Awaken the Leader in You : How to Build a High-performance Team

The secret to building a high-performing team isn’t “better people”—it’s a better you.
What would it take to inspire your team, your staff, your people, to be their best? No matter what business you’re in or how many people work under you, the answer can be summed up in one word: leadership. Great leaders know how to motivate, encourage, and help others to perform at their highest levels. But what does it take to become a leader that people are eager to follow and will strive to please?
Bob McCall knows. He applied a career-long study of successful leadership ideas to his own management style, and rose rapidly through the ranks to the top tiers of management in the energy industry. Now, through this book, he’s sharing his powerful insights and practical strategies to empower you to build your own high-performance team. Within its pages, you’ll learn: • why how we treat people matters, • how to connect with your people and inspire their loyalty, • how to stop a toxic office culture from infecting your team, and • how expectations drive excellence.
If you want a better workplace in which high performers will flourish that fosters creativity, problem-solving, and good feelings it all begins with a better you. Everything you need is in your hands.

BOB MCCALL’s track record of management excellence propelled him to the top ranks of the energy industry. At his retirement, he was general manager of fleet services at Duke Energy, responsible for managing over thirteen thousand vehicles and pieces of mobile equipment valued at over $600 million, in fifty-eight locations across six states. Today, Bob is the president of Inspire High Performance, LLC, and teaches companies and organizations how to build a culture of high-performing teams.