaintyaction is required to make a difference. Every leader wants to recruit and motivate results-oriented people. The Freibergs hit the target on what it takes to lead and inspire a culture of engaged and resilient people who work hard to blow the doors off business-as-usual.

Lt. Col. Eric C. Hastings, Director, Marine Corps Recruiter School

You cant change your boss, your employees, or the team, but you can change yourself. If youre serious about becoming more engaged, and making a difference, read the Freibergs Manifesto for a new lease on what it takes to achieve lasting success at work. At the end of the day, YOU are the difference.

Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairman and CEO, Carlson Companies

This is the Freibergs best book yet. It empowers you to enjoy your life at work and make the most of turning a job into a career. Its the prescription for more successful employees, better companies, and happier customers.

Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, PhD, coauthors of Return on Customer
and the One to One series of books on managing customer value

Every leader wants the secret recipe for motivating people. The Freibergs get to the heart of what it takes to create engaged and results-oriented employeesCHOICESone at a time. A must-read for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be fully engaged at work.

Richard Floersch, Executive VP, Worldwide HR, McDonalds Corporation

The Freibergs have done it again with their newest Manifesto for blowing the doors off business-as-usual. The message here is all about realizing the value of engagement, understanding the impact of personal choices, and unleashing the passion to wake up and make a difference every day. If youve ever wondered what it takes to achieve lasting success at work, this book is for you.

Tom Reddin, CEO, LendingTree

I love this book. I absolutely love it! BOOM! is a no-nonsense, kick-in-the-seat-of- the-pants, wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee declaration of the one thing that matters most to the quality of our daily livesour personal choices. Choice is the glue that binds us to our actions, and it unleashes our internal drive to do whats necessary to make things happen. In their Manifesto, Jackie and Kevin Freiberg dedicate themselves to supporting us in making the choices we must make to fully use our gifts and talents. They entertain, educate, and inspire with compelling stories, straight talk, and practical examples. I implore you to choose to read this book and choose to put it to use. That choice will be richly rewarded.

Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the best-selling
The Leadership Challenge and A Leaders Legacy

If you are unhappy with your job and with your work environment, there are basically three choices: fix it, change it, or leave it. Whatever decision you take, it is your personal decision. The Freibergs remind us in their book, BOOM!, that we have to take personal responsibility for every situation we are in, and, no matter how difficult the situation, the way out always starts with understanding that the first step has to come from yourself and not from others. Taking responsibility, engaging yourself, and getting involved not only will help you to be more satisfied at work, it also will help to live a more rewarding private life.

Marcel Kiessling, President, Heidelberg Americas, Inc.

Are you here to serve or be served? If youve often wondered about why they wont let you do the remarkable, the Freibergs have some powerful answers.

Seth Godin, author, The Dip

Life is incredibly short, and the Freibergs challenge each and every one of us to make sure that our lives count in everything we do. Its a phenomenal piece of writing that begs the question, what are you doing to take personal responsibility for your life and success at work? And it reminds us that the only limitations we have are those that we place upon ourselves. Its a must-read!

Hugh Goldie Gouldthorpe, Senior Vice President,
Head Cheerleader, Owens & Minor

This book inspires and challenges everyone to step up and engage. Its about realizing the value of life at work, the freedom to make personal choices, the power to make a difference every day. A must-read for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be fully engaged at work. Engagement is a choice. I choose to be fully engaged!

Barry Crystal, VP Retail Division, Sony of Canada Ltd.

This book is a must-read for all who work in retail stores where the quality of the interaction between the employee and the customer can either build the brand or damage it. The Freibergs Manifesto will show you how to become fully engaged and make a difference in the lives of your customers by delivering great experiences, every day.

Lester Nazareth, National Customer
Experience Manager, Sony of Canada Ltd.

If you improve the process by which you make a choice, you will exponentially increase your wealth and influence. The greatest accomplishments youve ever had can be traced to a great choice you made at a critical time. This book will give you the process to leverage the power of choice into success. In this breezy but helpful book, the Freibergs deliver with easy-to-act-on ideas and their spirited and irreverent voice. Make the choice to read it, and put yourself on course.

Tim Sanders, author, Love Is the Killer App:
How to Win Business and Influence Friends

In a world of downsizing and outsourcing, workplace bullying, and companies and managers that dont tell the truth, it is easy to get discouraged and cynical. BOOM! reminds us that none of us have to be victims and that each of us, by how we approach our work and our colleagues, can choose to live a fully engaged, joyful, and productive life. In a book filled with inspiring stories, the Freibergs challenge us to change our world by changing how we think.