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Motivate Like a CEO: Communicate Your Strategic Vision and Inspire People to Act!
by Suzanne Bates

Published by McGraw Hill

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Secrets for communicating strategy in a way that motivates others and drives results. In this follow-up to Speak Like a CEO, Suzanne Bates helps leaders at every level become a "force of influence" within their organizations, generating excitement and instilling accountability that culminates in superior results. The author offers key advice on how to articulate a vision in a way that motivates people to act.

pub date: 2009-02-02 | hardcover | 9780071600293