Grass Roots Leaders

'Businesses are proclaiming the need for employees to "work smarter", this book provides a practical roadmap in how to do that.' Larry Hupman IT Consultant, Plexent 'Grass Roots Leader delivers the essence of a comprehensive quality program without the unnecessary overhead. It gets the people most impacted by change involved early and committed to achieving measurable results.' Ron Glickman - Senior Vice President, Global Quality Processes and Integration, UTi 'Do not confuse activity for results! This book spells out the difference between wasteful busy work and brain smart thinking that gets you to bottom line results.' Dick Tibbits, VP of People Florida Hospital and author of Forgive To Live 'My vision for Celebration Health is that every employee will bring passion, energy and the benefit of their personal experience to work with them every day. In this way we will truly make a difference for our patients. Grass Roots Leaders provides the knowledge, skills and tools to make this a reality.' Monica Reed MD, CEO, Florida Hospital Celebration Hospital and author of the CREATION Health Breakthrough. 'The concepts and practices in this book are transformative. They can turn your workforce into a powerhouse of innovation, excitement and achievement that delivers tangible results over and over again.' Marshall Tarley, Director of Leadership Development, ASCAP 'The people closest to the work are in the best position to identify and implement improvement. This book provides the specifics on how to make this happen at any organization.' Al Homyk, Director, Quality Assurance and Operations Services, Con Edison Company of New York 'This book provides pragmatic skills and tools to every level of the organization so everyone can think and act to prevent problems. ...(that is crucial in providing excellent patient care which is vital to our mission of being a global pacesetter).' Brian Paradis, COO, Florida Hospital 'A must read for every leader. It addresses the most prevalent management challenges in a unique way, providing practical strategies and tools to engage employees. Grass Roots Leaders creates an environment that sustains creativity, passion for the work, and leadership at all levels of the organization.' Anne Kelly, CEO/Director, Federal Consulting Group 'There is much of this book to absorb and many managers may feel that the game is not worth the candle, that they have been down this road before and who are they to change this world? But this is precisely the clichéd thinking that the authors have set out to combat. They will have succeeded when 'grass roots leadership' is introduced into irganizations and gains its just rewards.' Don Mason Edge Magazine 'They stress the importance of learning from those being led and of empowering people to take decisions. They rightly note "the surest way to flourish and prosper is to make the most of their grass roots' knowledge, experience and creativity' David Irwin FIBC Business Adviser 'I have been waiting 30 years for this book and it arrived at the very time I am designing an Executive MBA Course in Leadership for the University of Maryland University College. I will be using Grass Roots Leaders as a foundational reading because it is the only book I have encountered that treats leadership as a brain function, understands that we all must step up to the leadership challenge and presents a set of things we can learn and do that will make everything we do as leaders better. About time Tony.' Stephen Lundin, Big Tuna Ph.D. wrote the multimillion best selling series of FISH! Books. His most recent book is titled, Top Performer.