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- Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
- Kategorie: Fachliteratur
- Serie: Jon Gordon
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017
A Road Map for living and implementing the 10 Principles of The Energy Bus The Energy Bus Field Guide is your roadmap to fueling your life, work and team with positive energy. The international bestseller The Energy Bus has helped millions of people from around the world shift to a more positive outlook; the story of George and Joy bus driver has resonated with people from all walks of life, each with their own individual vision of "success." This guide is designed as a practical companion to help you live and share the ten principles every day, with real, actionable steps you can immediately put into practice in your life, work, team and organization. * Navigate the twists and turns that sabotage success. * Cultivate positive energy and bring out the best in your team. * Create a compelling vision for your life and team. * Cultivate positivity and remove negativity from your life and organization. * Learn how every day people and organizations utilized the Energy Bus to create amazing success and results. Filled with insightful questions, practical action steps, best practices and inspiring case studies you'll be equipped to energize yourself and your team in new and powerful ways. Whether it's a family team, work team, sports team, or school team, everyone benefits from getting on the bus.
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
The Case for Positive Energy
Rule 1: You're the Driver of Your Bus
Who Is the Driver of Your Bus?
A Team of Drivers
You're the Driver: Team-Building Activities
An Organization Filled with Drivers
Best Practices
Rule 2: Desire, Vision, and Focus Move Your Bus in the Right Direction
Consider Your Desire, Vision, and Focus
A Team Vision
Creating the Vision: Team-Building Activities
An Organizational Vision
Best Practices
Rule 3: Fuel Your Ride with Positive Energy
How Do You Fuel Your Ride?
How to Help Your Team Fuel Up
Fuel Your Ride: Team-Building Activities
How to Fuel Your Organization with Positivity: Best Practices
Positive Pledge Commitment
Rule 4: Invite People on Your Bus and Share Your Vision for the Road Ahead
Questions to Help Get People on Your Bus
Invite People and Share Your Vision: Team-Building Activities
Best Practices
Rule 5: Don't Waste Energy on Those Who Don't Get on Your Bus
Discover How to Avoid Wasting Energy
Don't Waste Your Energy: Team-Building Activities
Using this Rule with Your Organization
Maintaining Positive Energy When People Don't Get on Your Bus: Best Practices
Rule 6: Post a Sign on Your Bus That Says “No Energy Vampires Allowed”
Identify Energy Vampires
Dealing with Energy Vampires in Your Life and on Your Team
No Energy Vampires Allowed: Team-Building Activities
Energy Vampires: A Word of Caution
Dealing with Energy Vampires in Organizations
Best Practices to Deal with Energy Vampires
Rule 7: Enthusiasm Attracts More Passengers and Energizes Them during the Ride
Enthusiasm for the Ride
Team Energy and Enthusiasm: Team-Building Activities
Best Practices: Enthusiasm throughout Your Organization
Rule 8: Love Your Passengers
Questions about How to Love Your Passengers
Love Your Passengers: Team-Building Activities
Best Practices
Love Your Passengers: Make Sure Everyone Feels Onboard
Rule 9: Drive with Purpose
Think about Your Bigger Purpose
Determine Your Purpose
Purposeful Team-Building Activities
Purpose Best Practices
Rule 10: Have Fun and Enjoy the Ride
Ask Yourself about the Ride
Activities for Enjoying the Ride
Best Practices
Keep the Bus Rolling
Additional Case Studies
The Energy Bus Training Program
Acknowledgments
Other Books by Jon Gordon
End User License Agreement
Guide
Cover
Table of Contents
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The Energy Bus
Field Guide
Jon GordonWith Amy P. Kelly
Cover image: © ISchneider/iStockphotoCover design: Michael J. Freeland
Copyright © 2018 by Jon Gordon. All rights reserved.
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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 workplace—Management. | Employee motivation. | Motivation (Psychology) | Positive psychology. | Success.
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Introduction
Why a Field Guide?
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.
Who Should Read This Field Guide?
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.”
How to Use This Book
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:
Implement the Energy Bus principles in your own life.
Utilize these principles with your team.
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 changes—and 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 [email protected]. 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.
The Case for Positive Energy
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.
I have witnessed it personally through my work with The Energy Bus, and I am certain you have experienced it too. Let's face it: You need energy to accomplish any activity. Teams and organizations need energy to accomplish their goals. And most people agree that where there is positive energy, productivity is higher, teamwork is improved, and joy fills the process.
If you have ever been around someone who is negative, you know it. You know, the guy that complains and never has anything good to say about anyone, or that individual with the huge scowl on her face who rolls her eyes at anyone's ideas. You don't want to be around those people. You want to be around positive energy and generally recoil from the negative. And guess what? You are not alone. Positive energy is a commodity in high demand, and this field guide is a road map on how to create it in abundance to fuel personal, team, and organizational success.
More and more research shows that you either draw positive or negative energy from the people you interact with daily, and that energy can either fuel success or contribute to personal or organizational decline. Most people do not want to be negative, and many proven health and organizational benefits emerge when individuals focus on positive energy. Some of the health benefits linked to positive energy include: a longer life span, lower stress, lower rates of depression, increased resistance to the common cold, better stress management and coping skills, lower risk of cardiovascular disease-related death, increased physical well-being, and better psychological health. All these things are beneficial to you, your family, and your teams. In addition, organizations and teams with positive energy have been linked to increased engagement, morale, productivity, and, ultimately, increased revenue and profitability. Positivity is also present in organizations with lower attrition and absenteeism. These organizations are also known to have more fun. I've seen it all over the world. People want more positive energy and the proven benefits that come with it.
Productivity has been shown to skyrocket in an atmosphere of positivity. This is true for individuals and groups. Remember that wherever you go, there you are. You have to be around yourself all the time, and people that complain or focus on the negative are generally people that say they are depressed or unhappy. If there is positive energy at home or at work, chances are you feel more engagement, more joy, and more overall well-being. Higher engagement and well-being generally translates into higher performance, and that is what you want personally and professionally. For all these reasons and many more, I created this field guide to help you bring positive energy into your personal life and organization through the rules in The Energy Bus.
Positive energy is the best preparation for any skepticism, and skepticism can actually lead to the perfect environment for making a difference. Even though we know positive energy makes a difference, some individuals, CEOs, and coaches I have spoken with say their first introduction to a “book about a bus” was not embraced immediately. Even with all the research and many practical examples in most people's lives, you can still encounter skepticism about positive energy. Some people are unsure about The Energy Bus being a credible answer to improving their team or organization.
However, the positive results speak for themselves. Many of the individuals who tell me these exciting turnaround stories are featured in this field guide or in my talks related to the amazing changes and results in their lives, teams, and companies. It is hard to argue with the research that supports positivity, and most importantly, the many success stories people have shared with me. The mounting examples of changed lives and the overwhelming positive momentum for the book speak for themselves.
Bringing more positive energy into the world is my personal mission, and this field guide is a reference tool to take the proven benefits of positive energy to others. Rule #3 in The Energy Bus is to “Fuel Your Ride with Positive Energy,” and this field guide helps you take the proven power of positive energy directly into your personal life, team, and organization to get the same results.
A Quick Overview of the “Ten Rules for the Ride of Your Life”
Before you get started, please review the rules below. These are the rules from the book that the main character, George, learns from Joy the bus driver and other characters on her Energy Bus. These are the rules that forever change George's life and the lives of his team members.
This field guide will help you bring the rules to life in your Energy Bus program. The reflection questions, team-building activities, and organizational program ideas in the guide are designed to support each rule, and you can make the decisions on how to combine them in the best way to achieve your vision for the road ahead. You are the driver of your bus, and I am excited to support you in having the ride of your life.
You're the driver of your bus.
Desire, vision, and focus move your bus in the right direction.
Fuel your ride with positive energy.
Invite people on your bus and share your vision for the road ahead.
Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus.
Post a sign that says “No Energy Vampires Allowed.”
