Stop Whining and Start Winning: Recharging People, Re-Igniting Passion, and Pumping Up Profits - Softcover

Pacetta, Frank; Gittines, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060932503 ISBN 13: 9780060932503

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2001

Synopsis

Filled with the kind of contagious energy and upbeat attitude that has made Frank Pacetta one of America's most popular motivational speakers, this unique book is for anyone who wants a difference in the workplace. Whatever the occupation, organization, or industry, here are tried and tested solutions, techniques, rules and tactics that get the job done right. Whether you're a manager fed up with your worker's ho-hum attitude or an individual who can't seem to live up to your potential no matter how hard you try, this book will give you ideas that can put into immediate action -- a no-fail formula for ending the whining and instilling in yourself and your employees a winning spirit.

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Review:

Nobody likes a whiner, Frank Pacetta least of all. And, as he sees it, there's been far too much whining going on in corporate America over the past decade, and far too little drive, passion, and inspiration to get the job done and get it done well. Stop Whining--and Start Winning is Pacetta's honest and hard-hitting manifesto for how to make this happen.

Pacetta and his coauthor Roger Gittines fire back at America's complacent workforce by equipping leaders with a book packed full of "now-tos"--the Pacetta version of how-tos, only more necessary and more urgent. With chapter titles such as "Do Get Excited--Reaping the Rewards of Emotion" and "Make Big Dreams Happen--What a Great Place to Work," Pacetta drives home his overarching theory of leadership: Being a good leader means getting emotionally involved with your workforce and thereby motivating people to contribute their absolute best. There's no room for "leading from a distance" with Pacetta, who claims that successful leaders can and should directly influence such areas as communications, recruiting, and training. In an animated and conversational tone, the sales guru of Xerox fame shares advice and anecdotes from both his professional and personal lives, with tips from his action-packed days at Xerox, family moments in a vibrant Italian American home, and a personal visit from Ross Perot all entering the fray at one point or another. Stop Whining--and Start Winning is not a theory-based tome but a plug for passion and a call for leaders to get off their butts and fire up their workforces. --S. Glass

About the Author:

Frank Pacetta, the author of Don't Fire Them, Fire Them Up, is a popular motivational speaker who has given presentations to such companies as Saturn, Fidelity, and Nestlé. A one time district sales manager for Xerox, he boosted his district's earnings from the lowest in the region to number 4 among all of the company's 65 districts. He lives in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

Roger Gittines is based in Washinton, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060932503
• ISBN 13: 9780060932503
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304